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Booker Prize fever – a bookseller’s experience
Posted on September 28, 2023
It’s countdown time to the 2023 Booker Prize! While we’re reading our way through the shortlist, we want to extend our h…

The Booker Foundation celebrates His Bloody Project
Posted on September 18, 2023
It’s September, and while the judges are shortlisting 2023’s finest fiction, the editors have selected His Bloody Projec…

NorthBound Book Award 2023 – open for entries!
Posted on August 15, 2023
Calling Writers in the North of England! Do you live in the North of England and have an unpublished manuscript you’d lo…

Q&A with Julia Rampen, author of The Bay
Posted on August 15, 2023
To celebrate the release of Julia Rampen’s award-winning debut novel, The Bay, we asked Julia in this exclusive Q&A…

Q&A with Catherine Czerkawska
Posted on August 2, 2023
We spoke to Catherine Czerkawska, critically acclaimed historical novelist and playwright, author of The Jewel and The C…

National Northern Authors Day
Posted on July 7, 2023
Every day of the year, we champion writing talent from the North, as well as books reflecting readers and places across…