Following the great success of Shoreham Wordfest’s first Fatal Shore Crime Writing Festival in 2022, our hosts, Elly Griffiths and William Shaw, are back with a fantastic line-up of top-class authors.  Featuring Richard Osman, Nicci French, Kate Mosse and many more best-selling crime novelists.  The day will be a mixture of headline author talks and group panels.

Most people will be coming for the whole day.  It is possible to buy tickets here for individual author panels and the interviews with Nicci French and Richard Osman, but please note that these separate tickets will be limited in number to a maximum of 50 for each panel or interview so we do not exceed the capacity of the whole event.

10am  Registration, refreshments and bookstall available all day.

10.30  Welcome: Elly Griffiths and William Shaw

10.45 Panel 1:The Legacy of Agatha Christie

Janice Hallett, Ruth Ware, Vaseem Kahn, Lisa Cutts, ch. Elly Griffiths

11.30  Panel 2:The Sea, The Sea

Elly Griffiths, William Shaw, Kate Mosse, Lesley Thomson, ch. Sheila Buglar

12.15  Interview 1: Nicci French in conversation with Elly Griffiths

1pm    Lunch: meet the authors, bookstall and signings

2pm    Panel 3:Crime in the Modern World

Ajay Choudray, Jo Callahan, Greg Mosse, Jack Jordan, ch. William Shaw

2.45    Interview 2: Richard Osman in conversation with William Shaw

3.45    Break for tea, coffee, bookstall and signings

4.15    Panel 4: Spies and Other Subterfuges

Simon Toyne, Ava Glass, Matthew Richardson, Saima Mir

5pm    Panel 5: Unsafe Worlds

Helen Fields, Julia Crouch, Sarah Hilary, Andy Hill

5.45    Elly Griffiths and William Shaw in conversation

6pm    Close of day events