To mark Episode 20 we have an absolute dazzler of a podcast for you. Writer, educator, poet and performer Ashleigh Nugent talks about how his time in a Jamaican detention centre sparked his novel Locks, exploring identity and why stories are vital in helping people rise up.

Find out more:
https://ashleighnugent.com/
https://www.liverpool-literary.agency/
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ashleigh-nugent/locks/9781529097894

Twitter: @NugentAshleigh 
@LiverpoolLit
@picadorbooks

Instagram: @locksbook
@liverpool_literary_agency
@picadorbooks

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 20: Ashleigh Nugent

In Episode 21, fellow dialect writer Shaun Wilson talks about life before writing, his PhD research and why he writes in dialect. A former postman, Shaun tells us how his life changed completely when he was selected to be in the Common People anthology.

Find out more:
https://granta.com/the-legion/
https://unbound.com/books/common-people
Twitter: @smw_writing
@NewWritingNorth
@unbounders
Instagram: @shaunthewriter
@nwnnewwritingnorth
@unbounders

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 21: Shaun Wilson

Episode 22 is an absolute treat as legendary Bluemoose Books publisher Kevin Duffy talks about remortgaging the house to set up an indie press, taking chances in publishing and the place of the North in the UK book industry.

Find out more:
https://bluemoosebooks.com/
Twitter: @Ofmooseandmen
Instagram: @bluemoosebooks
@bluemoosebooksofficial

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 22: Kevin Duffy

In Episode 23, author Sally J Morgan talks about the terrifying real-life inspiration behind her Portico Prize-winning novel, Toto Among the Murderers, after a chance meeting with Fred and Rose West.

Find out more:
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/sally-j-morgan/toto-among-the-murderers/9781529300406/

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 23: Sally J Morgan

For Episode 24 I'm joined by linguist Rob Drummond to discuss his new book, You're All Talk: Why We Are What We Speak. Rob tells us about accentism, making academic research accessible and why we might need to change how we listen rather than expecting others to change how they speak.

Find out more:
https://www.robdrummond.co.uk/
https://scribepublications.co.uk/books-authors/books/youare-all-talk-9781914484285
https://accentism.org/
Twitter: @RobDrummond
Instagram: robdrummondlanguage


Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 24: Rob Drummond

In Episode 25 I'm joined by playwright, novelist and academic Louise Powell to talk about bias in the creative arts, Northern storytelling and how winning the Sid Chaplin Award changed her life.

Find out more:
https://louisepowellwriter.wordpress.com/
https://louisepowellwriter.wordpress.com/first-stage/
X: @louise__powell
@RedhillsDurham
@NewWritingNorth

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 25: Louise Powell

In a Northern Voices first, publicist to the literary stars and PR professional Jess Gulliver talks about working in publicity, literary prizes and living in London.

Find out more:
X: @JessicaGulliver

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 26: Jess Gulliver

In Episode 27 I am joined by journalist and historian Brian Groom as he discusses his books, Northerners: A History and Made in Manchester. Our discussion goes all the way back to Roman times, through some of the region's most powerful women and cultural figures, and into recent history with the miners' strike.

Find out more: 
Northerners: A History – https://shorturl.at/mswz5
Made in Manchester – https://shorturl.at/zRX13
https://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/authors/brian-groom
X: @groomb
@HarperNorthUK
Instagram: @harpernorthuk

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 27: Brian Groom

In this week's episode, Catherine Taylor talks about her book The Stirrings: Coming of Age in a Northern Time, the challenges of writing memoir and the social and political events that defined her upbringing in the North of England.

Find out more:
The Stirrings – https://shorturl.at/ekPQ7
X: @KatyaTaylor
@wnbooks
Instagram: @katyataylor29
@wnbooks

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 28: Catherine Taylor

In Episode 29, novelist Caroline England talks about writing psychological thriller novels, how her career in law influenced her work and why getting one novel published doesn't mean it's an easy ride when it comes to the next book.

Find out more:
https://carolineenglandauthor.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/CazEngland
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cazengland1
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/caroline-england/the-stranger-beside-me/9780349431505/
X: @PiatkusBooks
Instagram: @littlebrownbookgroup_uk

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 29: Caroline England

Northern Voices explores Northern writers (published and unpublished), storytelling and publishing. The podcast is hosted by Jen Bowden, a writer, editor, journalist and PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Curtin University exploring biases against the North in the UK book industry.
Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 27: Brian Groom

Northern Voices

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