Shoreham Wordfest: Songs of Ireland: Shoreham Singers by Sea
A lively concert of songs, old and new, reflecting the rich literary and musical culture of Ireland, including settings of Oscar Wilde, W B Yeats and James Joyce. Performed by…
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Shoreham Wordfest: Caroline Lucas: Another England: how to reclaim our national story
-In conversation with Anita Sethi Caroline Lucas, former MP for Brighton Pavilion and the UK’s first Green Party MP, delves into our literary heritage to explore what it can teach…
Shoreham Wordfest: Shackleton, The Man and the Myths: Michael Smith
Sir Ernest Shackleton, who lived in Eastbourne, became a national icon after venturing on four epic voyages of discovery to the Antarctic a century ago, including the famous Endurance expedition.…
Shoreham Wordfest: Scoops by Sam Mc Alister
Sam McAlister is a BAFTA-nominated producer who has negotiated with everyone from Buckingham Palace to The White House, persuading reluctant individuals to participate in BBC Newsnight interviews, renowned for rigour and…
Shoreham Wordfest: An introduction to Flash Fiction with Anika Carpenter
Flash Fiction, broadly speaking, is a story told in under one thousand words. Sometimes as few as six. This diminutive literary form, far from being restrictive, encourages authors to explore…
Shoreham Wordfest: Any Questions Panel: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Solomon Curtis & Alastair Hignell CBE
Chaired by Professor Ivor Gaber Our panel of activists in different spheres of public life will bring their expertise and experience to shine a light on topical concerns raised by…
Shoreham Wordfest: Behind the Privet Hedge: Michael Gilson in conversation with Elise Sargent
Britain is a nation of gardeners; the suburban garden, with its roses and privet hedges, is widely admired and copied across the world. But it is little understood how millions…
Shoreham Wordfest: Tiptree – No-One Else’s Damn But My Own
A play performed and written by Jenny Rowe James Tiptree Jr. was known as a CIA official, an international traveller and an “ineluctably masculine” writer of science fiction. But in…
Shoreham Wordfest: Joseph Coelho: Fairy Tales Gone Bad – Children’s poetry and story telling age 6+
Join Joseph Coelho, children’s author, poet and former Children’s Laureate as he shares his route in to writing and the journey from idea to book for his Fairytales Gone Bad Series, illustrated…
Shoreham Wordfest: The Map of Bones: Kate Mosse CBE
Join celebrated Sussex author Kate Mosse in conversation as part of the launch tour for her much anticipated latest book, The Map of Bones. A story of adventure and hardship, dispossession…
Shoreham Wordfest: Fatal Shore Crime Writing Festival – All Day Event
Registration from 10am. Refreshments and bookstall available all day. This will be our third Fatal Shore festival of crime writing, led by best-selling authors Elly Griffiths and William Shaw and featuring…
Shoreham Wordfest: Fatal Shore Big Crime Fiction Quiz
Expert quiz master and multi-million best-selling author Mark Edwards is joined by authors Kat Diamond and Derek Farrell to test how well you know your crime – on TV, in…