Penny Legg jobs and careers

About Penny Legg

Penny Legg is a British award-winning writer and the author of twelve non-fiction titles, with another due out in 2023. Her articles and images have been published in the UK, USA and the Caribbean. She takes many of the photographs that illustrate her books. Penny is a member of the Society of Authors, the Society of Young Publishers and the National Union of Journalists. She holds an MA in Publishing from Kingston University, London and a BA (Hons) in Humanities from The Open University. Penny lectures at the University of Portsmouth. She works in the Faculty of Technology’s Learning at Work department, teaching study skills, and in the School of Film, Media and Communication, teaching across journalism, creative writing and media. Penny is a public speaker, giving motivational talks as well as those on aspects of her life and work. She has spoken at Australia House, London; the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, and for a host of audiences ranging from school children to military personnel. She is an official Guest Speaker for Cunard and P&O cruises. She is the Co-Director of Sabrestorm Stories, which offers publication to those looking for ethical hybrid (paid-for) publishing. She has worked as an Author Coach with US-based Capucia Publishing since 2016. Penny has been featured on BBC radio and appeared on The History Channel and The Smithsonian Channel. She has spoken at the War and Peace Revival, (where she was the Author Coordinator from 2016 to 2019); the Bournemouth Literary Festival and the York Festival of Writing. She was one of the founders of SO:To Speak, Southampton’s 2015 festival of words. She worked with seniors’ charity Age Concern to bring writing to older people and ran Writing Buddies, a support group for writers. She has been featured in periodicals as diverse as ‘Country Life', 'The Daily Echo' and 'Writers Forum' in the UK, 'The Daily Star' in Bangladesh and 'The Anguillian' in the Caribbean.