Local writer and academic Sue Harper reflects on the lives and legacies of two of the greats – David Bowie and Blackwell’s Portsmouth – in this humorous and thought-provoking short story. Years ago, I ran [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Coordinator of Portsmouth Writers’ Hub, Tessa Ditner, talks to local writers following recent news that Blackwell’s Portsmouth may close on 22nd December. I run the Portsmouth Writers’ Hub, a community of writers [… read more ]
Following recent news of the proposal to close Blackwell’s Portsmouth, and confirmation from the bookshop’s team last week that ‘negotiations are ongoing’ between Blackwell and the University of Portsmouth, local writer Tom Harris highlights the [… read more ]
Reviewer and student Emily Priest investigates the recent announcement that Blackwell and the University of Portsmouth have decided to shut Blackwell’s Portsmouth. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. Following a period of commercial struggle, the University [… 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 ]
Portsmouth University librarian Lizzie Wildgoose had a surreal surprise when she dropped in to her local branch of Blackwells the other day. A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, or should that read [… read more ]
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