Nic Outterside is an award-winning journalist, creative author, editor and publisher, who over 38 years has worked across all forms of media, including magazines, weekly and daily newspapers, radio broadcasting, books and online.Among more than a dozen awards to his name are North of England Daily Journalist of the Year, Scottish Daily Journalist of the Year, Scottish Weekly Journalist of the Year and a special national award for investigative journalism.In 1994, 53 MPs signed an Early Day Motion in the British House of Commons praising his research and writing.After twice surviving cancer, Nic wrote a book of 12 short stories of survival by fellow cancer patients. Reasons to be Cheerful was published by the Cancer Research Campaign in 1994.Since leaving newspaper journalism in 2013, Nic launched his own independent UK publishing house named: Time is an Ocean.Nic’s first paperback book of poetry The Hill – Songs and Poems of Darkness and Light was published in 2014 to excellent reviews. A second e-edition of the book was published on Kindle in April 2018.The sequel: Another Hill – Songs and Poems of Love and Theft was published as an e-book in May 2018, and later as a 134 page paperback in February 2019.A pocket book of poetry Blood in the Cracks - a homage to Bob Dylan's iconic album Blood on the Tracks - was similarly published first as an e-book and later as a paperback in January 2019.His most recent poetry book Hot Metal was completed and published both in paperback and as a Kindle e-book in January 2020.Nic has also edited a number books: Gauri – a Sin Between My Legs was first published on Kindle in January 2018, Luminance – Words for a World Gone Wrong, an anthology of poetry from around the world, was also published on Kindle in April 2018 and in paperback in January 2019. Another anthology Asian Voices was similarly published in paperback and Kindle in January 2019. Don't Look Down - a book of poetry by Indian writer Ritambhara Chowfin was published in both formats in October 2019. Poets Don't Lie by French poet Lucile Boudot was similarly published both in paperback and e-book in April 2020. Western Skies - an anthology of American and English Poetry was published in the same fashion to widespread acclaim in October 2020. Dissect My Fragile Brain - poetry of love, loss and life by Kim Yudelowitz was published in February 2021. Similarly a novel Maggie Stirs by Indian writer Jacob B Jacob and memoir by Yorkshire writer Peter Foster were published during the summer of 2021. A unique book of rap punk poetry Pharmacy: Pills and Poetry by Swedish poet Josefin Friberg was published in the autumn of that year.Back to Nic's own written work:Death in Grimsby - 50 Years Following Brighton & Hove Albion was published during the summer of 2019 and became an Amazon best seller, gathering rave reviews, newspaper and radio slots and even a four page programme feature along the way. It is available in both paperback and Kindle editions.A second dual publication Bones - the Mystery of Plympton Cottage - a true ghost story told anecdotally, and with years of painstaking research, was published on Halloween 2019, and also became a best seller.During 2020, Nic wrote, edited and published his magnum opus Contacts - collusion, cover-up, conspiracy and corruption, in both paperback and Kindle e-book. The book was the result of 30 years investigation and almost a whole year of writing and editing.Nic finished the Covid year by completing and publishing The Man's a Tart and Other Stories - a companion book to Contacts, which traces 50 years of his close encounters and interviews with worldwide celebrities.In 2021/22 Nic wrote, edited and published two more football related books: Wet Socks and Dry Bones and Paper Seagulls. He also wrote, edited and published a biography/poetry anthology of his maternal grandfather - the entrepreneur Eric Pounsett, titled Pulling Mussels.His magnum opus in early 2023 was the 400 page A Book of Days which paid homage to 365 people who have made Nic into the person he became.I addition, Nic kicked off a new series of poetry books called Cast Iron Poetry - each written by a different author. The series pays a 21st century homage to the famous City Lights pocket poetry books of the 1950s/60s. The first title in this new series is titled Reality Cornflakes and was published in paperback in November 2020. At the time of this update there are now 32 Cast Iron Poetry volumes written by poets from as far afield as Austria, France, Finland, India, the USA, Spain and the UK.Two other works in progress at the time of this update are In Search of Chiefy’s Chickpeas – a curry odyssey from the Punjab to Yorkshire - and another football/biographical book The Seagull Has Landed, both scheduled for publication later in 2023. They are among more than a dozen titles on his publications schedule for 2024-25.Nic has also published a stand-alone course book in poetry and creative writing titled From Alliteration to Ziplock Zippies.At the time of this update Nic has edited and published 69 paperback books.His most recent books, published in 2024 are Argyll Skies and Black on Blonde.Over the past 10 years Nic has maintained a widely entitled No Time to Think which contains reloading of some of his many newspaper stories, opinion, poetry and personal tales. The blog won an international award in 2013 “for shining light where there is darkness” and was nominated for another award during 2014.In 2016 Nic was awarded an honorary doctorate in written journalism.“When I am writing, I know I am doing the thing I was born to do.” (Logan Pearsall Smith)Read more about this authorRead less about this author