North East England’s literary history stretches from the Lindisfarne Gospels via the Border Ballads and Briggflatts to the success of contemporary writers such as David Almond and Pat Barker. In Fix this Moment, some of the key writers and publishers who have played a recent part in this history have been asked to reflect on their own experiences and on distinctive parts of this story. In this collection are accounts of women’s writing on Tyneside, the literary identity of Teesside, the remarkable influence of independent literary magazines and presses, the importance of the live poetry scene in Newcastle and Durham in the 1960s and 1970s, and both poetic and academic essays which capture the meaning and mood of the North East’s fine literary heritage.

Contributors:
David Almond
Neil Astley
Michael Chaplin
Andy Croft
Nolan Dalrymple
Jackie Litherland
Peter Mortimer
Ellen Phethean
Stevie Ronnie

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Published April 2010
96 pages
ISBN: 978-0 955 8829 75