NEWS

Kettle Tales Writing Group

Date: 1st December
Time: 10.30-16.00
Location: Cosham Community Kettle
Cost: Free

Writing for Wellbeing with SanPau

Date: 4th December
Time: 13.00-15.00
Location: Buckland United Reformed Church
Cost: £5 donation

Writing Retreat

Date: 12th-13th December
Time: 10.00-13.00
Location: Portsmouth Central Library 
Cost: £9, £5 concessions. 

A quarterly Writing Retreat, inspired by wonderful feedback at Portsmouth Bookfest 2025. Write alongside beginners and published authors.

Seawords Scribbling Social

Date: 15th December
Time: 18.15-20.30
Location: Coffee @ The Pier
Cost: Free

Scribbling Social: Penultimate Pensmiths

Write to Be Heard

Date: 16th December
Time: 16.00 – 18.00
Location: Motiv8 – Unit 2 & 3 Cumberland Gate, Cumberland Road PO5 1AG
Cost: Free

No experience needed—bring your voice, your ideas, and your curiosity. Write it. Share it. Be heard.

What the Dickens?

Date: 16th December
Time: 19.30
Location: The Square Tower, Portsmouth
Cost: £2.50

A festive celebration of Dickens’ characters with music, theatre, storytelling, and sing-alongs, bringing merriment, mischief, and magic to Portsmouth audiences.

Poet laureate Simon Armitage inspires Portsmouth pupils in free live literature event!

Poet Laureate – and Portsmouth University alumnus – Simon Armitage has brought his trademark blend of honesty, humour and insight to the New Theatre Royal stage, as part of Portsmouth Creates’ Year of Literacy, “In Our Words”.