A perfect gift for any explorer, whether it's the streets of 1920s London, or the Northumbrian coast, or further afield. These brilliant books are all 40% OFF until December 23rd on our website. @jakecampbell88.bsky.social @tricksterprince.bsky.social @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social #giftideas #booksky

To mark National Grief Awareness Week (December 2nd - 8th) we're proud to share the cover for @jtwelsch.bsky.social's forthcoming book, The poetry of suicide: Lessons in grief from the lives and deaths of poets, which is publishing April 2026. #nationalgriefawarenessweek #booksky

In 'Between the Salt and the Ash' author @jakecampbell88.bsky.social asks what stories the North East can tell about itself in the wake of Christianity and coal. Don't miss his event at the @litandphil.bsky.social as part of Books on Tyne this Thursday, tickets here: tinyurl.com/bdf3hxhf #booksky

Books on Tyne 2025: The Newcastle Book Festival

Newcastle Libraries and The Lit & Phil present Books on Tyne 2025

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Don't miss @jakecampbell88.bsky.social on a mini book tour in the North-East this autumn, with events at Durham Book Festival, @crossingthetees.bsky.social, Blyth Celebrates and #Newcastle @litandphil.bsky.social.

Lily Dunn's 'Into Being' is a milestone text in the art of life writing. I'm looking forward to chairing a discussion with her at @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social next month. It will be a great evening about how we raise raw personal material and make it powerfully universal.

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join us next month as @lilydunn.bsky.social hits the road next month to launch her new book, 'Into being', sharing the secrets of writing memoir. Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky

Tickets are on sale now for Hidden Histories with @lanre-bakare.bsky.social & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social at Durham Book Festival. Both authors highlight the unsung stories of people from across the North, painting a portrait of a diverse and rich heritage: newwritingnorth.com/event/hidden...

Hidden Histories with Lanre Bakare and Jake Morris-Campbell - New Writing North

Jake Morris-Campbell’s Between the Salt and the Ash asks what stories the North East can tell about itself in the...

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New Writing North@newwritingnorth.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🎉 Celebrate the power of the written word at Durham Book Festival 2025! 📚 From 10-12 October, delve into an autumn weekend jam packed with books, ideas and talent at Gala Durham, Clayport Library, Collected and online. Find the full programme at DurhamBookFestival.com

Just read @jakecampbell88.bsky.social 's excellent 'Between the salt and the ash'. It chronicles his pilgrimage around the passionate places among the passionate people of the North East. A place I still think of as hyem.

Coming up soon, @forumbooks.bsky.social presents an evening with @jakecampbell88.bsky.social in conversation with John Challis at the bound, Whitley Bay. 17th July Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/whi... #Newcastle #booksky

Sharing again for afternoon crowd. This is an urban-based study, but now I'm living in the countryside, I'm increasingly aware of the dearth of opportunities for writers away from metropolitan areas. Does anyone know of any work in this area: to promote networks of writers in rural communities?

Jake Morris-Campbell@jakecampbell88.bsky.social · last yr.

Article I co-wrote with James Annesley has been published by Creative Industries journal. In it, we discuss the North-East's literary ecology (how contemporary writing happens & is supported, basically) through the prism of New Writing North, England's largest regional writing development agency.

Article I co-wrote with James Annesley has been published by Creative Industries journal. In it, we discuss the North-East's literary ecology (how contemporary writing happens & is supported, basically) through the prism of New Writing North, England's largest regional writing development agency.

New writing North: writing development, the cultural industries and the North East’s literary ecology

This paper looks at England’s regional writing development agencies (RWDAs) and considers the ways they make contemporary writing happen. Focussing on New Writing North, it starts by describing the...

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Thanks to Andy Potts and @northeastbylines.co.uk for this excellent review of the late William Martin’s Marratide: Selected Poems (edited by Peter Armstrong & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social).

North East Bylines@northeastbylines.co.uk · last yr.

Marratide: a timely retrospective of a Wearside bard Review of the new anthology collection by Sunderlands, poet William Martin northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/poet...

'A must-buy for lovers of the extraordinary poetry of William Martin [...] These verses are exquisitely spare yet depthlessly rich in their vision and musicality.' – Jane Pikett, The Northumbrian, on Marratide: Selected Poems (edited by Peter Armstrong & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social).

Editors Peter Armstrong & @jakecampbell88.bsky.social will be launching Marratide: Selected Poems and remembering William Martin at the @litandphil.bsky.social in Newcastle tomorrow evening, 21 May, 7.30pm, and at St Chad's College Chapel in Durham on 27 May, 7pm - both with poet #GillianAllnutt.

Kirkdale Bookshop@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · last yr.

another new arrival!!! details in Alt

Wild Writing: Shores of Memory, Tides of Truth. Next Monday I'm reading from my new @manchesterup.bsky.social book at @wowfest.bsky.social with two incredible Merseyside authors: Tony Wailey and @wildtwin.bsky.social Celebrate 25 years of radical writing in Liverpool (with a Northumbrian twist!)

Don't miss @jakecampbell88.bsky.social, Tony Wailey and @wildtwin.bsky.social at the upcoming @wowfest.bsky.social in #Liverpool in May! Dive into the raw, untamed heart of storytelling as the panel explore memoir, fiction, and the spaces in between. Tickets:

Wild Writing: Shores of Memory, Tides of Truth - Writing on the Wall

Dive into the raw, untamed heart of storytelling with 'Wild Writing,' a festival exploration of memoir, fiction, and the spaces in between

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We're thrilled to have FIVE authors at @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social! 2nd June- @jakecampbell88.bsky.social & Jean Strouse (online) 5th June- Mikael Klintman (online) 7th June- @emmahcasey.bsky.social (in-person) 9th June- @aldersonday.bsky.social (in-person) yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calendar/

York Festival of Ideas@yorkfestofideas.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for this year's York Festival of Ideas. 31 May to 13 June. #YorkIdeas

Looking forward to Wild Writing and celebrating 25 years of Radical Writing with Writing on the Wall Quaker Meeting House: 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT May 12, 2025, 7:00 pm @jakecampbell88.bsky.social @wowfest.bsky.social writingonthewall.org.uk/myevents/wil...

Wild Writing: Shores of Memory, Tides of Truth - Writing on the Wall

Dive into the raw, untamed heart of storytelling with 'Wild Writing,' a festival exploration of memoir, fiction, and the spaces in between

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Marvelous Merseyside launch for Salt & Ash tonight at Dead Ink Books, Smithdoon. Here I am with my wonderful friend and colleague, fellow poet @helentookey.bsky.social who led such a rich discussion. Big love to the friends, students & co-workers who made it out in support: true marras! Gan canny x

Join #HolyPlaces author @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social and #BetweenTheSaltAndTheAsh author @jakecampbell88.bsky.social for a evening of pilgrimage and place at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. More info below! 📅 Thurs 1st May 🕡 6:30–8:30pm 📍 Blackwell's Manchester 🎟️ Via 🔗

Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Peter Scott

Join us on a journey through pilgrimage and place, with Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Professor Peter Scott

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This week at @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social don't miss @jakecampbell88.bsky.social in conversation with Helen Tookey about his acclaimed new book, Between the salt and the ash. Tickets and info at the link below 👇 #Liverpool #booksky

Dead Ink Bookshop@deadinkbookshop.bsky.social · last yr.

HELLO let's have a look at what's coming up for the next few weeks at the bookshop! For all these events, you can find more info / tickets via the link in our bio or head straight for deadinkbookshop.com!

Event! Wild Writing at Writing on the Wall. Mon May 12 at Quaker Meeting House with Tony Wailey and Jake Morris-Campbell. @wowfest.bsky.social @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @jakecampbell88.bsky.social writingonthewall.org.uk/myevents/wil...

Wild Writing: Shores of Memory, Tides of Truth - Writing on the Wall

Dive into the raw, untamed heart of storytelling with 'Wild Writing,' a festival exploration of memoir, fiction, and the spaces in between

writingonthewall.org.uk

We are thrilled to bring you an evening of pilgrimage and place writing with authors @jakecampbell88.bsky.social and Kathryn Hurlock, who will be discussing their new books at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social on May 1st. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jake-morri... #holyweek #manchester #booksky

Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Peter Scott

Join us on a journey through pilgrimage and place, with Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Professor Peter Scott

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Our letter urging the restoration of the Creative Writing A Level in England appears in @thetls.bsky.social with co-signers @kitdewaal.bsky.social and Derek Neale. Let’s go!

Really looking forward to this event at @deadinkbooks.bsky.social Smithdown Rd on 24th - Jake will be reading from his fantastic new book and we’ll be chatting about it:

Jake Morris-Campbell@jakecampbell88.bsky.social · last yr.

Scousers: the next Salt & Ash event is at your mega indie bookseller on Smithdown Road, @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social where I'll be in conversation with my friend and colleague, the wonderful writer Helen Tookey. Get doon!

The full @wowfest.bsky.social programme is now available to browse on their website, don't miss events with @jakecampbell88.bsky.social and The Singh Twins at this year's festival! 👇🎟️ #booksky #Liverpool #WoWFEST25

Writing on the Wall@wowfest.bsky.social · last yr.

📚✊WoWFEST: 25 Years of Radical Writing✊📚 🎉We’ve released LOADS more incredible names to the #WoWFEST25 lineup! ➡️https://ow.ly/ymne50VqpPf Stay tuned for a MASSIVE final announcement next week!

Scousers: the next Salt & Ash event is at your mega indie bookseller on Smithdown Road, @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social where I'll be in conversation with my friend and colleague, the wonderful writer Helen Tookey. Get doon!

"The book is beautifully crafted and gloriously self-centred". Grateful to Rob Colls for this thoughtful appraisal of Between the Salt and the Ash – Book of the Day in New Statesman!

The New Statesman@newstatesman1913.bsky.social · last yr.

A poet’s journey through the north-east reveals our universal desire to belong to a place we call home. 📖 Book of the Day: Robert Colls on a Northumbrian pilgrimage

Never use a 'yes' when an 'aye' will dee. Really grateful to Jen for the opportunity to discuss Between the Salt and the Ash and cover some fair auld northern ground!

Jen Bowden@jenbowden12.bsky.social · last yr.

'The North of England isn't glitzy or fancy, it's a beautiful, rugged and honest place.' Poet and pilgrim @jakecampbell88.bsky.social on his new books from @manchesterup.bsky.social and @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social, walking the North and his mining heritage. on.soundcloud.com/DLuYkLMTorAY...

Had a great time last night at the launch of Between the Salt and the Ash by @jakecampbell88.bsky.social. Only had time to skim my copy so far, but it's full of good things. And hard not to love a travelogue that (briefly) visits the cul-de-sac where I grew up in Sunderland!

Really enjoying this new book by @jakecampbell88.bsky.social . A modern pilgrimage through the north country in the footsteps of saints and poets