The South East’s inspirational festival of literature and arts
The South East’s inspirational festival of literature and arts
The South East’s inspirational festival of literature and arts
The South East’s inspirational festival of literature and arts
Shoreham Wordfest Annual Festival 'Making Waves' has now concluded.

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Shoreham Wordfest, 29th Sept – 20th Oct 2024

Welcome to “Making Waves” Wordfest 2024, with luminaries such as Hugh Bonneville, Caroline Lucas, Kate Mosse; all-day Fatal Shore Crime Fiction and Sussex Lost and Found social history plus much more.  Dive in – with 32 events, there is something for all interests and ages.

 
Some featured events

Some highlights of the festival

Making Waves: the 13th annual Shoreham Wordfest was a great success.  Over 30 events during the three weeks of the festival with with nearly 2,500 tickets sold and very enthusiastic reviews from our audience.

A selection of photos from the festival is on our Gallery page

  • Hugh Bonneville in conversation with actress/playwright Janet Behan about his memoir “Playing Under the Piano” and his future plans for film, tv and stage.
  • Ghostly Tales of Sussex at Marlipins Museum: 8 shows over two days with small groups enthralled by Victorian Ghosthunter Julian Dorius, played by actor Isaac Finch
  • Caroline Lucas in conversation with Anita Sethi about reclaiming a sense of national identity with her book “Another England.”
  • Kate Mosse presented her new novel, “The Map of Bones,” a sequel to her very successful novel “The Ghost Ship.”
  • Sam McAlister mesmerised her audience talking about her career defining moment described in “Scoops!”  
  • Tiptree and Pretty Witty Nell – two fabulous one-woman plays with Jenny Rowe and Jessica Latham  
  • The first Sussex Social History Day, led by David Johnson featuring Alexandra Harris and a panel of expert speakers
  • Fatal Shore Crime Fiction day led by Elly Griffiths and William Shaw.

Shoreham Wordfest also supports local creative writing with workshops and an open mic slam competition with three winning entries in poetry, flash fiction and short story which are featured on our poetry and projects page. 

Coming up next:  Celebrating Shakespeare 25-27 April 2025

More information about this annual weekend festival will be posted in the New Year.

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Past Events
  • The Catalyst Club by Shoreham Wordfest
  • David Olusoga -The Job of a Historian
  • 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
Coming up in 2024
Annual Shoreham Wordfest "Making Waves" 29th Sept – 20th Oct 2024
Fatal Shore Crime Fiction day October 19

Shoreham Wordfest is a voluntary organisation and registered charity number: 1163258.