We are delighted to welcome a new trustee to the Book Works board, Tess Denman-Cleaver.

Tess is Senior Programme Manager (Young People & Communities) at New Writing North. She previously worked as a freelance programmer and artist, as well as producer for the Women Artists of the North East Library and Producer (Artists’ Moving Image) at Tyneside Cinema. As an artist she presented recent work at Turner Contemporary, Baltic and Workplace. Tess was Artistic Director of Tender Buttons theatre company between 2010-2018 and Programmer for The Northern Charter between 2015-2018. She has a PhD in landscape, philosophy and art from Newcastle University and is also a governor for Kelvin Grove Primary School (Gateshead).

Tess joins Teresa Drace-Francis, Maria Amidu, Nick Brown, Aliya Gulamani, and Gerrie Van Noord on the board.

Huge thanks to Claire Malcolm for her time as a Book Works trustee, and we wish her all the best.