Authors & Reviews
“Fiction has to reflect the experiences of everybody.” Author Glen James Brown talks to Northern Soul
There must be something in the air because Northern writers are churning out fascinating fiction at a rate of knots.
Book Review: Emily Brontë Reappraised by Claire O’Callaghan
Emily, the elusive Brontë sister, is often portrayed as reclusive, difficult, perhaps even slightly unhinged.
Book Review: Rough Guides to The Lake District; Western Europe
It’s hard to believe that Rough Guides have been with us since 1982.
Book Review: Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
I have the propensity to be anxious about most things – electrical goods, being late, saying no, upsetting people, gas hobs, plug sockets, disease, forgetting things – so a book titled Notes on a Nervous Planet calls to me like a gin & tonic on a hot day.
Book Review: A Normal Family by Henry Normal and Angela Pell
Living with autism is a hugely weighty subject and any book about it could easily risk being hard to digest.
The Myth of the Moors: walking the coffin path
“What drew you to write about the moors?” an interviewer asked me recently.
Book Review – The British Mosque: an architectural and social history by Shahed Saleem
In the North of England, the chances are you’re closer to a mosque than you think.
Ill Will: Author Michael Stewart talks Kate Bush, the Brontës and Heathcliff
The Brontë Parsonage, nestled on the Yorkshire Moors in Haworth, is a magical place.
Review: Patrisse Khan-Cullors in conversation with Jackie Kay, Central Library, Manchester
Inside Manchester Central Library, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors and award-winning author Jackie Kay ask ‘what does freedom look like to you?’
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
Hurrah and huzzah! Entries for the 2018 Northern Soul Awards, to be held at Manchester Cathedral on November 15th, are now open. And it won’t cost you a penny. Click HERE to enter – or purchase tickets to this brilliant event.
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The Northern Soul Poll
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