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REVIEW: Heathcliff Adrift by Benjamin Myers

Posted on 13 December 2014 by Laura Brewis

Published by: New Writing North Out Now More information on Benjamin Myers’ website REVIEW by: Matilda Neill Heathcliff Adrift is a collection of poems by Benjamin Myers, commissioned by New Writing North for the Durham Book Festival. The collection elaborates … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Kate Tempest @ Durham Book Festival

Posted on 27 October 2014 by Laura Brewis

Gala Theatre, Durham October 17th 2014 Review by: Jen Szandrowska There’s something to be said for artists who are born to perform and from the moment Kate Tempest steps on stage, it is perfectly clear that she is not one of these … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Laura Bates, ‘Everyday Sexism’ @ Durham Book Festival

Posted on 25 October 2014 by Laura Brewis

Durham Town Hall 11th October 2014 Review by: Emily Park As Laura Bates’ Everyday Sexism talk came to an end, an elderly audience member asked whether it had saddened me. Despite the stranger’s certainty that “it should have done,” the … Continue reading →

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PREVIEW: Kate Tempest: Hold Your Own @ Durham Book Festival

Posted on 14 October 2014 by Laura Brewis

Gala Theatre, Durham 17th November 2014 More Information on Kate Tempest at Durham Book Festival Preview by: Bethany Calverley Kate Tempest is the shooting star of the spoken word  world. She’s turning heads by merging traditional poetic forms with the … Continue reading →

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Ben Myers wins Gordon Burn Prize at Durham Book Festival

Posted on 25 October 2013 by Laura Brewis

REPORT: KATE TAYLOR Saturday 19th October marked the first Gordon Burn Prize as part of Durham Book Festival. Established by friends, family, his publishers Faber and Faber and New Writing North after his death aged 61 in 2009, the Gordon … Continue reading →

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Retail

Posted on 28 September 2013 by Laura Brewis

Amy Mackelden The Customs House 18 September 2013 http://www.customshouse.co.uk/ http://amymackelden.com/retail/ REVIEW: Emily Park CCTV-inflicted paranoia, questionable characters and the occasional dead mouse – when combined with a flimsy, stockroom romance, you have the – albeit, dispiriting – recipe for a … Continue reading →

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Mad Girl’s Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted by Andrew Wilson

Posted on 27 September 2013 by Laura Brewis

Publisher: Simon & Schuster http://www.hive.co.uk/book/mad-girls-love-song-sylvia-plath-and-life-before-ted/16704558/ REVIEW: KATE TAYLOR Sylvia Plath lived for thirty years and yet the majority of biographies have concentrated on just seven – from the house party where she met her future husband, Ted Hughes, to the … Continue reading →

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