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
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