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

Shoreham Wordfest organises an annual autumn festival of books, talks, drama and discussion. This year’s Fast Forward festival featured 32 events with around 2500 live attendances and hundreds watching our live streams. Some of the highlights are featured below.

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Ben and Alfie

Blood and Gold

book signing queue

Cerys and team 2

Chris Mason 2

Couple of swells

David Olusoga-

David Olusoga plus two

Famers' market

Jane Austen arm strtched

Jane Austen cropped - Copy

Malcolm Fast Forward

Murray 2

PC world 2

PC World

Rebecca

Sails and paddle boards

Umi and Mara

whole XR band

XR band

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Discover 32 amazing events in the Fast Forward Festival

Edward The Travelling Bear - family show

10:30 am - 11:30 am
Ropetackle Arts Centre

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WritersMosaic – Colin Grant with Yvonne Bailey-Smith, and special guests

2:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre

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Finale Fling - End of Fest Party

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sussex Yacht Club

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Videos from Shoreham Wordfest

David Olusoga -The Job of a Historian
Fast Forward Festival: Ending the War on Nature
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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Murmurations immersive theatre at Sussex Universit

Murmurations immersive theatre at Sussex University library. One more day to see it. Magical.
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John McCullough delivered a fantastic poetry works

John McCullough delivered a fantastic poetry workshop
#poetry #newwritingsouth #creativewriting

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What a thrill! Cerys Matthews getting ready for ou

What a thrill! Cerys Matthews getting ready for our Wordfest evening with Kathy Caton
#cerys #brightongin #adurandworthing #enjoyshorehambysea

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What a thrill to have Marilyn Stafford in person t

What a thrill to have Marilyn Stafford in person taking about her photographic career
#photography #enjoyshorehambysea #adurandworthing

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Laura Ward and the Risen Road lumbering up for ton

Laura Ward and the Risen Road lumbering up for tonight's gig at St Mary de Haura
#folk #stmarydehaura #adurandworthing #enjoyshorehambysea

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A great reception for Davud Olusoga. His talk is n

A great reception for Davud Olusoga. His talk is now on our website www.shorehamwordfest. com/videos

#blackhistorymonth #adurandworthing #brightonandhove

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Let's hear it for Murray Lachlan Young! #poetry #m

Let's hear it for Murray Lachlan Young!
#poetry #murraylachlanyoung #adurandworthing

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Ben and Alfie are back at Wordfest, wonderful musi

Ben and Alfie are back at Wordfest, wonderful musical prelude to Murray Lachlan Young
#benandalfie #adurandworthing #murraylachlanyoung

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Getting ready for the Open Mic at the Secret Garde

Getting ready for the Open Mic at the Secret Garden
#nationalpoetryday #thesecretgarden #adurandworthing

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Free poetic remedies for National Poetry Day 7 Oct

Free poetic remedies for National Poetry Day 7 October midday outside St Mary de Haura church
#nationalpoetryday #poetrypharmacy #adurandworthing

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Ah Yes! A great success thanks to Amaryllis, Libby

Ah Yes! A great success thanks to Amaryllis, Libby and Janet
#ropetackleartscentre #adurandworthing #brightonandhove

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Ah Yes! Rehearsing tonight's show at Ropetackle At

Ah Yes! Rehearsing tonight's show at Ropetackle Ats Centre
#ropetackleartscentre #adurandworthing

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Dr Geoffrey Mead packed audience for Bungalow Town

Dr Geoffrey Mead packed audience for Bungalow Town
#bungalowtown #adurandworthing #socialhistory

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Tom Cutler and David Branwell discussing Tom's boo

Tom Cutler and David Branwell discussing Tom's book "It's a Conspiracy!"
#conspiracy #books #adurandworthing #newwritingsouth

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Elly Griffiths and William Shaw starting our Wordf

Elly Griffiths and William Shaw starting our Wordfest author day
#crimefiction #shorehambysea #adurandworthing

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Family story telling with Mara Menzies #shorehamb

Family story telling with Mara Menzies
#shorehambysea #storytelling #adurandworthing

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More story telling comin up at tomorrow's author d

More story telling comin up at tomorrow's author day sunday 3 October
#newwritingsouth #shorehambysea

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Mara Menzies reading from Blood and Gold #storytel

Mara Menzies reading from Blood and Gold
#storytelling
#adurandworthing

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A rousing start to Ending the War on Nature #extin

A rousing start to Ending the War on Nature
#extinctionrebellion
#adurandworthing
#sussexwildlifetrust

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Prepping for tonight's launch with Alexander McCal

Prepping for tonight's launch with Alexander McCall Smith at Suusex Yacht Club
#sussex #adurandworthing #alexandermccallsmith

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K. P. Parker with her winning short story at our m

K. P. Parker with her winning short story at our market stall.
#shortstories #adurandworthing

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Any Questions going live! #bbc #adurandworthing #b

Any Questions going live!
#bbc #adurandworthing #bbc

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Chris. Mason preparing for broadcast. Any Question

Chris. Mason preparing for broadcast. Any Questions Radio 4 tonight 8pm.

#BBC #adurandworthing #shorehambysea

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The wagon is rolling in for tonight's Tadi 4 Any Q

The wagon is rolling in for tonight's Tadi 4 Any Questions. Our first Wordfest Fast Forward 2021 event

#bbc #adurandworthing
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Fast Forward - no limits!

Fast Forward - no limits!

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Working hard on Shoreham beach.... #shorehambysea

Working hard on Shoreham beach....

#shorehambysea #adurandworthing #wordsofwisdom

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Energetic planning for Ending The War on Nature 2

Energetic planning for Ending The War on Nature 2 October www.shorehamwordfest.com

#climatechange #sussexwildlifetrust

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The Wordfest team gearing up for the start of Fast

The Wordfest team gearing up for the start of Fast Forward 24 Sept to 17 October
#festival #adurandworthing #brightonandhove

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Book club customer at today's Farmers Market Wordf

Book club customer at today's Farmers Market Wordfest stall

#literaryfestival #adurandworthing #brightonandhove

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Rebecca Askew and Vic Wilson trying out the acoust

Rebecca Askew and Vic Wilson trying out the acoustics at St Nicolas Church for Women in Jazz 16 Oct. Www.shorehamwordfest.com/whats-on

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Actor and playwright Janet Behan who will be perfo

Actor and playwright Janet Behan who will be performing in Wordfest show Ah Yes! I Remember it Well 5 October and Why Shouldn't I Go at Lantern Theatre 14-18 Sept.

#musicals #ropetackleartscentre #lanterntheatrebrighton

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Tickets and brochures flying at Shoreham's artisan

Tickets and brochures flying at Shoreham's artisan market
#literaryfestival #sussexlife

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Fast Forward with Wordfest at Shoreham station Www

Fast Forward with Wordfest at Shoreham station
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Launching Wordfest 2021 at Shoreham Farmers Market

Launching Wordfest 2021 at Shoreham Farmers Market www.shorehamwordfest.com

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Poemcetemols for National Poetry day 1 October 2-4

Poemcetemols for National Poetry day
1 October 2-4pm @Wordfest_by_Sea
Virtual tour of Poetry Pharmacy www.shorehamwordfest.com

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Wordfest poetry team celebrating fantastic entries

Wordfest poetry team celebrating fantastic entries for the competitions. Now over to the judges!

#poetry
#adurandworthing

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Poetical remedies from Bishop Castle's Poetry Phar

Poetical remedies from Bishop Castle's Poetry Pharmacy

#poetrypharmacy
#shropshire
#shorehamwordfest

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River Duet performance in Shoreham's River Adur

River Duet performance in Shoreham's River Adur

#shorehambysea
#adurandworthing

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Calling all writers young and old: send your stor

Calling all writers young and old: send your stories and poems to Shoreham Wordfest before the end of the month!

www.shorehamwordfest.com/whatson

#creativewriting
#newwritingsouth
#sussex

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Wordfest competition poster now at Shoreham statio

Wordfest competition poster now at Shoreham station. Keeping poetry on track!

#shorehambysea
#poetry

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Shoreham Wordfest planning for our autumn festival

Shoreham Wordfest planning for our autumn festival continues via zoom

@bigbookfestival
@myvlf
@ropetackleart
@brightonfestival

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Shoreham Wordfest is delighted to present Alexande

Shoreham Wordfest is delighted to present Alexander McCall Smith at the virtual literary festival www.bigbookweekend.com 8 May 11am
#alexandermccallsmith
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We have cancelled all our forthcoming events up to

We have cancelled all our forthcoming events up to the end of May in line with the recent government advice to reduce social interaction to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. We are sorry for any inconvenience to our customers, performers and venues, but it is the right thing to do in this difficult situation. For information on refunds please visit our website or our facebook.

We are still planning for our Autumn Wordfest, in the hope that the public health issues will be in hand by then. We will be launching our Poetry and Prose competition shortly – to keep you busy while spending extra time at home!
Best wishes from the Wordfest team ✒

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Our second inspirational woman for International W

Our second inspirational woman for International Women's Day is global superstar Taylor Swift. Known for songs such as 'Love Story' and 'Shake it Off' Swift's personal songwriting gives listeners a glance into her life. This style can be seen in her studio album 'Speak Now' which was written completely by Swift alone when she was just 20 years old. A huge achievement! - Carrie
#internationalwomensday #iwd2020 #inspiration #taylorswift #wordfest

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Our first inspirational woman for International Wo

Our first inspirational woman for International Women's Day is Florrie Forde, a music hall singer. An Australian, she settled for some time in Shoreham-by-Sea living in Bungalow Town on Shoreham Beach. She set up a dance hall on the beach called Flo’s Beach Club and her legacy is the song ‘I do like to be beside the seaside.’ - Margaret
#internationalwomensday #iwd2020 #florrieforde #inspiration

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Join us tomorrow for International Women's Day whe

Join us tomorrow for International Women's Day where we'll be sharing the women who inspire us and holding an International Women's Day event!

#iwd2020 #internationalwomensday #wordfest

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To celebrate International Women's Day we have an

To celebrate International Women's Day we have an evening of women empowerment with exciting speakers and discussion. Find out more on our website!

#internationalwomensday #womenempowerment

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Our Celebrating Shakespeare festival is BACK for i

Our Celebrating Shakespeare festival is BACK for its fifth year!

With a diverse array of Shakespearean delights, there's something for everyone! From inspiring actor talks to dazzling performances (one man King Lear, anyone? Yes please!) to dancing, food and entertainment.

Tickets are available RIGHT NOW on our website! ✒🎭 #shakespeare #celebratingshakespeare #literature #festival #shorehambysea

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The first talk in our Ending the War on Nature ser

The first talk in our Ending the War on Nature series on REWILDING is TONIGHT! See the link in our bio for all info!

#rewilding #sussex #nature #sussexnature

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The first talk in the Sussex Wildlife Trust Series

The first talk in the Sussex Wildlife Trust Series is on REWILDING. Find out more about what rewilding is, its relevance to nature conservation, ecosystem restoration and to our own health and wellbeing! Tickets are available through the link in our bio!
In partnership with: @shorehamwordfest @sussexwildlifetrust @ropetackleart and @cpre
#nature #sussex #wildlife #rewilding #ecofriendly

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