The second novel by Tracey Iceton has been published. Herself Alone in Orange Rain is part two in the Celtic Colours trilogy by the author.

Kaylynne Ryan is a promising art student, used to fighting for her place in a world of men, but when a forgotten…

Next year, Darlington for Culture is planning a full day to celebrate the achievement of local writers and offer new poets, playwrights, novelists etc the chance to develop their craft as part of Darlington Arts Festival 2018, which is supported by Creative Darlington.

To this end we have hired the Friends Meeting House on Skinnergate from 10am-10pm on Saturday, 26th May. DfC are paying…

The Icarus Project by Darlington thriller writer Roger Barnes has been published through Inscribe Media.

During his Inauguration speech, newly elected American President Alan Maddox announces in it is his intention to initiate a project that will rid the world of toxic waste. A project visionary in concept to transport it into the Sun;…

The Book Folks have just published Bud Craig’s collection of award-winning short stories, High Profile. It is available to download onto your kindle now.

The title story brings you the latest adventure of Salford  private eye, Gus Keane. Others feature a…

I now have a new publisher. The Book Folks have published Dead Hill, the first of my crime novels featuring North Pennines Detective Chief Inspector Jack Harris.

Initially available as an e-book, Dead Hill sees the theft of rare eagle eggs lead Harris and his team in the remote valley into a world of criminal intrigue.

You can buy it at…

The Prison, a new anthology of short stories by Darlington author and Inkerman Writers member Michael Jarvie, is on sale for reading on Kindle.

Taking its inspiration from James Joyce’s notion of the “epiphany,” as exemplified by his pioneering work “Dubliners,” this collection of short stories – or composite novel – focuses on the theme of imprisonment. 

Spanning the childhood, adolescence…

The second crime novel by Darlington author and Inkerman Writers member Michael Beck has been published.

Making A Difference, which is available as an ebook published by Inscribe Media, is set in a fictional northern town and tells how Greg Preston, Mister Average in his mid-thirties with a wife and two children, becomes radicalised by an extreme left wing anti-capitalist movement.…

Creative writing tutor John Dean is taking bookings for the Spring 2017 term of his popular courses at the Friends’ Meeting House in Skinnergate, Darlington.

The adult learning courses deal with all aspects of creative writing, focusing primarily on prose, including short stories, novels and other forms of writing as well as occasional forays into the world of stage, theatre and radio. Each…

The new season of Open Mic nights for authors will  continue on Thursday November 24.

The nights, supported by Darlington for Culture and which offer a forum for writers to read their material and audiences to enjoy it, run at Voodoo Café/Cantina, 84 Skinnergate, Darlington, on the last Thursday of the month.

Now in their sixth year, the nights…

Fancy a good read? Then check out the Books Corner at http://www.darlingtonforculture.org/books-corner/, which includes works by a number of Inkerman Writers

Inscribe Media has published a number of ebooks, including by Inkerman Writers Mike Beck, a crime writer, and thriller writer Roger Barnes. You can find out more about how to buy them as well as the writers'

thoughts on the writing process at www.inscribemedia.co.uk…

The first three crime novels by writer Bud Craig, from the Darlington area, have been brought together and published as an e-trilogy. Salford Murders features three gripping private eye detective stories set in the industrial North. With the atmosphere of urban decline and inner-city violence, these three murder mysteries are set in the metropolitan area of Salford, Manchester - one of the most deprived areas in…

Darlington authors Paul Hodgson and Inkerman Writer Mike Jarvie have brought out their new e-book  Give Them Wings.

Disabled as a result of childhood meningitis, Paul has written this hard-hitting autobiography…

John Dean has announced that he will run two masterclasses during the 2017 Darlington Arts Festival:

Saturday May 6

A Touch of Villainy–   Crime Fiction Masterclass

Friends’ Meeting House, Skinnergate, Darlington 10am-4pm

Run by crime novelist John Dean, the creator of the DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harris series of books, this masterclass…

A year or so ago, the Inkerman Writers linked up with Darlington Videomakers Club. Club members read a number of stories/scripts by the writers and chose one by Fred Johnson. The result is Family Matters, which can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw0NRhK7nVo

The third crime novel by Darlington-based Bud Craig, Falling Foul, has been published as a e-book by The Book Folks.

With his…

Twenty writers from the North of England, including Pam Plumb from Darlington, have been  announced as winners of the Northern Crime Competition.

Leeds-based writer Kathleen McKay has won £1000 and the publication of her contemporary crime novel, Hard Wired, by Moth Publishing in summer 2016.

A further 19 northern writers have won the Northern Crime…

The latest thriller by North East England author Roger Barnes has been published. Snow Birds, published as an ebook through Inscribe Media, is the third novel by the Darlington taxi driver following on from White Gold and Lost Souls.

After a number of high profile drug related deaths from pure cocaine supplied through London clubs to their patrons from the Financial…

The new book by Inkerman Writer Pam Plumb, ‘Akos Novus’, is now available from Amazon (at …

You can read the thoughts on their work of Darlington novelists, and Inkerman Writers, Mike Beck and Roger Barnes on a special feature at at…