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
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Installations: Poetry by Sue Hedworth
Inspired by Sue's experiences & observations

Agnes's Bench a short story by Sue White
Set on the banks of the River Wear

Coira's Wall by Simon Van der Velde
An extract from Simon's novel set in Roman Britain

Writing to Rita
Poems written and read by Michael Baron

Steady Hands by Simon Van der Velde
A chilling short story set in Victorian Newcastle

On Low Newton Beach by Simon Van der Velde
A tale of passion and anger set on the coast

Ruth Henderson at Old Low Light
A Culture Bites @ North Tyneside podcast

Segedunum Journeys: Mauretania Diaries
A Culture Bites @ North Tyneside podcast

'Through a Prism' from St Mary's Island
A Culture Bites @ North Tyneside podcast

Fish Quay Tales from The Lighthouse Ladies
A Culture Bites @ North Tyneside podcast

Figureheads radioplay a story of shipwreck
A Culture Bites @ North Tyneside podcast

Segedunum: Centurions & Frontiers
A Culture Bites @ North Tyneside podcast

Wish You Were Here inspired by Whitley Bay & St Mary's
A Culture Bites @ North Tyneside podcast

Trust by Roz Wylie
The arrival of a baby can have a profound effect

Butterfly: Two Short Stories from David Wright
Tales from the Bishop Auckland writer

Tales inspired by Easington
Stories and verse from the Easington Writers

North Pens Writers Podcast: The Dance
Short stories and poetry from Weardale.

From English Idyll to Living Hell: a WW1 poem by Rachel Cochrane set to music by Rachel Cochrane
Inspired by George Butterworth

What Father Would Have Wanted a short story by Noreen Rees
Sibling rivalry over a father's funeral

Crossing the Tees Festival podcast: Threshold
Poetry and stories on door and openings

Journey: a podcast by Rachel Cochrane
A series of haikus to reflect a tour of the Nissan plant

Crossing the Tees Festival podcast: A Trip to Teesside
Poetry and stories on visiting the Tees Valley

North Pens Writers': Threads of Gold and Sorrow
Short stories and poetry

Going out on Bishop FM
Interview by Bishop FM on Nissan: 30 Years On exhibition