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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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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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Graham Hurley, 'Is There Life After Pompey?' Leading British crime author and historical novelist reflects on the city’s impact on his life and work, and on his remarkable post-Pompey career

07 January 2022 10 min read

Leading British crime author and historical novelist Graham Hurley reflects on the city’s impact on his life and work, and on his remarkable post-Pompey career

Gill Morton Kissed to Death review Portsmouth poet Tina MacNaughton reviews Portsmouth novelist Gill Morton’s latest work

23 December 2021 7 min read

Portsmouth poet Tina MacNaughton reviews Portsmouth novelist Gill Morton’s latest work

H.G. Wells and the Declaration of human rights On World Human Rights Day, UoP English Literature scholar Dr Christine Berberich reflects on Wells’s pioneering contributions

10 December 2021 Dr Christine Berberich 5 min read

On World Human Rights Day UoP English Literature scholar Dr Christine Berberich reflects on Wells’s pioneering contributions

Tina MacNaughton On the Shoulders of Lions review Portsmouth writer Olivia Todd reviews Tina MacNaughton’s latest poetry collection

19 November 2021 8 min read

Portsmouth writer Olivia Todd reviews Tina MacNaughton’s latest poetry collection

Sunflowers in potholes and roofs with Martian haircuts Poet and novelist, Helen Salsbury, reveals how Pens of the Earth, a collaboration of local writers and environmentalists, came to reimagine Portsmouth.

05 November 2021 9 min read

Helen Salsbury, tells how Pens of the Earth grew from the fertile ground of Portsmouth’s writing and environmental communities into collaboration of local writers and environmentalists who came to reimagine Portsmouth.

Sunflowers in a vase painting by Scott Alexander

David E. Gates, Portsmouth, Pompey. forever Writer David E. Gates reflects on the impact of the city on his life and works

28 October 2021 12 min read

Portsmouth novelist David E. Gates reflects on the impact of the city on his life and works

Stephanie Norgate’s 'The Conversation' reviewed Poet Tina Cathleen MacNaughton reviews the latest volume of verse from Stephanie Norgate

15 October 2021 6 min read

Poet Tina Cathleen MacNaughton reviews the latest volume of verse from Stephanie Norgate

Clipped cover image of Stephanie Norgate's The Conversation

Southsea Postcards’ by Dale Gunthorp: Poem of the Month (September 2021) Bringing you another monthly slice of poetic Portsmouth

23 September 2021 Dr Mark Frost 5 min read

Another monthly slice of poetic Portsmouth with Dale Gunthorp's 'Seaside Postcards'

Denise Bennett: A Poem on Every Street Corner Major Portsmouth poet Denise Bennett reflects on her deep literary relationship to the city

10 September 2021 8 min read

Major Portsmouth poet Denise Bennett reflects on her deep literary relationship to the city

Graham Hurley's last flight to Stalingrad reviewed Leading Holocaust Literature scholar, Dr Christine Berberich reviews the latest instalment of Graham Hurley’s ‘Spoils of War’ series of novels.

25 August 2021 Dr Christine Berberich 7 min read

Dr Christine Berberich reviews Graham Hurley's novel Last Flight to Stalingrad

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