Marsden Library is part of Northern Bookshelf Live 2025 – connecting the best writers with libraries and readers across the North of England
We’re delighted to have been chosen to host two of this year’s Northern Bookshelf Live writers here in Marsden. The authors chosen by New Writing North all currently live and work in the North of England, and will be joining libraries around the region – including Marsden – to take part in author events for their most recently published books.
We will be hosting Sarah Brooks in June and Tawseef Khan in September. Tickets are just £3, available to book below.
Sarah Brooks won the Lucy Cavendish Prize in 2019 and a Northern Debut Award from New Writing North in 2021 for her debut historical fantasy novel The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands (2024). She works in East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds where she also helps run the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing. Originally from Lancashire, she now lives in Leeds.
Tawseef Khan is a qualified immigration solicitor who holds a doctoral degree from the University of Liverpool, where he examined the fairness of the British asylum system. His debut non-fiction book Muslim, Actually was published by Atlantic in 2021, and his debut novel, Determinations, was published by Footnote Press in 2024. He is based in Manchester.
Book Here
- Sarah Brooks, Thursday 26th June, Doors Open 6.30pm, Event Starts 7.00pm, £3 (plus booking fee)
- Tawseef Khan, Thursday 4th September, Doors Open 7.00pm, Event Starts, 7.30pm, £3 (plus booking fee)
