In Episode 37 the effervescent Shazia Altaf talks about her novel, Jammed Souls, problematic representations of Asian communities in UK fiction and why the London publishing industry should be broken down and spread across the country.

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https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/showcase/shazia-altaf
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https://x.com/ShaziaJAltaf
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https://www.instagram.com/shaziajaltaf

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 37: Shazia Altaf

In this episode of Northern Voices, debut novelist Gemma Fairclough talks fairytales, finding inspiration in unreliable narrators and funding a better future for writers. She also delves into the three-word inspiration behind her book, Bear Season.

Find out more:
https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/bearseason/9781739458003
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https://x.com/GemFairclough
https://x.com/wildhuntbooks
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/wildhuntbooks_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 38: Gemma Fairclough

In this episode of Northern Voices, thriller writer Paula Hillman talks about the benefits of indie and digital publishing, the lack of industry accessibility for Northern writers and how schools are destroying the creativity of their pupils.

Find out more:
https://paulahillmanauthor.co.uk/
https://www.bloodhoundbooks.com/authors-1/paula-hillman
https://paulahillmanauthor.co.uk/my-novels/
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https://x.com/pj_hillman
https://x.com/Bloodhoundbook
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/authorpaulajhillman
https://www.instagram.com/bloodhound.books

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 39: Paula Hillman

In the 40th episode of Northern Voices, Northumberland-based writer Sue Reed talks about her popular YA debut novel, The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn, how her eco-conscious mindset influences her writing and why you should always read the small print of your publishing contract.

Find out more:
https://suereedwrites.co.uk
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https://x.com/suereedwrites
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/suereedwrites
https://suereedwrites.co.uk/longriggs/

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 40: Sue Reed

In this week's episode, the multi-talented Stu Hennigan talks about writing about working-class communities, his novel manuscript, Keshed, and why there shouldn't be any such thing as 'Northern' writers.

Find out more:
https://stuhennigan.substack.com/
https://www.ortacpress.com/
https://bluemoosebooks.com/books/ghost-signs
https://shorturl.at/2G7QK
https://shorturl.at/YSOPj
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https://x.com/stuhennigan
https://x.com/OrtacPress
https://x.com/Ofmooseandmen
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ortacpress
https://www.instagram.com/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 41: Stu Hennigan

In Episode 42, storyteller Richard O'Neill talks about the international success of his pit pony picture book, growing up in a Northern traveller community and how stories play such a vital part in all of our lives.

Find out more:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-o-neill-2a628225/
https://richardthestoryteller.weebly.com/
https://sevenstories.org.uk/
https://shorturl.at/DxLHS
X:
https://x.com/therroneill
https://x.com/7Stories
https://x.com/ChildsPlayBooks
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/7stories
https://www.instagram.com/childsplaybooks

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 42: Richard O'Neill

In this week's episode of Northern Voices, writer David Yeates comes on to tell us his incredible story of the search to find his birth father. We also chat about racial diversity in UK publishing, identity and the challenges of being a writer outside London.

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https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/brown-babies/
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https://x.com/Wiglanta1971
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https://www.instagram.com/wiglanta

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 43: David Yeates

In Episode 44 we head to the wilds of rural Tasmania for a chat with award-winning crime writer Alan Carter. An expat Mackem now living in Australia, Alan talks about his thrilling crime novels, taking inspiration from his surroundings and Northern heritage, and why his gripping new novel Prize Catch might not sit too well with the salmon fishing industry.

Find out more:
https://fremantlepress.com.au/contributor/alan-carter/
https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/marlborough-man/
https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/prize-catch/
X:
https://x.com/FremantlePress
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/alancarter28insta
https://www.instagram.com/fremantlepress

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 44: Alan Carter

Betty Trask Award-winning novelist James Clarke is on the podcast today talking about his extraordinary debut, The Litten Path, and his two subsequent novels, Sanderson's Isle and Hollow in the Land. He discusses dialect writing, Northern landscapes and how books could be the new trainers.

Find out more:
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-litten-path-9781784631468
https://serpentstail.com/work/sandersons-isle/
https://serpentstail.com/work/hollow-in-the-land/
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https://x.com/jamesrgclarke
https://x.com/saltpublishing
https://x.com/serpentstail
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jamesrgclarke
https://www.instagram.com/saltpublishing
https://www.instagram.com/serpentstail

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 45: James Clarke

In this week's episode, memoir writer Jeff Young discusses his upcoming memoir Wild Twin, how storytelling begins in childhood and why writing should be central to schooling and education.

Find out more:
https://www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/little-toller/wild-twin-by-jeff-young/
https://www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/little-toller/ghost-town-by-jeff-young/
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https://x.com/jeffyoungwriter
https://x.com/LittleToller
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jeffyoung.26/
https://www.instagram.com/littletollerdorset/

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 46: Jeff Young

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 44: Alan Carter

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