New Writing North
134 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNew Writing North is a development agency for creative writing and creative reading based in the north east of England. We specialise in the development of talent and act as a dynamic broker between writers, agents and producers across the creative industries.
As a promoter of new writing we work to engage people with creative reading, with live literary experiences and with new plays, films and digital work.
Our commitment to raising the aspirations and developing the creativity of young people and communities is realised through the production of creative projects which seek to engage new audiences and to delight and surprise those who already participate.
New Writing North is a registered charity number 1062729 and a limited company incorporated in England and Wales under no: 3166037. We are proud to be a Regularly Funded Organisation of Arts Council England.
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Episodes
New Narratives for the North East: Episode 4: About The Future
October 09, 2020 10:08 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBWelcome to our audio series which explores the work created for the New Narratives for the North East project through a series of four podcast episodes. This episode looks forwards, refiguring the North-East's heritage, opening new ideas and exploring potential future narratives for the region as we look to the future. Hear from many of the writers involved in the project about the ideas that inspired their work and also their relationship with the region and regional identity. Through inter...
New Narratives for the North East: Episode 3: The City Is A Language
October 09, 2020 10:04 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB"They tell us that we live on a tiny crowded island. They try to tell us that we are tiny within ourselves. Tell them to come up here with the skylark, to forget what they think they know, and to look down upon the vastness of the North." David Almond, from Sing the North. Welcome to our audio series which explores the work created for the New Narratives for the North East project through a series of four podcast episodes. Join us in this episode to explore the North-East's distinctive urban...
New Narratives for the North East: Episode 2: This Edge
October 09, 2020 09:57 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBWelcome to our audio series which explores the work created for the New Narratives for the North East project through a series of four podcast episodes. Here in this episode we explore the North-East's relationship with its borders, of land and sea, and how being on this edge informs its character, communities and perspectives. Hear from many of the writers involved in the project about the ideas that inspired their work and also their relationship with the region and regional identity. Thro...
New Narratives for the North East: Episode 1: Sing The North
October 09, 2020 09:52 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB"They tell us that we live on a tiny crowded island. They try to tell us that we are tiny within ourselves. Tell them to come up here with the skylark, to forget what they think they know, and to look down upon the vastness of the North." David Almond, from Sing the North. Welcome to our audio series which explores the work created for the New Narratives for the North East project through a series of four podcast episodes. Hear from many of the writers involved in the project about the idea...
DBC Pierre: A Writing Durham Podcast
October 09, 2020 08:46 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBIn this specially recorded podcast, which forms part of Durham Book Festival's Writing Durham series, DBC Pierre will talk about a specially commissioned piece The Long Cascade, which is inspired by his family’s strong connection to Durham, as well as his latest novel Meanwhile in Dopamine City. DBC Pierre is in conversation with Lee Brackstone, White Rabbit Books.
Autumn Reads Podcast: Durham Book Festival 2020
October 09, 2020 08:12 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBJoin the Durham Book Festival team, as they discuss some of the books they’ve loved reading in 2020. In this special podcast, Claire, Rebecca and Grace, share their highs and lows of reading in lockdown and highlight some of the new titles they are most looking forward to delving into this Autumn. Books mentioned in the podcast: How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang Pew by Catherine Lacey The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld The Bass Rock by Evie ...
Common People: Breaking the Class Ceiling in UK Publishing
May 07, 2020 06:22 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBLeading writers Stuart Maconie, Kit de Waal, Tony Walsh and Lisa McInerney consider what it means to be a working-class writer working in the publishing industry today “It’s the last great unspoken prejudice in British life, and that runs through everywhere – particularly some of the areas of the media I work in, like publishing and broadcasting” Stuart Maconie --- The Common People anthology brought together 16 leading working-class writers with 17 new unpublished working-class writers ...
10 Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 10: Home
December 18, 2019 13:30 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MBA new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck. Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline has gone in...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 10: Home
December 18, 2019 13:30 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MBA new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck. Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline has gone in...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 9: Moorland
December 10, 2019 17:36 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBA new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck. Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline goes in search ...
10 Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 9: Moorland
December 10, 2019 17:36 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBA new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck. Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline goes in search ...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 8: Childhood
December 04, 2019 10:10 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBIn the eighth episode - Childhood - Caroline goes on a journey across the uplands, meeting and talking with poets, teachers, writers, illustrators and playwrights. In Wearhead Primary School, she speaks to deputy headteacher Liz Judges about children growing up in Weardale and how living in the countryside affects them. The disparity between schooling and life experience for young people in rural areas compared to bigger cities is explored, and we hear how teenagers kept themselves entertain...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 7: Exile
November 27, 2019 10:47 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBA new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck. Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline goes in search ...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 6: Gypsy
November 20, 2019 15:42 - 43 minutes - 59.1 MBOver a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline goes in search of what it means to live in England’s last Wilderness. In the sixth episode, Gypsy, Caroline delves into Weardale’s significant connections with the Gypsy Roma Traveller community. Writer Damian Le Bas, author of The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain, joins Caroline to offer an insight into the lesser-known history of the Weardale area, particularly in relation to the nearby Appleby Horse...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 5: Escape
November 14, 2019 11:04 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBTen Words for a Northern Landscape: Episode 5: Escape A new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck. Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between and everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming: the home of day-dreamers, explores, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interv...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 4: Obsession
November 06, 2019 11:58 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBTen Words for a Northern Landscape: Episode 4: Obsession Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline goes in search of what it means to live in E...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 3: Witchcraft
October 30, 2019 14:17 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBSomewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline goes in search of what it means to live in England’s last wilderness. In episode three, Caroline lo...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 2: Renewal
October 23, 2019 09:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBEpisode two of our new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck. Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Carolin...
Ten Words For A Northern Landscape: Episode 1: Trapped
October 16, 2019 14:26 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBA new podcast about an ancient dale from journalist and broadcaster Caroline Beck. Somewhere high up in the North Pennines, between everywhere and nowhere at all, is Weardale, a remote northern dale. It’s a place of old lead mines, deep worked out limestone quarries, and hill farming; the home of day-dreamers, explorers, incomers, artists, philosophers, sky-watchers, story tellers and travellers. Over a series of ten exclusive interviews with writers and poets Caroline goes in search ...
Writing Durham: Episode One: Pat Barker And Benjamin Myers
August 23, 2019 15:17 - 50 minutesDurham authors Pat Barker and Benjamin Myers join Laura McKenzie to talk about place, memory, and what calling the County home means to their writing. Recorded in June 2019.
Writing Durham - Pat Barker And Benjamin Myers
August 23, 2019 15:17 - 50 minutesDurham authors Pat Barker and Benjamin Myers join Laura McKenzie to talk about place, memory, and what calling the County home means to their writing. Recorded in June 2019.
Rich Seams: Episode 7: Return to New Writing North
June 06, 2019 11:04 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew’s journey comes to an end, and he wheels his travel suitcase back to the New Writing North offices to chat to Claire Malcolm, and offer up a new poem about what he’s found. Recorded May 2019 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Rich Seams Episode 7: Return to New Writing North
June 06, 2019 11:04 - 38 minutesAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew’s journey comes to an end, and he wheels his travel suitcase back to the New Writing North offices to chat to Claire Malcolm, and offer up a new poem about what he’s found. Recorded May 2019 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Rich Seams: Episode 6: Who's Own Country?
May 30, 2019 10:55 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew’s journey brings him to Yorkshire with Rachael Allen, Kit Fan and Zaffar Kunial to consider what it takes to feel at home somewhere and whether the idea of a poetry of the north is really a signpost to a continuous journey rather than a final destination. Recorded on 12 November 201...
Rich Seams Episode 6: Who's Own Country?
May 30, 2019 10:55 - 53 minutesAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew’s journey brings him to Yorkshire with Rachael Allen, Kit Fan and Zaffar Kunial to consider what it takes to feel at home somewhere and whether the idea of a poetry of the north is really a signpost to a continuous journey rather than a final destination. Recorded on 12 November 201...
Rich Seams: Episode 5: New Norths
May 23, 2019 13:35 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBAndrew’s journey into the Rich Seams of Northern poetry continues in Manchester, where he meets Hafsah Aneela Bashir and Ian Humphreys to consider how we’re breaking apart a monolithic view of the North and asking whether a convergence of different influences and and experiences is building a new sense of what we think of as the north and its poetry. Recorded on the 5 November in the UNESCO City Literature, Manchester.
Rich Seams Episode 5: New Norths
May 23, 2019 13:35 - 40 minutesAndrew’s journey into the Rich Seams of Northern poetry continues in Manchester, where he meets Hafsah Aneela Bashir and Ian Humphreys to consider how we’re breaking apart a monolithic view of the North and asking whether a convergence of different influences and and experiences is building a new sense of what we think of as the north and its poetry. Recorded on the 5 November in the UNESCO City Literature, Manchester.
Rich Seams Episode 4: Myths and Language
May 16, 2019 11:12 - 59 minutesAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew joins poets Steve Ely, Amy McCauley and Clare Shaw to think about how places might become mythologised, how we might have to look backwards to find a language and understanding of our present condition and how even recent history can enter the fabric of the legends will tell each ot...
Rich Seams: Episode 4: Myths and Language
May 16, 2019 11:12 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew joins poets Steve Ely, Amy McCauley and Clare Shaw to think about how places might become mythologised, how we might have to look backwards to find a language and understanding of our present condition and how even recent history can enter the fabric of the legends will tell each ot...
Rich Seams Episode 3: Inheritance and Wilderness
May 09, 2019 13:59 - 52 minutesAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew continues his journey into the Rich Seams of Northern Poetry at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere with Cumbrian poets Emma McGorden, Kim Moore and Eileen Pun. Thinking about nature, nurture and the North as a backdrop for bigger experiences, Andrew searches for more answers in his qu...
Rich Seams: Episode 3: Inheritance and Wilderness
May 09, 2019 13:59 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew continues his journey into the Rich Seams of Northern Poetry at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere with Cumbrian poets Emma McGorden, Kim Moore and Eileen Pun. Thinking about nature, nurture and the North as a backdrop for bigger experiences, Andrew searches for more answers in his qu...
Rich Seams: Episode 2: Live!
May 02, 2019 10:58 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. In a special, live edition of Rich Seams, Andrew begins his journey to dig down into the place of poetry in the North; he’s joined by North East based poets Jake Campbell, John Challis and Degna Stone to think about who’s voices poetry allows us to hear, who we still need to hear more from...
Rich Seams Episode 2: Live!
May 02, 2019 10:58 - 48 minutesAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. In a special, live edition of Rich Seams, Andrew begins his journey to dig down into the place of poetry in the North; he’s joined by North East based poets Jake Campbell, John Challis and Degna Stone to think about who’s voices poetry allows us to hear, who we still need to hear more from...
Rich Seams Episode 1: Beginnings
April 26, 2019 13:28 - 45 minutesAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Our launch episode, in which we tear open the seams of poetry in the North to examine its legacy, its present condition and where it might be heading in the future. Andrew McMillan talks to Claire Malcolm, Chief Executive of New Writing North about the ideas behind Rich Seams and takes the...
Rich Seams: Episode 1: Beginnings
April 26, 2019 13:28 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBAward-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Our launch episode, in which we tear open the seams of poetry in the North to examine its legacy, its present condition and where it might be heading in the future. Andrew McMillan talks to Claire Malcolm, Chief Executive of New Writing North about the ideas behind Rich Seams and takes the...
Durham Book Festival 2018: Kathryn Mannix on With The End in Mind
April 12, 2019 15:55 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBThis New Writing North podcast was recorded at Durham Book Festival 2018. In this episode, palliative care specialist Kathryn Mannix talks to Professor Douglas Davies about her new book With the End in Mind, an exploration of one of the biggest taboos in our society and the only certainty we all share: death. They discuss how important it is to re-claim public understanding of death, and how it allows us to plan and relate to our dearest during the last part of our, or their, lives. Durham ...
Durham Book Festival 2018: Sarah Perry in conversation with Professor Simon James
April 11, 2019 11:01 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBThis New Writing North podcast was recorded at Durham Book Festival 2018. In this episode, award-winning author Sarah Perry introduces her new novel Melmoth, a chilling and deeply moving book that speaks urgently to our times. Sarah is in conversation with Professor Simon James of Durham University, and discusses her writing structure (or lack thereof), plans for her future books and how her upbringing has influenced her taste for the gothic. Durham Book Festival is commissioned by Durham...
Durham Book Festival 2018: Professor Dame Sue Black on All That Remains: A Life in Death
April 04, 2019 12:38 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBWarning: contains content which some listeners may find upsetting. This New Writing North podcast was recorded at Durham Book Festival 2018. In this episode, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, Professor Dame Sue Black, introduces her new book All That Remains: A Life in Death. This gripping memoir provides a fascinating look at death – its causes, our attitudes towards it, and the forensic scientist's way of analysing it. Sue is in conversation with Claire Malcolm, Chief Ex...
Durham Book Festival 2018: Alta'ir Durham-Jordan Creative Exchange
March 28, 2019 11:52 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBThis New Writing North podcast was recorded at Durham Book Festival 2018. In this episode Jordanian screenplay writer Mofleh Al Adwan and poet Linda France discuss their experiences taking part in the Alta'ir creative exchange. This cross-cultural exchange between Durham and Amman was established to help raise the profile of British writing in Jordan and of Arab writing and culture in the UK. Alta’ir is a partnership project between Durham Book Festival/New Writing North, the Council for Br...
Durham Book Festival 2018: Owen Sheers and The Green Hollow
March 21, 2019 10:44 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBThis New Writing North podcast was recorded at Durham Book Festival 2018. In this episode poet, author and playwright, Owen Sheers talks to Professor Stephen Regan about The Green Hollow, his moving and beautifully rendered film poem about the 1966 Aberfan mining disaster. The two discuss the way the disaster affected the community of Aberfan, and how it created a ‘radical culture of the betrayed.’ Durham Book Festival is commissioned by Durham County Council and produced by New Writing Nort...
Durham Book Festival 2018: Jason Cowley and Lewis Goodall - Understanding the Age of Upheaval
March 14, 2019 12:12 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBThis New Writing North podcast was recorded at Durham Book Festival 2018. In this episode, New Statesman editor Jason Cowley and Sky News Correspondent Lewis Goodall introduce their new books, and discuss one of the most turbulent periods in UK political history – from the fall of Blair to the rise of Corbyn and Brexit. This discussion is chaired by Dr Claire Sutherland of Durham University. Durham Book Festival is commissioned by Durham County Council and produced by New Writing North. Find...
Durham Book Festival 2018: Pat Barker in conversation with Dr Anne Whitehead
March 07, 2019 11:46 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBThis New Writing North podcast was recorded at Durham Book Festival 2018. In this episode, Booker-prize winning author Pat Barker introduces her new book The Silence of the Girls, in conversation with Dr Anne Whitehead of Newcastle University. The Silence of the Girls is a brilliant reimagining of the legendary Trojan War told instead from the overlooked perspective of Briseis, one of many women silenced by history. Pat talks about the importance of female perspectives in history, the paral...
Crime Story 2018: Denise Mina in conversation with Professor Katy Shaw
March 01, 2019 11:13 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBFor Crime Story 2018 award-winning writer Denise Mina was commissioned to write a thrilling crime story about murder, trafficking and the drug trade. The story was the focus of a series of panel events in which real police, lawyers and criminologists explored how they would have approached solving the crime in real life. Here she talks with Professor Katy Shaw of Northumbria University about her work and writing life, how to write a truly interesting victim and just how to solve her intriguin...
How to Get Published with Northern Writers' Awards winners Yvonne Battle-Felton and Laura Steven
January 25, 2019 00:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBIn this episode we join two former recipients of the Northern Writers’ Awards, Yvonne Battle-Felton and Laura Steven, in conversation with our Senior Programme Manager for Writing, Awards and Libraries, Will Mackie. In this episode, we find out just how the Northern Writers’ Awards work, from tips on how best to apply to the impact of winning an award. Yvonne and Laura both explain how crucial the Northern Writers' Awards were to their writing development and how winning helped to further th...
Alexei Sayle: The News as Novel
December 14, 2017 14:28 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MBTen years ago, the late Gordon Burn took the events of 2007 and during that year wrote and published Born Yesterday: The News as a Novel, an ambitious and experimental novel about the way news is made, and the way the media creates and manipulates the stories we see before us. In the spirit of this fine literary experiment with fact and fiction, we have commissioned four outstanding writers to produce a piece of work in response to the extraordinary unfolding news cycle of 2017. Alexei Sayl...
Rachel Joyce in conversation with Caroline Beck
December 12, 2017 22:47 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBDuring a morning of coffee and cake at Durham Book Festival 2017 with Rachel Joyce, author of the international bestselling The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, she discussed her heart-warming new novel The Music Shop.
Malika Booker reading at the Poetry Gala
December 08, 2017 10:32 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MBMalika Booker reads two poems at the Rich Seams Poetry Gala at Durham Book Festival 2017. Introduction by Andrew McMillan.
Gulwali Passarlay And Thom Brookes
December 08, 2017 09:42 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBIn Becoming British, citizenship expert Thom Brooks explores the big questions rarely answered by the politicians, examining the relationship between immigration and citizenship in order to challenge the popular and political myths that surround this topic. Thom Brooks is Professor of Law and Government at Durham University. He is a dual citizen of the UK and United States. Gulwali Passarlay left his home in Afghanistan when he was twelve years old, enduring a terrifying journey across Europ...
Andrew McMillan – Commissioned poem
December 05, 2017 15:17 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MBEach year Durham Book Festival works in partnership with Durham University to invite an acclaimed poet to become the Festival Laureate. In 2017, we welcomed Andrew McMillan to the role. Here, Andrew reads his specially commissioned poem. Andrew McMillan’s debut collection physical was the first ever poetry collection to win The Guardian First Book Award. The collection also won the Fenton Aldeburgh Award and a Northern Writers’ Award.
Kim Moore reading at the Poetry Gala
December 01, 2017 15:20 - 5 minutes - 5.22 MBKim Moore reads two poems at the Rich Seams Poetry Gala at Durham Book Festival 2017. Introduction by Andrew McMillan.