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 – "Making Waves"
29th Sept – 20th Oct 2024

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There is a £2 booking fee for each order.

If you wish to be added to the waiting list for events which have sold out please send a request with the subject WAITING LIST to boxoffice@shorehamwordfest.com  We will add you to the list and will contact you if we receive returned tickets.

Please note we can only offer refunds for tickets you can no longer use if the event is sold out and we can offer it to someone on the waiting list.  We are willing to consider offering an exchange for another event.  Please contact boxoffice@shorehamwordfest.com with the subject REFUND or EXCHANGE if you have a refund or exchange request

If you have a carer and wish to request a free place for them please contact boxoffice@shorehamwordfest.com with the subject CARER TICKET

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The Shoreham Centre

Curated and hosted by authors Elly Griffiths and William Shaw

Tickets

Tickets £10 each panel or £40 day ticket for all sessions  

Poetry for All – National Poetry Day – Free Event
October 3 @ 12:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Poetry In Motion and The Charlotte Glasson Trio – An evening of poetry, song and jazz.
October 3 @ 7:30 pm
St Mary de Haura Church
Caroline Lucas: Another England: how to reclaim our national story – In conversation with Anita Sethi
October 4 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Adur River Recovery Project Walking Tour
October 5 @ 9:00 am
Walk
Holly Swain Children’s author event at Shoreham Library – Free Event but booking is essential
October 5 @ 10:30 am
Shoreham Library
Ghostly Tales of Sussex Marlipins Museum – Saturday
October 5 @ 1:00 pm
Marlipins Museum
Shackleton, The Man and The Myths: Michael Smith
October 5 @ 3:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Scoops by Sam McAlister
October 5 @ 7:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Ghostly Tales of Sussex Marlipins Museum – Sunday
October 6 @ 12:00 pm
Marlipins Museum
For Those in Peril and The SS Suevic Story: David Parker and Galen Bartholomew A film and talk marking 200 years of the RNLI.
October 6 @ 2:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
An Introduction to Flash Fiction with Anika Carpenter
October 6 @ 2:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Open Mic Slam Creative Writing, Poetry and Flash Fiction
October 6 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Shoreham Catalyst Club
October 8 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Pretty, Witty Nell: Starring Jessica Latham – A one-woman tragicomedy about Nell Gwynne
October 9 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Books Without Borders: Daniel Hahn and Stella Sabin
October 10 @ 7:00 pm
Baptist Church
Any Questions Panel: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Solomon Curtis, Anita Boateng, Alastair Hignell CBE
October 11 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Behind the Privet Hedge: Michael Gilson in conversation with Elise Sargent
October 12 @ 3:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Tiptree – No-One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own – A play performed and written by Jenny Rowe
October 12 @ 8:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Sussex Lost and Found: Working Lives across the Centuries
October 13 @ 10:00 am
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Joseph Coelho: Fairy Tales Gone Bad – Children’s poetry and story-telling age 6+
October 13 @ 2:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Sussex Songs of Sea, Seasons and Revolt – A concert of Sussex folk songs with Liz Overs and The Duck Pond Sailors
October 13 @ 7:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Hugh Bonneville: Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru
October 15 @ 7:30 pm
St Mary de Haura Church
Beyond Summerland: Jenny Lecoat in conversation with Angela Barnes
October 16 @ 6:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
No Laughing Matter: Writing Comedy – A panel discussion with authors Jo Furniss & Emma Jane Unsworth, chaired by Denise Tyler
October 16 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
The Map of Bones: Kate Mosse CBE
October 18 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Fatal Shore Crime Writing Festival – All Day Event
October 19 @ 10:00 am
The Shoreham Centre
Fatal Shore Big Crime Fiction Quiz
October 19 @ 8:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Modern Cautionary Tales for Children: Murray Lachlan Young – Family Show ages 6+
October 20 @ 2:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Comedy show: Murray Lachlan Young
October 20 @ 7:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
October 3 @ 12:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Poetry for All – National Poetry Day – Free Event
October 3 @ 7:30 pm
St Mary de Haura Church
Poetry In Motion and The Charlotte Glasson Trio – An evening of poetry, song and jazz.
October 4 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Caroline Lucas: Another England: how to reclaim our national story – In conversation with Anita Sethi
October 5 @ 9:00 am
Walk
Adur River Recovery Project Walking Tour
October 5 @ 10:30 am
Shoreham Library
Holly Swain Children’s author event at Shoreham Library – Free Event but booking is essential
October 5 @ 1:00 pm
Marlipins Museum
Ghostly Tales of Sussex Marlipins Museum – Saturday
October 5 @ 3:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Shackleton, The Man and The Myths: Michael Smith
October 5 @ 7:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Scoops by Sam McAlister
October 6 @ 12:00 pm
Marlipins Museum
Ghostly Tales of Sussex Marlipins Museum – Sunday
October 6 @ 2:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
For Those in Peril and The SS Suevic Story: David Parker and Galen Bartholomew A film and talk marking 200 years of the RNLI.
October 6 @ 2:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
An Introduction to Flash Fiction with Anika Carpenter
October 6 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Open Mic Slam Creative Writing, Poetry and Flash Fiction
October 8 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Shoreham Catalyst Club
October 9 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Pretty, Witty Nell: Starring Jessica Latham – A one-woman tragicomedy about Nell Gwynne
October 10 @ 7:00 pm
Baptist Church
Books Without Borders: Daniel Hahn and Stella Sabin
October 11 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Any Questions Panel: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Solomon Curtis, Anita Boateng, Alastair Hignell CBE
October 12 @ 3:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Behind the Privet Hedge: Michael Gilson in conversation with Elise Sargent
October 12 @ 8:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Tiptree – No-One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own – A play performed and written by Jenny Rowe
October 13 @ 10:00 am
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Sussex Lost and Found: Working Lives across the Centuries
October 13 @ 2:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Joseph Coelho: Fairy Tales Gone Bad – Children’s poetry and story-telling age 6+
October 13 @ 7:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Sussex Songs of Sea, Seasons and Revolt – A concert of Sussex folk songs with Liz Overs and The Duck Pond Sailors
October 15 @ 7:30 pm
St Mary de Haura Church
Hugh Bonneville: Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru
October 16 @ 6:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Beyond Summerland: Jenny Lecoat in conversation with Angela Barnes
October 16 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
No Laughing Matter: Writing Comedy – A panel discussion with authors Jo Furniss & Emma Jane Unsworth, chaired by Denise Tyler
October 18 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
The Map of Bones: Kate Mosse CBE
October 19 @ 10:00 am
The Shoreham Centre
Fatal Shore Crime Writing Festival – All Day Event
October 19 @ 8:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Fatal Shore Big Crime Fiction Quiz
October 20 @ 2:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Modern Cautionary Tales for Children: Murray Lachlan Young – Family Show ages 6+
October 20 @ 7:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Comedy show: Murray Lachlan Young
Poetry for All – National Poetry Day – Free Event
October 3 @ 12:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Poetry In Motion and The Charlotte Glasson Trio – An evening of poetry, song and jazz.
October 3 @ 7:30 pm
St Mary de Haura Church
Caroline Lucas: Another England: how to reclaim our national story – In conversation with Anita Sethi
October 4 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Adur River Recovery Project Walking Tour
October 5 @ 9:00 am
Walk
Holly Swain Children’s author event at Shoreham Library – Free Event but booking is essential
October 5 @ 10:30 am
Shoreham Library
Ghostly Tales of Sussex Marlipins Museum – Saturday
October 5 @ 1:00 pm
Marlipins Museum
Shackleton, The Man and The Myths: Michael Smith
October 5 @ 3:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Scoops by Sam McAlister
October 5 @ 7:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Ghostly Tales of Sussex Marlipins Museum – Sunday
October 6 @ 12:00 pm
Marlipins Museum
For Those in Peril and The SS Suevic Story: David Parker and Galen Bartholomew A film and talk marking 200 years of the RNLI.
October 6 @ 2:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
An Introduction to Flash Fiction with Anika Carpenter
October 6 @ 2:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Open Mic Slam Creative Writing, Poetry and Flash Fiction
October 6 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Shoreham Catalyst Club
October 8 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Pretty, Witty Nell: Starring Jessica Latham – A one-woman tragicomedy about Nell Gwynne
October 9 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Books Without Borders: Daniel Hahn and Stella Sabin
October 10 @ 7:00 pm
Baptist Church
Any Questions Panel: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Solomon Curtis, Anita Boateng, Alastair Hignell CBE
October 11 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Behind the Privet Hedge: Michael Gilson in conversation with Elise Sargent
October 12 @ 3:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Tiptree – No-One Else’s Damn Secret But My Own – A play performed and written by Jenny Rowe
October 12 @ 8:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Sussex Lost and Found: Working Lives across the Centuries
October 13 @ 10:00 am
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Joseph Coelho: Fairy Tales Gone Bad – Children’s poetry and story-telling age 6+
October 13 @ 2:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Sussex Songs of Sea, Seasons and Revolt – A concert of Sussex folk songs with Liz Overs and The Duck Pond Sailors
October 13 @ 7:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Hugh Bonneville: Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru
October 15 @ 7:30 pm
St Mary de Haura Church
Beyond Summerland: Jenny Lecoat in conversation with Angela Barnes
October 16 @ 6:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
No Laughing Matter: Writing Comedy – A panel discussion with authors Jo Furniss & Emma Jane Unsworth, chaired by Denise Tyler
October 16 @ 7:30 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
The Map of Bones: Kate Mosse CBE
October 18 @ 7:30 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Fatal Shore Crime Writing Festival – All Day Event
October 19 @ 10:00 am
The Shoreham Centre
Fatal Shore Big Crime Fiction Quiz
October 19 @ 8:00 pm
The Shoreham Centre
Modern Cautionary Tales for Children: Murray Lachlan Young – Family Show ages 6+
October 20 @ 2:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre
Comedy show: Murray Lachlan Young
October 20 @ 7:00 pm
Ropetackle Arts Centre

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