Authors & Reviews
Online Book Launch: Interpreting Heritage – A Guide to Planning and Practice by Steve Slack
Whenever people working in the heritage sector asked Steve Slack for advice on the planning and delivery of interpretation, he couldn’t put his hands on any useful guides.
Read the full story..Writing a novel in 2021? Tips and guidance from a successful 2020 debut author
“It took 17 years from typing the first word of the first manuscript to finally being published last year.
Read the full story..Book Review: Lairies by Steve Hollyman
I don’t do well with violence. The thought of something grizzly turns my stomach and I’m often found hiding behind a cushion during vicious telly dramas.
Read the full story..Book Review: The Abstainer by Ian McGuire
Here it is. The Manchester Martyrs were three members of a large gang who attacked a horse-drawn police van on Hyde Road in September 1867.
Read the full story..Poetry Review: Suitcase by Kevin Reid
In Suitcase, one of the latest pamphlets published by independent publishing press 4Word, Kevin Reid takes us on a number of engaging and emotional journeys.
Read the full story..“Come for the machetes, stay for the political insights.” Author David Nolan talks to Northern Soul about his new book
When David Nolan wrote his debut novel Black Moss two years ago, it was almost as an experiment, an unpremeditated tangent to his successful career as a journalist, documentary maker and non-fiction author.
Read the full story..Books: The Northern Question – A History of a Divided Country by Tom Hazeldine
In his new column, Northern Soul’s Manchester Correspondent, Danny Moran, reflects on the North-South divide and asks, does the North have a proper backbone?
Read the full story..Poetry Review: a girl in a blue dress by Rachel Burns
In a girl in a blue dress, Rachel Burns charts the struggles, traumas and adventures of her girlhood and motherhood.
Read the full story..Book Review: The Walker – On Losing and Finding Yourself in the Modern City by Matthew Beaumont
Cancel your 2020 winter getaway. Holidays are off. In fact, with lockdown 2.0 now in force, you can’t even go on a city break in the UK.
Read the full story..“Your worst enemy in this game is indifference.” John Cooper Clarke talks about his autobiography, I Wanna Be Yours
When Northern Soul speaks to John Cooper Clarke about his new autobiography and sings its praises to the skies, he’s right in the middle of recording the audiobook version and seems to appreciate the plaudits.
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