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Interview: Robson Green on his new book Extreme Fishing May 22 2013

ROBSON GREEN is ringing me from Hungary. “I’m brilliant,” he says. “Brilliant!”Read

Interview: Jackie Kay Mar 30 2013

Jackie Kay is about to be read in places most writers never reach. David Whetstone spoke to her.Read

Hexham Book Festival has genuine pulling power Mar 23 2013

THE line-up for this year's Hexham Book Festival has genuine pulling power, suggests David Whetstone.Read

Wordsmiths celebrated with new exhibition at Newcastle City Library Mar 19 2013

The North East has produced many great writers and inspired much great writing. DAVID WHETSTONE looks at an exhibition celebrating some of the bestRead

New short story anthology takes root in North East Mar 16 2013

FOR good writers, the North East has always proved fertile ground which makes the title of a new book of short stories, Root, seem highly apt.Read

Writer Al Alvarez gives honest view of getting old Mar 02 2013

FOOTBALLERS tend to hang up their boots in their early thirties, singers lose their vocal powers. Writers, though, can go on and on.Read

Inaugural conference for North’s literary scene Mar 02 2013

AN INAUGURAL Newcastle Writing Conference has been organised by New Writing North in partnership with Northumbria University.Read

Tale of man who tried to mould perfect wife Feb 23 2013

An 18th Century sociopath is the subject of Wendy Moore’s latest entertaining biographyRead

Kathy Lette happy to be getting wilder as she gets older Feb 23 2013

Comedy has been a salvation for the novelist Kathy Lette, says HANNAH STEPHENSON.Read

Interview: Author Simon Bartram on Bob, the Man on the Moon Feb 13 2013

FOR children’s author Simon Bartram, a picture book is a bit like a classic comedy duo. “You have a straight man and a funny man,” he says.Read

The word is that Kate Fox is a one-off Feb 09 2013

KATE FOX worries about how she and her poetry get defined. Is she a performance poet, a spoken word artist or not a proper poet?Read

Poetic portrait of Middlesbrough artist Mario Capaldi Feb 09 2013

MARIO CAPALDI was a Middlesbrough artist whose work will have been familiar to many people who didn’t even know his name.Read

Poet Laureates are heading to the region Feb 02 2013

SIR Walter Scott, whom we featured earlier in the week because his epic poem Rokeby inspired a new exhibition at the Bowes Museum, was offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1813.Read

Writing and the region Jan 26 2013

TALKS about regional identity and North East literature are to take place next month under the heading True North: Writing and the Region.Read

Newcastle writer Chris Rickaby's e-novel puts him in the spotlight Jan 14 2013

awards season is here and it isn’t just about the Oscars – which is why Newcastle writer and innovator Chris Rickaby is flying to New York tomorrow.Read