Liana Badr on being a female author in translation

Women in Translation Month was launched in 2014 by Meytal Radzinski, a book blogger who noticed an imbalance in the Continue reading →

Furor Scribendi – a Floating Residency: The Process

In an earlier blog, I wrote about my time as writer-in-residence aboard the glorious canal barge library, Furor Scribendi. Here, Continue reading →

The Book of Reykjavik – Q&A with translator Larissa Kyzer

To celebrate not only Women in Translation Month, but also the publication of our latest city anthology, The Book of Continue reading →

Refugee Tales IV: Rachel Seiffert on writing the refugee experience

Refugee Tales IV is the latest instalment in the Refugee Tales series, and the first to not only present the Continue reading →

The Northern Fiction Alliance Summer Showcase

After a year and a half indoors and restricted to our own parts of the country, the Northern Fiction Alliance Continue reading →

Writing Residency: floating short story library on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Furor Scribendi is a canal barge travelling the Leeds & Liverpool canal that is also a beautiful extensive library of Continue reading →

Authors share their favourite Independent Bookshops

In celebration of Independent Bookshop Week, we asked our wonderful authors what their favourite bookshop is and why they support Continue reading →

Shop Independent

Online shopping, perhaps one of the smartest ideas to come out of what can sometimes be a technological minefield – Continue reading →