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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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 poem set to music by Rachel Cochrane
Words and music 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' Podcast: Threads of Gold and Sorrow
Short stories and poetry

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

Dunelm U3A Writers at the Oriental Museum
Stories and poetry podcast

North Pens Writers Podcast: Bountiful
Listen to creative work from this group

Pissin' Down by Jen Brown
From The Underwriters project at Live Theatre, Newcastle.