The Northern Connection

The Northern Connection

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The Northern Connection episodes

  • Sophie Parkes

    A graduate of the University of Manchester and the Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University, Sophie Parkes is currently studying for a PhD in creative writing and folklore at Sheffield Hallam University, for which she won a Vice Chancellor's Scholarship. You can read more about her research here.

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    Her historical novel, Out of Human Sight, was shortlisted for the NorthBound Book Award at the 2021 Northern Writers' Awards and was published by Northodox Press in 2023. 

     

    In 2017, Sophie won the Arvon Award at the Northern Writers’ Awards for her collection of short stories influenced by English folk song. You can read some of her published short stories at the bottom of this page.

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    Sophie's interest in specialist music, particularly folk music, has seen her publish the official biography of one of her all-time musical heroes, Eliza Carthy. Wayward Daughter (Soundcheck Books) came out in 2012 and the title of the book was later used by Eliza to name both an album and her big band. Sophie continues to write about music and musicians for an array of titles, including Songlines and Rock'n'Reel.

     

    In 2016, Sophie worked with endurance athlete, Blind Dave Heeley, to get his incredible story down onto paper. From Light to Dark is published by Pitch, with a portion of the story influencing short film, Seven Days, made by Pixel Revolution Films. It is also available as an audio book, courtesy of narrator, Adrian Chiles.

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    29 min
  • Sue Reed

    The Northern Connection catches up with Sue Reed to talk about her debut novel, The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn.



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    31 min
  • Victoria Hislop
    Jules, Rebecca, Rachel and Emma chat with Victoria Hislop about her latest book, The Figurine. We also talk about Greece, archaeology, Strictly Come Dancing and book recommendations

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    39 min
  • Trevor Wood

    Jules, Rebecca and Emma catch up with Trevor Wood, to talk about his latest book, You Can Run.

    We also talk book recommendations, Shetland Noir, Harrogate and much more!

    You can find many of the books we talk about on our Northern Connection pages on Bookshop.org


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    28 min
  • Stacey Thomas
    In this episode, Jules, Rebecca and Emma chat with Stacey Thomas about her debut novel, The Revels. We talked about York, witch trials, the Hocus Pocus hotel and books!

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    24 min
  • Emma Flint
    Jules, Emma and Rachel catch up with author Emma Flint to chat about Other Women, Little Deaths, and her writing inspiration. We also talk about books and Emma shares her favourite books with a northern connection

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    34 min
  • Chris Carse Wilson
    Jules, Rebecca and Emma catch up with writer Chris Carse Wilson to talk about his debut novel Fray. We chat about writing inspiration, mental health, Autism and books. Chris chose Twelve Moons by Caro Giles as his recommended book with a northern connection!

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    32 min

About The Northern Connection

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A book podcast from Northern based book lovers, with a focus on the North whether through authors, publishers, book setting or events.

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