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Portsmouth Writers showcases the work of new and established writers from the city of Portsmouth, UK. The Podcast features work of all styles, read by the writers themselves.

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    • Apr 18, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 14m AVG DURATION
    • 44 EPISODES


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    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 44: William Sutton (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 11:28


    William Sutton is a novelist, musician and Latin teacher living in Southsea. His historical mystery ‘The Worms of Euston Square’ unearths the stink beneath the cobblestones of Victorian London. ‘The Maestro of Assassins’ is due out in 2013, from which the

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 43: Richard Williams (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 17:02


    Richard Williams was born in Birmingham in 1965, grew up in Frome, lived in London and is now back in Portsmouth. He has had some success with poems in magazines such as Acumen, Orbis, Envoi, Brittle Star, South, Frogmore Papers and Poetry Monthly. Richa

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 42: Matt Wingett (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 16:39


    Matt Wingett was born in Portsmouth the year after the Summer of Love. As he says of the timing: “Blast. Missed it again.” He grew up in the countryside outside of Portsmouth where he looked with mistrust on the island city. He has written episodes of ITV

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 41: Sarah Cheverton (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 16:02


    Sarah Cheverton is a feminist, a freelance writer, researcher and co-ordinator of the Portsmouth Writer Hub. In addition to the day job, Sarah spends an increasing amount of time developing her freelance writing and journalism. As well as being a regula

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 40: Mick Cooper (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 8:19


    Portsmouth-born Mick Cooper was self-employed for most of his working life as a professional musician, and a professional photographer. He played music in many of the local clubs and pubs from the 1960s on and photographed many weddings in and around the

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 39: Tom Sykes (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 17:17


    Tom Sykes was born in Portsmouth in 1979. He was educated at the LSE, the University of East Anglia and Goldsmiths College. He has travelled extensively in Europe and Asia and lived and worked as a journalist and teacher in India, Malaysia and the Philipp

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 38: DJ Kirkby (4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 23:00


    Dee lives in the South of England in a home otherwise filled with males – husband, boys and pets – she writes to escape the testosterone. She is the 2012 Writer in Residence for Portsmouth Libraries and writes using the name D.J. Kirkby and Dee Kirkby. D

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 37: William Sutton (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 14:43


    William Sutton is a novelist, musician and Latin teacher living in Southsea. His historical mystery ‘The Worms of Euston Square’ unearths the stink beneath the cobblestones of Victorian London. ‘The Maestro of Assassins’ is due out in 2013, from which the

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 36: Charlotte Comley (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 8:17


    Charlotte Comley has had non-fiction work published in The Green Parent, Yours, Take a Break, Grow It and The Motion Online. She placed Highly Commended in The Winchester’s Writing Conference and has also won first place in the Darwin Evolutions Sci-Fi co

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 35: Richard Williams (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 11:40


    Richard Williams was born in Birmingham in 1965, grew up in Frome, lived in London and is now back in Portsmouth. He has had some success with poems in magazines such as Acumen, Orbis, Envoi, Brittle Star, South, Frogmore Papers and Poetry Monthly. Richa

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 34: Matt Wingett (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2013 15:58


    Matt Wingett was born in Portsmouth the year after the Summer of Love. As he says of the timing: “Blast. Missed it again.” He grew up in the countryside outside of Portsmouth where he looked with mistrust on the island city. He has written episodes of ITV

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 33: Sarah Cheverton (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2013 14:37


    Sarah Cheverton is a feminist, a freelance writer, researcher and co-ordinator of the Portsmouth Writer Hub. In addition to the day job, Sarah spends an increasing amount of time developing her freelance writing and journalism. As well as being a regula

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 32: Mick Cooper (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2013 12:22


    Portsmouth-born Mick Cooper was self-employed for most of his working life as a professional musician, and a professional photographer. He played music in many of the local clubs and pubs from the 1960s on and photographed many weddings in and around the

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 31: Lynne Blackwood (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2013 11:13


    Lynne Blackwood began writing full-time in April 2012 after an illness obliged her to give up professional activity. She lived twenty-five years in France and obtained the equivalent of a PGCE in International Development and Humanitarian Aid. She worked

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 30: Maggie Sawkins (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2013 10:05


    Maggie Sawkins is founder member and organiser of Tongues&Grooves Poetry and Music Club in Portsmouth. Her poems have been published in literary magazines and anthologies, have been translated into German, and broadcast on Romanian National Radio. She has

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 29: Tom Sykes (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2013 13:16


    Tom Sykes was born in Portsmouth in 1979. He was educated at the LSE, the University of East Anglia and Goldsmiths College. He has travelled extensively in Europe and Asia and lived and worked as a journalist and teacher in India, Malaysia and the Philipp

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 28: DJ Kirkby (3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2013 16:26


    Dee lives in the South of England in a home otherwise filled with males – husband, boys and pets – she writes to escape the testosterone. She is the 2012 Writer in Residence for Portsmouth Libraries and writes using the name D.J. Kirkby and Dee Kirkby. D

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 27: William Sutton (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2013 14:10


    William Sutton is a novelist, musician and Latin teacher living in Southsea. His historical mystery ‘The Worms of Euston Square’ unearths the stink beneath the cobblestones of Victorian London. ‘The Maestro of Assassins’ is due out in 2013, from which the

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 26: Charlotte Comley (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2013 7:53


    Charlotte Comley has had non-fiction work published in The Green Parent, Yours, Take a Break, Grow It and The Motion Online. She placed Highly Commended in The Winchester’s Writing Conference and has also won first place in the Darwin Evolutions Sci-Fi co

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 25: Richard Williams (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2013 15:37


    Richard Williams was born in Birmingham in 1965, grew up in Frome, lived in London and is now back in Portsmouth. He has had some success with poems in magazines such as Acumen, Orbis, Envoi, Brittle Star, South, Frogmore Papers and Poetry Monthly. Richa

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 24: Matt Wingett (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2013 15:56


    Matt Wingett was born in Portsmouth the year after the Summer of Love. As he says of the timing: “Blast. Missed it again.” He grew up in the countryside outside of Portsmouth where he looked with mistrust on the island city. He has written episodes of ITV

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 23: Sarah Cheverton (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2013 14:03


    Sarah Cheverton is a feminist, a freelance writer, researcher and co-ordinator of the Portsmouth Writer Hub. In addition to the day job, Sarah spends an increasing amount of time developing her freelance writing and journalism. As well as being a regula

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 22: Mick Cooper (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2013 10:32


    Portsmouth-born Mick Cooper was self-employed for most of his working life as a professional musician, and a professional photographer. He played music in many of the local clubs and pubs from the 1960s on and photographed many weddings in and around the

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 21: Lynne Blackwood (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2013 28:13


    Lynne Blackwood began writing full-time in April 2012 after an illness obliged her to give up professional activity. She lived twenty-five years in France and obtained the equivalent of a PGCE in International Development and Humanitarian Aid. She worked

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 20: Maggie Sawkins (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2013 13:25


    Maggie Sawkins is founder member and organiser of Tongues&Grooves Poetry and Music Club in Portsmouth. Her poems have been published in literary magazines and anthologies, have been translated into German, and broadcast on Romanian National Radio. She has

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 19: Tom Sykes (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2013 13:36


    Tom Sykes was born in Portsmouth in 1979. He was educated at the LSE, the University of East Anglia and Goldsmiths College. He has travelled extensively in Europe and Asia and lived and worked as a journalist and teacher in India, Malaysia and the Philipp

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 18: DJ Kirkby (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2012 13:47


    Dee lives in the South of England in a home otherwise filled with males – husband, boys and pets – she writes to escape the testosterone. She is the 2012 Writer in Residence for Portsmouth Libraries and writes using the name D.J. Kirkby and Dee Kirkby. D

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 17: Tom Harris (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2012 10:23


    Tom Harris is a writer of Young Adult fiction whose tales of adventure and fantasy are always laced with a twist of humour, horror and suspense. His first novel, a YA fairy tale, adventure-fantasy, 'The Amber Room' is now available on Amazon Kindle and

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 16: Sam Cox (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2012 16:19


    Sam Cox was born in Stratford, site of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, and is the Portsmouth Poet Laureate. A former deputy head at Charter Academy, Sam still teaches three days a week in Essex, spending the rest of her week back in Portsmouth. Mostly a

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 15: William Sutton (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2012 10:33


    William Sutton is a novelist, musician and Latin teacher living in Southsea. His historical mystery ‘The Worms of Euston Square’ unearths the stink beneath the cobblestones of Victorian London. ‘The Maestro of Assassins’ is due out in 2013, from which the

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 14: Charlotte Comley (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2012 4:03


    Charlotte Comley has had non-fiction work published in The Green Parent, Yours, Take a Break, Grow It and The Motion Online. She placed Highly Commended in The Winchester’s Writing Conference and has also won first place in the Darwin Evolutions Sci-Fi co

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 13: Richard Williams (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2012 13:24


    Richard Williams was born in Birmingham in 1965, grew up in Frome, lived in London and is now back in Portsmouth. He has had some success with poems in magazines such as Acumen, Orbis, Envoi, Brittle Star, South, Frogmore Papers and Poetry Monthly. Richa

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 12: Joanne Mallon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2012 10:03


    Joanne Mallon writes in her spare time, with dreams of writing full-time. She runs around after her young family, and try’s (unsuccessfully) to be a good cook. She longs to be organised and on-time, but is lucky enough to have good friends and good family

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 11: Matt Wingett (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2012 16:35


    Matt Wingett was born in Portsmouth the year after the Summer of Love. As he says of the timing: “Blast. Missed it again.” He grew up in the countryside outside of Portsmouth where he looked with mistrust on the island city. He has written episodes of ITV

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 10: Sarah Cheverton (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2012 12:39


    Sarah Cheverton is a feminist, a freelance writer, researcher and co-ordinator of the Portsmouth Writer Hub. In addition to the day job, Sarah spends an increasing amount of time developing her freelance writing and journalism. As well as being a regula

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 9: Mick Cooper (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2012 12:23


    Portsmouth-born Mick Cooper was self-employed for most of his working life as a professional musician, and a professional photographer. He played music in many of the local clubs and pubs from the 1960s on and photographed many weddings in and around the

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 8: Lynne Blackwood (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2012 11:13


    Lynne Blackwood began writing full-time in April 2012 after an illness obliged her to give up professional activity. She lived twenty-five years in France and obtained the equivalent of a PGCE in International Development and Humanitarian Aid. She worked

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 7: Catherine King

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2012 11:22


    Catherine King was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire and write books about the hardships of that area during the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century. Before Catherine became a full time author she had an academic career in the south of Englan

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 6: Maggie Sawkins (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2012 13:36


    Maggie Sawkins is founder member and organiser of Tongues&Grooves Poetry and Music Club in Portsmouth. Her poems have been published in literary magazines and anthologies, have been translated into German, and broadcast on Romanian National Radio. She has

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 5: Tom Sykes (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2012 17:16


    Tom Sykes was born in Portsmouth in 1979. He was educated at the LSE, the University of East Anglia and Goldsmiths College. He has travelled extensively in Europe and Asia and lived and worked as a journalist and teacher in India, Malaysia and the Philipp

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 4: DJ Kirkby (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2012 16:18


    D.J. Kirkby is the author of 'Without Alice', 'My Dream of You', 'My Mini Midwife' (October 2012), 'Realand' (Book 1 of The Portal Series for 8 – 12 year olds, due November 2012) and 'Special Deliveries', which is currently with her agent. Growing up in

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 3: Tom Harris (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2012 22:26


    Tom Harris is a writer of Young Adult fiction whose tales of adventure and fantasy are always laced with a twist of humour, horror and suspense. His first novel, a YA fairy tale, adventure-fantasy, The Amber Room is now available on Amazon Kindle and Sm

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 2: Joe McQuilken

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2012 14:05


    Portsmouth born and bred, Joe McQuilken attended King Richard's School in Paulsgrove and Havant College, where alongside studying he helped to run fortnightly poetry classes. He is keen to use his position as Portsmouth's Young Poet Laureate to help sprea

    Portsmouth Writers Podcast 1: Sam Cox (1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2012 17:56


    Sam Cox was born in Stratford, site of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, and is the second Portsmouth Poet Laureate. A former deputy head at Charter Academy, Sam still teaches three days a week in Essex, spending the rest of her week back in Portsmouth. Mo

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