Writing Literary Portsmouth

Literature brings together writers and readers, helping us understand who we are, and our place in a complex world.

Writing Literary Portsmouth, the blog of the Portsmouth Literary Map, is here to stimulate discussions about the city, its incredible literary history, and its thriving creative scene.

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Literature brings together writers and readers, helping us understand who we are, and our place in a complex world.

Writing Literary Portsmouth, the blog of the Portsmouth Literary Map, is here to stimulate discussions about the city, its incredible literary history, and its thriving creative scene.

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Unimportant Portsmouth Local poet, Tessa Foley, shows us how her island city seeps into her poetry.

07 June 2021 6 min read

Explore Portsmouth through the eyes of Tessa Foley and her poetry.

Book cover of Tessa Foley's new poetry book

Pauline Rowson is always looking for a good place to put a body! Popular local crime writer explores why Portsmouth is the perfect scene for her marine mysteries.

01 June 2021 3 min read

Find out why Pauline Rowson believes Portsmouth has enough intriguing and interesting locations around Portsmouth to keep a crime author scribbling for years.

On This Day (24 May 1866): Dickens’s Reading Tours and Portsmouth 155 years ago today, Portsmouth was visited by its most famous son.

24 May 2021 Dr Mark Frost 6 min read

Discover the many locations across Portsmouth related to Dickens, his flair for the dramatic and get insight into his character through the eyes of his tour manager.

Welcome to Writing Literary Portsmouth Welcome to a literary city like no other, and to a project dedicated to capturing the excitement.

17 May 2021 Dr Mark Frost 11 min read

The Writing Literary Portsmouth blog will include regular feature articles by authors, famous and local, on their own literary relationships with the city.