🔔 New Blog Post! 🔔 Local poet Maggie Sawkins discusses her newest poetry collection, The House Where Courage Lives - out now! port.ac.uk/news-events-an…

No6Cinema will be reopening on Sept 1st and screening BULLET TRAIN on 24th Sept. Films are on the website no6cinema.co.uk

A tender fragment of Portsmouth's lost personal history is unearthed in July's Poem of the Month, by Michael Perryment💙💛🐦. You can read it here: port.ac.uk/news-events-an…

We’re delivering fun activities and food for all the family over the summer holidays. Children aged 5-11 will take part in textile crafts, storytelling and creative writing plus some physical theatre activities with a hot lunch provided! Full details at librariesandarchives.portsmouth.gov.uk/public-library…

Ten stories each with exactly 1000 words. Some set in #Portsmouth and also #Gibraltar Portsmouth Literary Map Matt Turner audible.com/pd/Ten-Thousan…

Our dog, Hatch the Tudor Dog 🐶🐾, wrote about himself for the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard blog!

Know your squinny from your dinlo? BBC Radio 4's Tongue and Talk enlisted Ted Hughes Award-winner Maggie Sawkins to explore the language, dialect and poetry of her native Portsmouth. You can catch up on the episode here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Good morning #Portsmouth #ThursdayMotivation

Calling all writers aged 16 or over who live, work or study in Portsmouth! The Portsmouth Short Story Competition 2022 launches today! For this year's theme, terms and conditions and details on how to enter see librariesandarchives.portsmouth.gov.uk 😀

In case you missed it -- tune in tonight at 23.30! The Poetry Society Poetry School #Portsmouth bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

My latest literary offering. #ReadWomen Portsmouth Literary Map

A fabulously surreal landscape on Southsea Common today. Could this prompt a poem, or a story...? #Portsmouth #KiteFestival #WritingPrompt

🔔 New Blog Post! 🔔 Local author @DoctorKirbs' fabulous new novel #TheHollowSea is reviewed by fellow local author @HelenSalsbury. You can see what she thinks here: port.ac.uk/news-events-an…

It's #BookLoversDay! What better excuse to take a peek at the Portsmouth Literary Map for your next summer read? litmap.nautoguide.com/#

Wishing students across Portsmouth all the best this #ALevelResultsDay2022. No matter what, we know you have all done yourselves very proud.

Wishing all the students of Portsmouth the very best of luck this #GCSEResultsDay2022. No matter the outcome, we are sure your futures will be bright.

It's International Literacy Day! Founded in 1966 “to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights," this day is very important to us at the Portsmouth Literary Map. 🖊️ #InternationalLiteracyDay

Happy #NationalPoetryDay2022 from the team at the Portsmouth Literary Map! Who are your favourite Portsmouth & Hampshire poets?

Happy #InternationalWomensDay from the team at the Portsmouth Literary Map! Tell us: which women of Portsmouth are you inspired by?