The Border Readers

Dark Sky Tales - Wed 18th Feb (6.30pm) As part of the NE Dark Skies Festival we will be joined by professional actors from the Border Readers who will read two evocative short stories set in the dead of night. Get yourself a drink at the b...

Join us in the F&L Brewery tap room Bellingham on Wed 18th Feb (6.30) for some awesome intimate fictional story readings
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Every best wish of the season to our wonderful writers, bookers, audiences and well wishers. 'Shore Lines' was a great hit in 2025 and we're looking forward to bringing more intimate short story readings to community venues across the borderlands in 2026! #Culture #Reading #Arts #Literature

Our tour has ended on another high note with fantastic full houses for Shore Lines in venues old & new...Big thanks to writers @anncleeves.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social Tony Glover & @joscottheritage.bsky.social We'll be back autumn '26 with a new themed literary tour!

2 sell out shows this past week: Gregson Centre #Lancaster & The Vault #Hexham Last Shore Lines tour gig is at The Pheasant Inn Cumwhitton #Cumberland Thurs 4 Dec (8pm) Short stories from @joscottheritage.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social & Tony Glover

The writer as reader...Jo @joscottheritage.bsky.social steps in last minute to cover brilliantly for injured colleague at Allendale Library (left) & at Dennis Kilgallon Gallery on our 'Shore Lines' tour #Northumberland #Literature #Art #Reading #Shortstories

Back touring #Northumberland this week...Allendale Library Thurs 6th (7pm) & Kilgallon Gallery Whitfield Sat 8th (7pm) Tickets via www.eventbrite.co.uk #Culture #Reading #Art @nlandnp.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @culturednortheast.bsky.social @hexhamtv.bsky.social

Aberystwyth named Wales' first Unesco City of Literature The town and Ceredigion county was chosen due to its

Aberystwyth named Unesco City of Literature. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A full on 4 days touring 'Shore Lines' last week: Lit & Phil, Seaton Sluice Library, Wingates Village Institute & Amble Dry Arts...Great Fun & lovely listening audiences everywhere! #Literature #Reading #Northumberland #Newcastle

'Shore Lines' tour continues...Wallington @nationaltrust.org.uk last week was fab. This week we're at @litandphil.bsky.social Tues (6pm) Seaton Sluice Library Wed (6.30) Wingates Village Inst. Thurs (7.30) & Amble Dry Water Arts (6.30) #Literature #Reading #Performance

We had a fab time last night reading 'Shore Lines' before a lovely all ears full house at #Wooler Library #Northumberland @librariesconnected.bsky.social #Reading #Libraries @anncleeves.bsky.social @joscottheritage.bsky.social

Libraries are palaces for the people. Their ramparts need... The spirit of public improvement that led to the legislation that created free public libraries 175 years go needs to be rekindled

'We owe it to the citizens of today and in the future to renew our library system', says @richove.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social. Public libraries are 'palaces for the people' whose 'ramparts need defending'.

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This week we're at Cheviot Centre #Wooler (Tues 07) Wallington @nationaltrust.org.uk (Thurs 09) & #Felton Gallery Forty5 (Fri 10) Join us if you can! @joscottheritage.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social @culturednortheast.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk #Reading #Shortstories #Northumberland

Now appearing in the trap, Angle Shades, autumn leaf...moth of the month

Train trip to #Edinburgh today for Andy Goldsworthy Fifty Years...creative genius on show @nationalgalleries.bsky.social Catch it if you can 'til 02/11 #Art #Landscape #Nature

Great night reading 'Shore Lines' stories to fab listening audience in historic St Cuthbert's church #Elsdon #Northumberland Big thanks @joscottheritage.bsky.social for hosting. Only 15 more gigs to go...Join us if you can! @nlandnp.bsky.social @culturednortheast.bsky.social #Literature #Reading

500 Words BBC's 500 Words, the UK's largest children's writing competition for children aged 5-11, opens for entries Tuesday 23 September - Friday 7 November at 9pm.

BBC 500 Words, the UK’s biggest children’s story-writing competition is back and open for submissions.

Entries close at 9pm on Friday 7 November 2025. For more details and to read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notices go to bbc.co.uk/500words.

The Shore Lines tour set sail at The Word, South Shields last night...Big thanks to our brilliant short story authors @anncleeves.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social Tony Glover & @joscottheritage.bsky.social Join us if you can at readings across #Northumberland & #Cumbria

Actor Janine Birkett, wearing a purple shirt and shoes, sits in a wooden chair and reads enthusiastically from a black folder full of amazing stories

Actor Stephen Tomlin, in a brown jacket and jeans, sits in a wooden chair and reads from a black folder full of deliciously salty coastal tales

So exciting to join the audience at The Word as Shore Lines sets sail for the first time this year! Four salty coastal tales beautifully told by Stephen Tomlin and Janine Birkett. Don't miss your chance to be transported to the seaside... Border Readers lay anchor in #Elsdon on Friday ⚓⛵🌊

We set sail with 'Shore Lines' at The Word, South Shields on Mon 22 and Elsdon Fri 26 @joscottheritage.bsky.social with lots of gigs across the Borderlands to follow...Join us if you can! #Literature #Culture #Stories #Reading #Art

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So excited for my sailing #ShortStory Touch & Go to premiere at The Word, Sth Shields on Mon 22 Sept! Part of brilliant @theborderreaders.bsky.social salty storytelling evening #Shorelines. See you there! @anncleeves.bsky.social @tonyglover1.bsky.social #LindaCracknell

Anchored in Amble, will Jenny ever set sail?...Jo Scott's witty new romance 'Touch & Go' is part of the autumn Shore Lines tour @joscottheritage.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk @culturednortheast.bsky.social @nclanews.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social @newwritingnorth.bsky.social #Amble

Home - Berwick Literary Festival The 2025 Berwick Literary Festival programme is now available to browse and tickets will be on sale from 8 August Sign up for 2025 news Where stories meet the sea on England’s northern edge. Since 201...

Delighted to be part of this fine festival with 'Shore Lines' at #Wooler library on Tues 7th Oct (7pm) Ace stories by @anncleeves.bsky.social @joscottheritage.bsky.social Tony Glover & Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social Tickets via www.berwickliteraryfestival.com @visitberwick.bsky.social

More murder coming your way...We'll be reading 'Mud' by Ann Cleeves as part of this autumn's 'Shore Lines' tour of 17 venues across the Borderlands @anncleeves.bsky.social #Reading #fiction #stories #culture #Literature #entertainment #Northumberland #Cumbria

We open the autumn tour of 'Shore Lines' at The Word, South Shields, the National Centre for the Written Word, down by the waters of Tyne. Monday 22nd Sept @6pm - Tickets a bargain at £3 theworduk.org/write-festiv... #Literature #Shortstories #Culture #SouthTyneside #Libraries #Reading

'Crossing the Bar' by Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social 1 of 4 great writers whose short stories we'll be showcasing this autumn across #Northumberland #Cumbria & #Lancaster #Literature #Reading

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Shore Lines is touring this autumn...Catch us if you can! Stories from @joscottheritage.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @anncleeves.bsky.social & Tony Glover @nclanews.bsky.social @litandphil.bsky.social @culturednortheast.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk #Reading #Cumbria #Lancaster #Northumberland

BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, The Give and Take A man goes through a rough patch against the backdrop of a rewilding project.

On a quiet riverbank a boy meets a stranger going through a rough patch, as the two keep tabs on a controversial rewilding project

Currently on BBC Sounds: “The Give & Take”, by Linda Cracknell
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We're delighted to share the cover for Sea Marked by Linda Cracknell, publishing in September

Cracknell charts a family and community history of sea-faring, illuminating the lives of her ancestors that are inextricably linked to and defined by the sea

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I'm so excited that one of my short stories is featuring again in this year's tour! Thank you, Stephen, and I'm hugely honoured to be there alongside such prestigious writers 😍 @anncleeves.bsky.social, Linda Bracknell & @tonyglover.bsky.social