Listenupnorth – Audio Library
Welcome! We hope you enjoy listening to our rich collection of audio recordings from Northern writers and Northern projects: drama, stories, poetry, interviews and oral history.
Choose the best way for you to listen:
- Online: click on the title or image of your chosen podcast below which takes you to the sound file
- Offline: click the downward arrow on the sound file to download the audio and listen offline
- i-Tunes: through the listenupnorth iTunes channel
- Android apps: through the listenupnorth channel on Podcast Republic, Podcast Addict or Stitcher
Rachel CochraneAmid the Hills of Redesdale
A radio play inspired by the building of a reservoir
Holwick Stories podcasts
A series of fascinating interviews on site at an archaeological dig
Unsung North East Hero: Stan Beckensall
Stan shares his story and poetry, inspired by Northumberland
No Greater Love: Janet Macleod Trotter
Suffragette story set on Tyneside
A Good Do: A Monologue by Sylvia Lumley
Who's bringing the sausage rolls?
We are Weardale: Wolsingham Primary School Year 6
Year 6 on Weardale
We are Weardale: Wolsingham Primary School Year 3
Year 3 pupils on living in Weardale
We are Weardale: Luncheon Club at St John's Chapel
Pupils record oral history
We are Weardale: Links to St John's Chapel Primary School
Past memories of the school
We Are Weardale: Teachers at St John's Chapel Primary School
Favourite memories of the school
We are Weardale: Pupils of St John's Chapel Primary School
Celebrate 140 years of their school
We are Weardale: Wearhead Primary School and North Pens Writers
Creative writing & its process inspired by Weardale
Wallflowers: poetry by Catherine Graham
Warm, honest & perceptive words
G.F. Phillips Remembered
An audio legacy of the late Gordon Phillips
An interview with Writer Keith Armstrong
On his influences and inspirations
A Tyneside Collection: Poetry by Keith Armstrong
Inspired by Keith's roots, haunts and heroes
The Shape of Us: poetry by Clare Crossman
Poetry from 'The Shape of Us'
North Pens Writers Podcast: Two Short Stories
On the theme of social gatherings
More Tales from Easington Writers
Stories and poetry from the writers' group
Village Notes: a radio play by Rachel Cochrane
Less than respectable goings on in suburbia
Oranges and Lemons: a radio play by Rachel Cochrane
Elly befriends a woman on the run