24 Sep - 17 Oct 2021

Shoreham Wordfest’s autumn festival of words and ideas.
David Olusoga, Cerys Matthews, Murray Lachlan Young, Alexander McCall Smith, Radio 4’s Any Questions Environment Day with Isabella Tree and much more: Books, Talks, Drama, Song and Family Events

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Discover 32 amazing events in the Fast Forward Festival

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Radio 4's Any Questions?
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

24

September
Launch Event featuring Alexander McCall Smith
  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Sussex Yacht Club

30

September
'O Happy Living Things' - Malcolm Guite
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • St. Mary de Haura

01

October
Ending the War on Nature - featuring Isabella Tree
  • 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

02

October
Virtual Event - Ending the War on Nature – featuring Isabella Tree
  • 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

02

October
Blood and Gold - Mara Menzies
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • St. Nicolas Church

02

October
River Adur Estuary Walk - Dr Geoffrey Mead
  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

03

October
Family Story Telling with Mara Menzies
  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am
  • The Shoreham Centre

03

October
A Life In Crime - Elly Griffiths and William Shaw
  • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

03

October
Sally Bayley - Girl With Dove
  • 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

03

October
It's A Conspiracy - Tom Cutler with David Bramwell
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

03

October
Author Day - Combined Ticket for all three author talks
  • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

03

October
Bungalow Town - Dr Geoffrey Mead
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

04

October
Ah Yes! I Remember It Well
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

05

October
A Changed Britain in a Global World
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

06

October
National Poetry Day - Poetry Pharmacy
  • 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

07

October
The Poetry of John Keats
  • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  • St. Mary de Haura

07

October
Open Mic with Katrina Quinn
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Tarmount Studios, 6 Tarmount Lane, BN43 6DA

07

October
An Evening with Murray Lachlan Young
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

08

October
Modern Cautionary Tales for Children - Murray Lachlan Young
  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

09

October
David Olusoga - The Job of a Historian
  • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

09

October
Virtual Event - David Olusoga -The Job of a Historian
  • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

09

October
Laura Ward and The Risen Road
  • 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • St. Mary de Haura

09

October
River Adur Estuary Walk – Dr Geoffrey Mead - Event II
  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

10

October
Marilyn Stafford - A Life in Photographs
  • 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

10

October
Seals Come To Shoreham - Stephen Strange
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

11

October
Creative Writing with Janet Pressley
  • 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

12

October
An Evening with Cerys Matthews
  • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

13

October
Poetry Creative Writing with John McCullough
  • 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

14

October
Britain Standing at The Crossroads
  • 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
  • The Shoreham Centre

15

October
Children's Detective Game with Gavin Milnthorpe
  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am
  • Shoreham Methodist Church hall

16

October
Jane Austen At Home - 2PM
  • 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  • St. Nicolas Church

16

October
Jane Austen At Home - 4PM
  • 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  • St. Nicolas Church

16

October
Women in Jazz - Rebecca Askew
  • 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Shoreham Methodist Church hall

16

October
Edward The Travelling Bear - family show
  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

17

October
WritersMosaic – Colin Grant with Yvonne Bailey-Smith, and special guests
  • 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm
  • Ropetackle Arts Centre

17

October
Finale Fling - End of Fest Party
  • 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
  • Sussex Yacht Club

17

October
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Videos from Shoreham Wordfest

During the lockdown, we have been recording & live-streaming our events.

  • The Homecoming: Voices of The Windrush Generation – Colin Grant
  • Local and Live Festival talk - Rewilding the Seas - Henri Brocklebank of Sussex Wildlife Trust
  • Dr John Froude: Plagued: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Coronavirus
  • Hilaire Belloc, The Man Who Saw the Future by Chris Hare
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