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Preview: Stop Write Hear presents Festival of Words

On Saturday 12th September, Darlington Library hosts Stop Write Hear’s Festival of Words, packing puppets, poetry, dialogue crafts, award‑winning authors and an open‑mic into one vibrant day.

Mon 7 Sep 2026 | VIEW

Focus: Eleanor Merretti

We find out all we can about the North East-based writer/playwright as on the back of the release of their poetry collection, Drowning in Honey, and ahead of their debut play, SPADEFOOT (due in Autumn 2026).

Thu 3 Sep 2026 | VIEW

News: The Water of Tyne: Reimagined @ The Glasshouse

The Glasshouse unveils new permanent visitor experience with free audio installation by BISHI

Wed 2 Sep 2026 | VIEW

News: Northern School of Art – Middlesbrough FC 150th Anniversary Programme Artwork

The Northern School of Art students create official Middlesbrough FC 150th anniversary programme artwork

Wed 2 Sep 2026 | VIEW

Preview: LED ON @ The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle

LED ON brings Lazerray’s pop‑up animated projection installation to The Cumberland Arms on 8–9 August 2026, showcasing new music‑driven visuals from 16 North East artists.

Tue 4 Aug 2026 | VIEW

Preview: SIRF’s Up 26: 20 Years Photographing The Festival @ ARC Stockton

Stockton photographer Adam Parkin marks two decades of documenting SIRF via a curated selection of images

Mon 27 Jul 2026 | VIEW

Interview: Louise Powell

Joanna Long speaks to Middlesbrough writer Louise Powell about her debut novel ‘Underdogs’, a love letter to a vanished world that she filmed, lived, and ultimately had to reclaim and resurrect in prose.

Thu 23 Jul 2026 | VIEW

Focus: Darren Stafford

We find out all we can about the Durham novelist

Tue 7 Jul 2026 | VIEW

Preview: Care / Work @ Vane

Nayeema Ahmed’s Care / Work lands at Vane on 9th July with sharp, inventive mixed‑media pieces that spotlight everyday care, maternal memory and South Asian heritage as part of Masala Festival’s 10th‑anniversary programme.

Mon 6 Jul 2026 | VIEW

Preview: Queer Pleasure Archive: Baltic Library takeover

From 1st July to 2nd August Queer Pleasure Archive takes up residence in Baltic Library, taking a fresh look at the library collection through a queer lens and making interventions that celebrate queer creativity, history and experience.

Fri 3 Jul 2026 | VIEW