In Our Words Events

Duncan Minshull: Globetrotting – A walk and talk

Date and Time: Saturday 8th March,10.50 for 11am start, till 12.30pm
Location: Meet at Southsea Library to start the walk
Cost: £6

‘There was nowhere to go but everywhere’ – Jack Kerouac

Enjoy a stroll along the Southsea waterfront with Duncan Minshull, editor of Globetrotting: Writers Walk The World.

Take in the views and listen to Duncan read extracts from his latest book and also talk about the joys of ‘footing it’ with his fellow travellers.

Why do you go walking?

Dogs on leads welcome

Crime Bites 3: Blood Spatter, Boats and Bodies with crime author Pauline Rowson

Date and Time: Saturday 8th March, 10.30am-12pm
Location: Portsmouth Central Library
Cost: : £12 (£6 Leisure card holders)

Join best-selling crime author, Pauline Rowson, and hear how she plots, researches and writes her popular crime novels featuring Portsmouth detective, DI Andy Horton in the Solent Murder Mysteries, her 1950s Inspector Ryga mysteries and her Art Marvik mystery thrillers.

Try To Find Me
Friday 7th March, 6:30pm
Southsea Library
A performance by published local poets, and a workshop to help you find your own writing voice.

If all the world’s a stage…then where are all the Black actors, directors and producers?
Thursday 6th March, 7:00pm
Central Library
Author of History through the Black Experience Simon Hudson will talk about some of the key Black trailblazers in TV, film and theatre.

Writing for Procrastinators with William Sutton 
Thursday 6th March, 6:00pm
Online
Mañana, mañana. Do your writing projects linger in your drawer and hard drive?

Portsmouth Fairy Tales Revisited
Wednesday 5th March, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Portsmouth Room, Guildhall
Cost: £4 (£2 concession)
Portsmouth Fairy Tales (for grown-ups) was launched in the Guildhall in 2015. A literary party, for writers and readers.

Finding Words And Pictures
Thursday 6th March, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Beddow Library
In this workshop Lucy will guide you to create your very own zine.

Crime Bites 1: Caitlin Davies
Wednesday 5th March, 6:30pm
Location: Online (Zoom)
Join Caitlin Davies at the first of our Crime Bites series for this special Zoom talk event.

Poetry Open Mic
Date and Time: Wednesday 5th March, 7:00pm
Location: Southsea Hunter Gatherer Coffee

Portsmouth FC’s two official poets in residence, Chris Perry and Richard Williams, invite you to bring your poems about a Portsmouth structure.

Christine Lord: Women at War 
Tuesday 4th March
2pm–3.30pm
Portsmouth Central Library
Official book launch to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ending of World War Two.