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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Celebrating Shakespeare - Shoreham Wordfest's Annual Shakespeare Festival Various events at The Shoreham Centre. Check the Shoreham Wordfest website for details.
The Mayor of Casterbridge – a musical interpretation. Performed by Shoreham Singers-by-Sea, written and conducted by Mike Hatchard As a fitting literary and musical start to our annual festival, our…
Jane Austen’s Emma and Pride and Prejudice – This is My Theatre To celebrate the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen’s birth we have invited touring theatre company This is…
Meet the Authors Join us for our first-ever Meet the Authors event! Ten very different top-class writers will be on hand for you to meet up close and personal on…
