Authors are being asked to help celebrate the 200^th anniversary of the world’s first passenger railway by entering a rail-themed writing competition.

The…

The second novel written by author Eric Foster, a member of the Darlington-based Inkers writing group, has been published and is the latest stage in his fictional re-telling of the life of Ireland’s patron saint.

Becoming St Patrick – His Mission (Troubador) sees Patrick’s ten-man mission arrive by boat in the Irish Kingdom of Brega, where…

Inkers member Alwyn Foden has gone into print with his new book Queues A Life Line.

The book tells the story of Stanley McEwan, a pun on ‘Standing and Queueing’, who despairs at his life spent in queues. 

As a youngster, life is full of promise but rapidly descends into a frustrating humdrum.  He falls out with his son and his…

Inkers, a long-established collection of writers who gather fortnightly in person at the Friends’ Meeting House in Darlington, as well as online, have published their latest anthology.

A Thread of Raindrops and Other Stories contains short stories in various genres, many of them featuring a satisfying twist.

From crime to romance, and…

Darlington author Eric Foster is to stage an event to promote his first novel, which has recently been published and is based on a fictional re-telling of the life of Ireland’s patron saint.

Becoming St Patrick has been published by Troubador Publishing and Eric will talk about the book during the event on Wednesday March 15 at The Quakerhouse, in…

The first novel written by Darlington author Eric Foster is due to be published on January 28, based on a fictional re-telling of the life of Ireland’s patron saint.

Inspired by a long-standing love of Ireland, Becoming St Patrick has been published by Troubador Publishing and is based on extensive research conducted by Eric over several…

Author Keven Shevels, a member of Darlington-based Inkerman Writers, has now published three novels in his darkly comic Dogsbreath series, which are available on Amazon.  Proceeds from sales are donated to St Teresa’s Hospice in the town.

The books are:

The Haddock Flies At Midnight - A contemporary novel tracing thirty days in the life…

Group members are delighted to be taking part in this year’s Darlington Arts Festival, featuring in two events.

Inkers Creative Writing Collective presents ‘The Other Side Of The Door.’ An entertaining hour of prose and poetry.  A door represents a world of possibility, a passageway from one world to another. Come and listen to tales of…

Don't know if anyone is interested, but my latest comic novel in the Dogsbreath Histories is now available to download from Amazon price £1.99. Titled 'A Song of Ice and Haddock' it is a fantasy and traces the history of the earliest known ancestor of the Dogsbreath family, one Ivor the Dogsbreath. Suffice to say Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and Conan the Barbarian all have the mickey taken out of them. As usual all proceeds will go towards St Teresa's Hospice in…

Interested in crime fiction? Then check out Inkerman Writer Bud Craig talking about his craft in the latest instalment of the free Tall Tales Mysteries Mug Shots series of films. Bud, one of the Book Folks stable of writers, talks in particular about sense of place. You can watch the interview at …

Inkerman Writer Bud Craig is celebrating after his short story Hats Off to Larry was commended in the Elmbridge Literary Competition. The theme of the competition was music.

In the story, in 1960 Salford teenager Jack finds the girl of his dreams. Over the next three years, Jack changes as does pop music, the Everly Brothers and Del Shannon giving way to the Beatles.

Jack plans a year in France after A levels and sees a whole new world opening up. Girlfriend Cathy, who…

One of the anthologies produced by Darlington-based Inkerman Writers gives a clue as to how they got their name.

The anthology of short stories, titled Inkerman Street, was based on the demolition of a fictional northern street and the stories of the people who lived in it.

The book, which features a variety of stories ranging from…

An exciting new initiative has been launched featuring online interviews with popular crime fiction authors.

Mug Shots is run by Tall Tales Mysteries, a leading UK murder mystery company based in the Darlington area of County Durham.

The idea for Mug Shots happened when Scottish-based crime writers Jackie Baldwin, Ian Patrick and John…

Inkerman Writer Mike Watson is celebrating after one of his pieces was named runner-up in a short story competition.

The competition was organised by Durham Wildlife Trust, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The Trust organised the writing competition to add to the celebrations and the theme was how Nature has affected, or changed, your life, with a word limit of 500.

Mike, who receives a £25 book token and a coveted Golden Badger Badge, said: “It’s…

The latest crime novel from Inkerman Writer Bud Craig has been published by The Book Folks.

Stealing Time is the latest run-out for his private investigator Gus Keane and is much to be recommended.

You can find out more, and purchase the book on Kindle or in paperback, at  …

Inkerman Writer Bud Craig has had his latest crime novel published by The Book Folks.

Making A Killing is a British murder mystery featuring Private Investigator Gus Keane, the fourth book in which he has featured. The ebook is available now, the paperback will come in a few days.

In the novel, a…

Congratulations to Inkerman Writers member Keven Shevels, who is donating proceeds from sales of his comic novel The Haddock Flies at Midnight to St Teresa's Hospice in Darlington, County Durham, to help it through these difficult times. An adult comedy, the book recounts thirty days in the life of a town hall housing official in the north of England…

Crime writer John Dean, a member of the Inkerman Writers, will be among those authors staging events at Darlington Arts Festival, during National Crime Reading Month in May. They are:

Title: An Introduction to Crime Fiction – Writing workshop

Event details Best-selling crime novelist John Dean is to run an Introduction to Crime…