MysteryFest 2021 will be delivered virtually next spring because of the uncertainty surrounding the current pandemic, local S&C contributor Julia Davey reports. The event will feature renowned authors speaking openly about their own literary journeys [… read more ]
Husband and wife team Brian Murphy and Linda Regan return to Portsmouth as part of Mystery Fest, which was delayed back in March. Portsmouth Mystery Fest organiser Carol Westron reports. Anyone who remembers vintage classics [… read more ]
A group of local writers have taken over two annual events for Portsmouth residents who don’t love to love on Valentine’s Day. Co-organiser Christine Lawrence reports. After the success of previous years’ Portsmouth Bookfest, a [… read more ]
Following recent news that Portsmouth Blackwell’s is under threat, local writer Will Sutton explains the huge difference the team there have made to his own career and to the wider writing community in the city. [… read more ]
As part of this year’s Bookfest programme, Jacob Ross will be chairing an evening of readings from contributors to Closure, a new anthology of contemporary Black British short stories, followed by a Q&A session and [… read more ]
What makes for good travel writing? How do you get into the profession? What practical, ethical and political challenges come with the job? Who are the great travel writers and what can we learn from [… read more ]
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