Shoreham Wordfest makes its return this autumn with a wonderful programme featuring high profile writers and performers alongside showcases of local creativity. Appearing this year will be Lemn Sissay, who will be giving a talk on his new poetry collection Let the Light Pour In. There are also theatre productions, including a version of Shakespeare’s Merry Wives […]
This celebration of the shortest forms of writing – from short stories to essays, song writing, poetry and journalism – brings us four days of discussions, workshops and family events, featuring leading and emerging voices across literature, journalism, the arts, environment, language, culture and more. Names to look out for include William Boyd, Jeanette Winterson […]
A talk and book signing on 7th December 6-8pm 'Notebooks, Sketchbooks, Diaries: 800 Years of Amazing Stationery' Roly Allen, the author of: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. (Published by Profile Books November 2023) will talk about his new book, over a glass of wine followed by a book signing. This event is in partnership with the […]
You are invited to a Poetry Reading with Liz Barnes on Thursday 8th February and Wednesday 14th February from 2.30pm. Liz Barnes, a guest of Tea, Coffee and Tequila will be in the John Rank Gallery on Thursday 8th February and Wednesday 14th February to read from her two published collections of poetry. Liz says ' I […]
The annual festival of art and ideas returns to its bucolic home turf for its 35th edition on 16 May, bringing with it a list of speakers as exciting and illustrious as ever. Speakers include Succession creator and Peep Show co-creator Jesse Armstrong, the inimitable Grayson Perry, journalist and broadcaster Emily Maitlis, and comedy legend […]
The south coast’s annual literary festival has, as ever, attracted a host of popular writers, including Sam McAlister (as played by Billie Piper on Netflix), locally based Kate Mosse, discussing the last episode of her ‘Joubert family’ series The Map of Bones, and popular crime writer Elly Griffiths whose The Postscript Murders is part-set in […]
Two weeks of readings, interviews and performances from a world-class cast of writers, actors and performers. This year’s menu includes Withnail & I actor Richard E Grant, Lewes-based folk legend Shirley Collins, and novelist, poet and playwright Deborah Levy. Travis Alabanza delivers the flagship Charleston Monologue.
Damian Barr will be in conversation, discussing his book The Two Roberts. Coinciding with the book's publication is Barr's curation of the upcoming Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun: Artists, Lovers, Outsiders at Charleston Lewes.
Returning with yet another great lineup, this year's edition of Shoreham Wordfest features former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen in conversation, an afternoon with Gyles Brandreth, and a day-long exploration of Sussex history with award-winning authors and leading academics. On 4 October, the Wordfest welcomes Sir Tony Robinson with the launch of his debut novel The […]
As usual there will be a stellar line-up at this festival-within a-festival, with writers and performers of national and international repute hitting the pretty West Sussex town for readings, Q&As and performances.
‘When I went out I stole an orange/ I kept it in my pocket/ It felt like a warm planet’. This exhibition brings together 60-odd painters, sculptors, writers and poets (in a new gallery) in response to Brian Patten’s poem of the same name. Artist and organiser Sarah Shaw says: ‘This is, overwhelmingly, a show […]
Depot is excited to welcome author Paul Fischer for our next ‘in-conversation’ event, celebrating Paul’s latest book, The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at 1980s Hollywood as author and film producer Paul Fischer discusses his new book, The Last Kings of […]
