On Northern Voices this week, North-East novelist Helen Aitchison joins me to talk about her latest books. We also chat about writing as therapy, her CIC Write on the Tyne and why you don't need to have dreamed about being a writer as a child to try it in adulthood.

Find out more:

https://helenaitchisonwrites.wordpress.com/

https://writeonthetyne.com/

https://write-on-the-tyne.sumupstore.com/product/broken-boundaries

https://cahilldavispublishing.co.uk/our-books/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/helen.aitchison_writes

https://www.instagram.com/writeonthetyne

https://www.instagram.com/cahilldavispublishing

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.