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Moments of
Highlights include:
David Hare, Julie Burchill, John Agard,
John Crace and John Sutherland, Alison
MacLeod, Simon Brett, Carol Cleveland,
family events with Roger Stevens and
Sue Hendra, Leapfrog puppet show
2015
20th September – 10th October
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Moments of
Welcome to the fifth
Shoreham Wordfest
This year, we are launching the first ‘Adur
Reads’ book with West Sussex Libraries,
encouraging everyone to read ‘Unexploded’
by Alison MacLeod, before meeting the
author on Friday October 2.
Some programme highlights: David Hare
lights The Blue Touch Paper, his new memoir,
at Lancing College where he went to school.
Julie Burchill, the ‘Queen of English
Journalism’ talks about her long identification
with Jewish culture in her latest book,
Unchosen.
John Crace and John Sutherland ask
“Can a book change your life?”
Check out the world premiere of poet
John Agard’s new show, Roll Over Atlantic.
The annual Wordfest dinner hosts Julie
Gearey, author of ‘Cuffs’ the new TV police
drama, filmed in Shoreham.
‘Vesta’ is a theatrical production celebrating
the life of the famous music hall singer,
Vesta Tilley, who performed as a man but
promoted women’s emancipation worldwide.
Brighton’s Catalyst Club moves to
Shoreham for Wordfest. Writing the Miner’s
strike features the momentous events of the
1980’s, and we commemorate 800 years of
the Magna Carta.
Our patrons, Simon Brett and Carol
Cleveland are both performing. There are
children and family events, walks and talks,
song, poetry, writing workshops and more
author talks. Read on for all the details of all
34 events.
2015
If you haven’t already done so, please
consider joining us as a Friend of
Shoreham Wordfest, which gives you
up to 20% reduction on tickets. Go to
www.shorehamwordfest.com for details
or call us on 07522 957691
We are an entirely voluntary organisation.
All tickets available from
Ropetackle Arts Centre
except those marked*.
To book on-line go to:
ropetacklecentre.co.uk/visit/
shoreham-wordfest or call in
to the Ropetackle box office,
Little High Street, Shoreham.
For enquiries about any of the
Shoreham Wordfest programme
call 07522 957691 or contact
us at:
Shoreham Wordfest
@wordfest_by_sea
Generously supported by:
Saturday 12 September
Sunday 20 September
Pre-event:
Focus on
Ted Walker
Writing the
Miners’ Strike
Literary Salon
with Hannah Vincent
2pm Private home,
address on tickets
WordFest’s first ever
literary salon is a chance
to indulge in literary chat,
book browsing and
convivial conversation
between readers and
writers. Guest speaker,
Hannah Vincent,
local author and
award-winning dramatist, will
open the afternoon with a short talk on
‘Writing Fact into Fiction’. Archive news
items from the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike
are guaranteed to bring out personal
reminiscences .The afternoon concludes
with scrumptious home-made cakes and
harbour views seen from the comfort of
the salon upstairs.
This event is twinned with Writing the
Miners’ Strike on Monday 5 October.
Featured books will be available
for purchase at a discounted price.
Places limited. Book early to avoid
disappointment.
Tickets £5
(£4 for Friends of Wordfest)
We’d like to say a huge thanks to
those who have already registered
as Friends of Wordsfest. For those
who haven’t, you could benefit from
discounts of up to 20% on tickets
– just visit our website for details at
shorehamwordfest.com
Readings and a talk by
Ron Stillwell
4pm Ginger & Dobbs Cafe
This year’s Wordfest Poetry Trail and Poetry
Competition have featured the verse of Ted
Walker, local Sussex Poet (1934-2004). Today
we meet to celebrate his work through readings
and a talk by someone who knew him and loves
his poetry. Ron Stillwell is the former deputy
head of Steyning Grammar School, and knew
Ted when he was a pupil there.
Tickets: £5
Limited availability because of
size of venue; some standing room only.
Friday 25 September
Catalyst Club:
Moments of
Change
Shoreham Walk
and Talk:
8pm West Street Loft
Now in it’s eleventh year, Brighton’s
popular Catalyst Club is coming to
Shoreham WordFest. A celebration of
the singular passions of everyday folk, it
has, to date, hosted over 500 talks on
subjects ranging from Vikings, naturism
and gratitude, to the history of the
Martini.
Tonight’s event, on the theme of
change, introduces Brighton Science
Festival curator Richard Robinson,
who will invite the audience to explore
the subject of puns and word play.
Cheeky Guides author and host, David
Bramwell, shares his adventures on
the No 9 Bus to Utopia, a year spent
travelling around the world’s most
extraordinary communities. As well
as tales of singing plants, the world’s
largest underground temple, anarchist
communes and a time machine, David
also asks what we can learn from
communities about how to improve our
lives and cities in the 21st century.
Geoff Mead
Meet 10am outside
St Mary de Haura
Church, Shoreham
Enjoy an entertaining
and informative stroll
through autumnal
Shoreham to see the
town, riverside and beach, looking at the
landscape and history of the area. We will
spend a short time on the shingle but the
rest of the walk is on firm ground. All ages
welcome.
Tickets £5 on the day
Tickets £8
To book, go to: ropetacklecentre.co.uk/visit/shoreham-wordfest
Leaping Frog:
a puppet
adventure
Simpson & I:
Between Two
Worlds
from Theatre Rotto
for 3 years upwards
11am Ropetackle
Arts Centre
Goggles, the jaunty
little wood frog,
catapults from her
tadpoles in calm Little Pond into the
much BIGGER outside world where
she encounters excitement as well
as challenges. She meets Mr Fisher,
Rubber Duck and Honk the spotted
skunk, but, leaping before she looked,
nothing has prepared Goggles for
the deep Freeze! Can she ever return
home again?
The storytelling and puppet show
is accompanied by live music. The
show lasts 50 minutes and everyone
can meet the puppets afterwards. An
optional workshop after the show lasts
1 hour where you get the chance to
make your own puppet. Let us know
at the time of booking if you will stay
for the workshop, which is included in
your ticket.
One not
to miss
Oggy Boytchev
3pm Ropetackle
Arts Centre
Oggy Boytchev,
the author of
Simpson & I,
will share his
experience about
working for the
BBC in the most dangerous places on
earth, witnessing historic events and
reporting under fire from the frontline.
Pertinent to current affairs, the book
reads like a real-life thriller.
Oggy will talk about what it is like
to work, as his producer, with John
Simpson, the courageous foreign
correspondent and BBC World Affairs
Editor. The pair undertook many daring
assignments in countries with hostile
regimes. Oggy will illustrate his talk with
two short films.
Tickets £7
Tickets £12 for a child + adult
(£10 for Friends of Wordfest),
£20 for a family of 4
Call 07522 957691 for concessions
All tickets available from Ropetackle
Arts Centre except those marked*.
shoreham-wordfest or call in to
the Ropetackle box office, Little High
Street, Shoreham.
For enquiries about Shoreham
Wordfest programme call
07522 957691.
Pack Up Your Troubles
1914–1945 in Unexpected
Stories & Popular Song
Sung by Miss Patricia Hammond and
related by Mr Tom Cutler. Accompanied
on the old Joanna by Mr Tom Carradine
7.30pm West Street Loft
In this evening of quirky history, laughter, and
musical nostalgia, Internationally renowned
singer Patricia Hammond follows the threads
of patriotism, pacifism, and propaganda that
run through popular songs of the period, while
humourist Tom Cutler tells the incredible
stories of the songs, the personal tales of
the men who wrote them, and the forgotten
histories of those who sang them.
This is an entertaining evening, with
the chance for a little interwar audience
participation: foot-tapping sing-alongs,
join-in parlour tricks, and contemporaneous
amusements. Unrationed beer and wine
available.
Tickets £8
Sunday 27 September
Tuesday 29 September
Pom Poms Up!
Seasonal
Sussex Food
Carol Cleveland
And now for something
completely different –
POM-POMS UP!
Moving on from her
‘War Baby’ years in
London, as presented
in Wordfest 2013, Carol
Cleveland now gives us a taste of the
glamorous (or not) Hollywood lifestyle
that followed, through songs, jokes,
poems and anecdotes. Carol will be
accompanied on piano by Jason Pimblett,
with a possible duet or two.
Carol will bring some signed copies of
her book, Pom-Poms Up! which is full of
fascinating show-biz gossip and photos
from her successful, and very glamorous,
career.
Rob Silverstone and Polly Tyrer
6.30pm Artisan café
Author and chef, Rob
Silverstone will talk
to Polly Tyrer, former
founding vice principal
of Prue Leith’s Cookery
School and MD of Leith’s Good Food,
about the inspiration for his books on food
from Sussex and Normandy. Followed
by a cookery demonstration, and then
a convivial supper featuring food and
wine from Sussex. The menu will include
Samphire eclair with wild mushroom
sauce, homemade taramasalata, tarte
normande, with a welcome drink to start.
Tickets £15
Tickets £8
Wednesday 30 September
Thursday 1 October
Arguments Yard
The Annual
Wordfest Dinner
Attila the Stockbroker
8pm Ropetackle Arts Centre
ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER
launches his autobiography
ARGUMENTS YARD
With special guests
and friends John
Otway, TV Smith
and former Albion
chairman Dick Knight
– all featured in it, of
course…
Attila grew up and lives
in Southwick and has
gigged, published and
recorded all over the world for 35
years. His autobiography is a cultural
activist’s eyewitness account of the
major political battles of the past
four decades. Rock Against Racism,
Miners’ Strike, Wapping dispute, Red
Wedge, Poll Tax, anti-war movement –
Attila has been there, done the benefit
and worn the T shirt.
Memoirs from six tours of the GDR,
loads more from Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, USA. Plus the battle to
save the Albion, his mum’s struggle
with Alzheimer’s and loads more. With
the help of his friends, Attila will bring
his book to life and make you laugh,
cry and think. Signed copies on the
night.
Tickets £7
with Julie Gearey –
author of ‘Cuffs’ TV drama
7.30pm Sussex Yacht Club
Another coup for Wordfest!
Julie Gearey, author of the
new television series Cuffs
starting this autumn, is our
guest speaker for the Wordfest Dinner.
Julie will have lots to say to the people of
Shoreham, who enjoyed the presence of the
production company earlier this year.
Set in Brighton, though partly filmed in
Shoreham, Cuffs shows the everyday
rollercoaster of being a police officer in the UK.
Julie says: “As a massive fan of cop shows, I’m
thrilled to create a new ensemble police series
for BBC One. Intimate and realistic, we’ll be
right on the shoulders of our cops as we follow
them into every corner of lives in which work
pressures don’t end at the station door.”
Julie has also penned scripts for Casualty,
Secret Diary Of A Call Girl and Prisoners’
Wives. We look forward to hearing about her
inspiration for this exciting new series, featuring
a star cast.
Hear all about it while enjoying a tasty threecourse meal with glorious views of the river,
and in very good company!
Tickets £25
Friday 2 October
Adur Reads:
Unexploded
Alison MacLeod
7.30pm Shoreham Library
Wordfest and West
Sussex Libraries are
encouraging people
throughout Adur and
beyond to read Alison
MacLeod’s acclaimed
novel, Unexploded,
culminating in a
discussion with the
author herself at this
special Wordfest event.
Set in Brighton in the early days of
the Second World War, Unexploded
describes the impact of war, at first
a distant threat and then a plight
that overshadows all aspects of life
in the town. It leads to unexpected
consequences for a young family,
struggling to cope with mounting
chaos, fear and prejudice. It is also
a story about the power of love, art
and literature, and the beauty of the
landscape of Sussex. There will be
many aspects readers will want to
discuss with Alison, who has lived in
Sussex since 1989, and in Brighton
since 2000.
Unexploded was long-listed for
the 2013 Man Booker Prize. It was
selected as a ‘Book of the Year’ by The
Observer and featured on BBC Radio
4’s ‘Book at Bedtime’. Currently flying
off the library and bookshop shelves,
with copies available to buy for signing
at the event.
Tickets £7
(£5 for Friends
of Wordfest)
Saturday 3 October
Saturday 3 October
What Grandad
Did Next
Magna Carta:
Foundation of
Freedom
Family Poetry Workshop
with Roger Stevens
10am Shoreham Library
Things happen in families
and everything changes.
Some good, some sad: Moving home,
changing schools, an extra-special
birthday, a trip to London to see the
sights, when the dog ate Dad’s sock,
and remembering what Grandad did
next…
Best-selling children’s author Roger
Stevens will be reading poems, leading
a fun family workshop sharing funny,
sad, mad moments and turning them
into stories, poems and songs. For
children aged five and above together
with mums, dads, grannies, granddads,
aunts and uncles.
Free but limited
places: apply
for tickets from
Shoreham Library
Dr Emm Johnstone
2pm Shoreham Centre
The story of King John being forced to seal
the Magna Carta at Runnymede 800 years
ago is well known, but just six weeks after
signing it he publically repudiated that Charter.
So how did Magna Carta live on and become
such a potent symbol of freedom around
the world? Dr Emm Johnstone of Royal
Holloway will continue that story by looking at
the subsequent battle to extend the rights of
freedom to all.
She explains to whom Magna Carta’s
freedoms applied in 1215 and how that has
changed over time to include poor men,
women, and emancipated slaves, both in the
UK and internationally. Dr Johnstone teaches
as a research fellow at Royal Holloway and is
its Magna Carta project manager. She is an
outreach historian with a particular interest in
engaging audiences with history.
Tickets £7
Saturday 3 October
An Evening of
Gilbert and Sullivan
7.30pm (7.15pm pre-show talk)
Love, betrayal, comic relatives and marital
disputes all add up to an entertaining
evening of Gilbert & Sullivan. Included in the
programme will be some of the very best
from many of their comic operas including
The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado,
Iolanthe, Ruddigore and The Yeomen of the
Guard. As former members of the D’Oyly
Carte Opera Company, we welcome back
Yvonne Patrick, Soprano, Louise Crane,
Mezzo Soprano, Oliver White, Tenor, Ian
Belsey, Baritone, Carl Donohue, Baritone
and Lesley-Anne Sammons, Piano. They
will be ably supported by a local chorus
containing members of the Shoreham-bySea Community Choir.
As part of Shoreham Wordfest there will
be a short pre-show talk about W. S.
Gilbert’s use of satire in his libretti, how he
used events and fashions at the centre
of his stories, making the situations and
characters both sympathetic and amusing.
The programme highlights Gilbert’s satirical
lyrics ‘treating a thoroughly farcical subject
in a thoroughly serious manner’.
Tickets £15
Calendar of Events
Writing the miners’ strike
2pm Private home
Thursday 1 October
£5/£4 FOW
Sunday 20 September
7.30pm Sussex Yacht Club
£25/£22 FOW
Friday 2 October
Ted Walker’s Poetry
£5/£3 FOW
4pm Ginger and Dobbs Café
Adur reads: Unexploded with
Alison MacLeod
7pm Shoreham Library
Friday 25 September
£7/£5 FOW
Saturday 3 October
Catalyst Club
£8/£6 FOW
8pm West Street Loft
Shoreham Walk and Talk
£5*
10am St Mary de Haura Church
£20 family of 4/£18 FOW
Simpson and I – Oggy Boytchev
£7/£5 FOW
Pack Up Your Troubles
£8/£6 FOW
Pom Poms Up! Carol Cleveland
£8/£6 FOW
Sunday 4 October
Building a Story
Writing Workshop: Laura Wilkinson
£10/£8 FOW
Poetic responses to the Sussex
Landscape: Janet Pressley
£15/£12 FOW
Wednesday 30 September
Arguments Yard:
Attila the Stockbroker
£15
£7/£5 FOW
Original Drama – Janet Behan
Seasonal Sussex Food:
Rob Silverstone and Polly Tyrer
6.30pm Artisan Café
7.15pm talk, 7.30pm show
2pm Ropetackle Mezzanine
Tuesday 29 September
£7/£5 FOW
An evening of Gilbert & Sullivan
medley & pre-show talk
10am Ropetackle Mezzanine
Sunday 27 September
10am Shoreham Library
Free but ticketed from library
2pm Shoreham Centre
11am Ropetackle Arts Centre
£12 child + adult/£10 FOW
What Grandad did Next: Roger
Stevens – family poetry reading
and workshop 5yrs +
Magna Carta – Dr. Emm Johnstone
Leaping Frog: Family Puppet
Adventure and workshop, 3yrs+ Wordfest dinner with Julie Geary
£8/£6 FOW
Monday 5 October
Writing the Miner’s Strike:
Ed Hogan and Laura Wilkinson
£7
7pm Southwick Community Centre
£7/£5 FOW
Unchosen: Julie Burchill
with Laura Lockington
Wednesday 7 October
Rainbow Poetry
Free
2.30pm Home Haven Court
Roll Over Atlantic: John Agard
£10/£8 FOW
Thursday 8 October
National Poetry Day: Poem giving
Lunchtime Shoreham town centre
Free
David Hare: The Blue Touch Paper
7pm Lancing College
£10/£8 FOW
Friday 9 October
£8/£6 FOW
4pm Sussex Yacht Club
Vesta Tilley:
Worcester touring theatre
£12/£10 FOW
Saturday 10 October
Literary River Walk
Free
10am Meet at Old Toll Bridge
The River Adur, from source to sea
£7/£5 FOW
Poetry and Short Story Slam &
Poetry competition awards
How to avoid writing:
Simon Brett and Tom Cutler
£7/£5 FOW
12noon Sussex Yacht Club
£8/£6 FOW, lunch available
‘Giving it all away’
Dave Courtney: talk and music
7.30pm Ropetackle Arts Centre
£10/£8 FOW
Saturday 10 October
shoreham-wordfest or call in
to the Ropetackle box office,
Little High Street, Shoreham.
‘Belonging’: author talk
with Umi Sinha
10am Sussex Yacht Club
£6/£4 FOW
Superhero Veggies! Sue Hendra
reading and workshop 3-7yrs
10.30am Shoreham Library
Free but ticketed from library
Songs for Wordfest
Shoreham Singers-By_Sea
12noon Shoreham Methodist Church
Free
Can a book change your life?
John Crace and John Sutherland
£8/£6 FOW
07522 957691.
We’d like to say a huge thanks to
those who have already registered
as Friends of Wordsfest. For those
who haven’t, you could benefit from
discounts of up to 20% on tickets
– just visit our website for details at
shorehamwordfest.com
Sunday 4 October
Sunday 4 October
Building a
Story
Poetic Responses
to the Sussex
Landscape
Writing workshop with
Laura Wilkinson
10am Ropetackle Arts
Centre
Are you looking for an
inspirational morning flexing your writing
muscle? Look no further. This workshop
is open to experienced and newer writers.
There will be warm-up writing exercises to
stir your creative juices, two key exercises
to help the writing flow and guidance
on how to ‘spit and polish’ your initial
attempts and help craft your writing style.
Laura Wilkinson is a dynamic and
encouraging workshop provider with a
background in journalism and literary
editing. She is also a writer of novels and
short stories. Come expecting to write,
learn and have fun. Light refreshments
are included and Laura’s books will be
available for signing and purchase at
discounted rates.
Tickets £10
Janet Pressley
2pm Ropetackle
Arts Centre
Janet has prepared
an illustrated talk with
readings about how various poets
have engaged with the county of Sussex
over five centuries. Sussex is the most
‘poeticised of counties’ and from the very
famous to the virtually unknown, many
poets have found inspiration in Sussex’s
particular landscape – the Weald, the
Downs and the sea. Changing poetic
styles will be traced and the distinctive and
often eccentric nature of Sussex poetry
and poets celebrated.
Janet teaches literature and creative
writing to adults. Her Wordfest talks are
always popular, so be sure to get your
ticket early.
Tickets £7
Sunday 4 October
Market Fruits:
original drama
Janet Behan
Since April, local actress and playwright
Janet Behan, has been curating and
directing a series of monthly readings of
new dramatic works on market days in
Shoreham. The aim of Market Theatre is
to give local writers (herself included) an
opportunity to hear their work read and get
feedback from the audience. During the
evening she will present a rehearsed reading
of work inspired by that process.
Tickets £8
Monday 5 October
Writing the
Miners’ Strike
Ed Hogan and Laura Wilkinson
7pm Southwick Community Centre
Three decades on, the Miners’ Strike
can be seen as a defining moment of
change in the social-industrial history of
the UK. The way this is represented in
fiction is the topic of tonight’s session.
Readings, discussion and audience
Q&A will focus on the work of two
authors who have used this time of
change to create fiction which explores
the personal and community costs of
historic and momentous upheaval.
Edward Hogan’s Blackmoor, for which
he won the prestigious Desmond
Elliot Prize for new fiction, gives a
luminous account of the tragic loss
of a communal way of
life. In Laura Wilkinson’s
debut novel, Public
Battles, Private Wars,
chief protagonist,
Mandy, represents the
way women’s lives were
changed for ever by the
strike.
The evening includes a short break for
refreshments, book sales and signings.
Tickets £7
Wednesday 7 October
Turn of the Tide
Rainbow Poetry
2.30pm Home Haven Court
Local poetry group, Rainbow Poetry,
give readings of poems featuring
national events and the impact they
have had on the career and outlook for
individuals.
Free drop in
Wednesday 7 October
Roll Over Atlantic
John Agard
Wordfest are proud to present the world
premiere of a first ever one-man show by
celebrated Caribbean-British poet/performer,
John Agard, directed by Mark C. Hewitt.
Roll Over Atlantic is a satirical revisiting
of the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
Telescoping the voyages, Agard, brings his
irreverent wit from page to stage, fusing
elements of calypso, cabaret and the absurd,
as he variously takes on the voices of
Columbus, the Atlantic, a native shaman, a
mutinous crew, and an even more mutinous
crew of mosquitoes.
Written in verse and performed against
a background soundscape of Atlantic
murmurings and symphonic mosquito
One not
to miss
buzzing,
Agard takes
his audience on a fantastical,
fanatical historic voyage that still bears
relevance to contemporary issues.
Famed as an outstanding performer and a
multi-award-winning poet, John Agard was
winner of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry
in 2012 and was a guest on Desert Island
Discs in 2014. He was the first poet-inresidence at London’s South Bank and at
the BBC and is well known by teachers and
students as a poet on the GCSE syllabus.
Tickets £10
tom foolery coffee company
tom/foo-luh-ree/kaw-fee/kʌmp(ə)ni
6 High Street, Shoreham-By-Sea, BN43 5YF
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noun
1. thorough enjoyment of the very best in local
food and drink; fabulous, family friendly
environment; great big smiles all round.
For further information, including details of special
wordfest events at tom foolery, please visit:
www.tomfoolery.coffee
[email protected]
Tel: 01273 933993
Thursday 8 October
The Blue
Touch Paper
Thursday 8 October
One not
to miss
David Hare talks about his new memoir
7pm Lancing College
Celebrated playwright,
David Hare, reads from,
and talks about, his new
memoir, in the inspiring
setting of Lancing College,
his former school.
When the National Theatre
published its poll of the hundred best plays
of the 20th century, David Hare had written
five of them. Yet he was born in 1947 into
an anonymous suburban street in Hastings.
It is a world he believes to be as completely
vanished as Victorian England.
Now in his first panoramic work of memoir,
ending as Margaret Thatcher comes to
power in 1979, David Hare describes his
childhood, his Anglo-Catholic education
and his painful apprenticeship to the trade
of dramatist. He sets the progress of his
own life against the history of a time in
which faith in the empire, religion, hierarchy,
deference and finally politics all withered
away. Only belief in private virtue remains.
National
Poetry Day
Lunchtime Shoreham Town Centre
To mark National Poetry Day, Wordfest
volunteers will be distributing gifts of free
poems in Shoreham Town centre around
lunchtime. Look out for your poetic treat better than a fortune cookie!
“
Free
I flung a great pearl of
grief with all my strength
at the sea’s apathy.
Ted Walker, from Lancing Beach
”
In his customarily dazzling prose and with
great warmth and humour, David Hare
explores how so radical a shift could have
occurred, and how it is reflected in his own
lifelong engagement with two disparate art
forms - film and theatre. In The Blue Touch
Paper David Hare describes a life of trial and
error: both how he became a writer and the
high price he and those around him paid for
that decision.
Organised by City Books in partnership with
Wordfest and Lancing College
Tickets £10
Friday 9 October
Sunday 4 October
How to avoid
writing
Dave Courtney
and friends
12noon Sussex Yacht Club
7.30pm Ropetackle Arts Centre
Successful local authors
Simon Brett and Tom
Cutler know the tyranny
of the blank page. From
long walks to long baths
they have devised many
ingenious techniques
for dodging the
deadline’s bullet. In this
discussion they talk
about the work that
they, like many writers,
put into delaying the
moment when they
must buckle down, take the bull by the
horns, put their hands to the plough and
their noses to the grindstone and, finally,
get to work.
David Courtney is a
Grammy-nominated,
award-winning
internationally acclaimed
songwriter and record
producer from Brighton.
Having started as a
drummer in his own
band at the age of 14,
he became the drummer in Adam Faith’s
backing band at the age of 16, went on to
discover Leo Sayer and co-wrote and coproduced many of his hits, including ‘One
Man Band’, ’Long Tall Glasses’ and ‘The
Show Must Go On’. He has also written
and/or produced hit records for such
diverse acts as Roger Daltrey, Gene Pitney,
Dollar and Odyssey. Harry Nilsson once
described David as the English Phil Spector.
Simon Brett and Tom Cutler
Shoreham Wordfest Patron Simon Brett
writes the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter,
Fethering, and Blotto & Twinks series of
crime novels and is well known for his
comedy drama on radio and television. He
has two new books out this year: Blotto,
Twinks and the Heir to the Tsar and Mrs
Pargeter’s Principle. Tom Cutler is a
humourist, writer, and magician. He is the
author of several international bestsellers
including A Gentleman’s Bedside Book
and the Amazon number-one blockbuster,
211 Things A Bright Boy Can Do. His
new book The Pilot Who Wore A Dress
and Other Lateral Thinking Mysteries is
published in November.
Tickets £8
Lunch available from the
Yacht Club restaurant
Hosted by radio DJ Mike Read
One not
to miss
Having worked with some of the greatest
musicians on the planet. He has more than
30 million global record sales to his name.
David has co-owned his own film company,
and brought the celebrated Walk of Fame
cultural attraction to our shores.
He has seemingly crammed ten lives into
one. His is an exciting and extraordinary
story, now brought to life in his memoir
Giving it all Away and a new album,
Anthology. David will recount some of the
highlights of his career, in conversation
with his friend and former DJ Mike Read,
with guests and live music. A great night
guaranteed!
Tickets £10
(£8 for Friends
of Wordfest)
Saturday 10 October
Saturday 10 October
Belonging
Superhero
veggies!
Umi Sinha
Author talk with Laura Lockington
10am Sussex Yacht Club
Workshop with picture book author
Sue Hendra
Umi Sinha’s unforgettable debut is an
intense, compelling and finely wrought
epic of love and loss, of race and
ethnicity, of homeland – and of belonging.
Lila Langdon is twelve years old when
she witnesses a family tragedy after
her mother unveils her father’s surprise
birthday present – a tragedy that ends
her childhood in India and precipitates
a new life in Sussex with her great-aunt
Wilhelmina.
10.30am Shoreham Library
From the darkest
days of the British
Raj through to the
aftermath of the
First World War,
Belonging tells the
interwoven story of
three generations
and their struggles
to understand and
free themselves from
a troubled history steeped in colonial
violence. Umi’s novel has a strong
Sussex connection, as it’s partly set in
a place based on Poynings, and also
features the military hospital at Brighton
Pavilion during the First World War.
It certainly fits Wordfest’s theme of
Moments of Change. Umi is an excellent
public speaker and storyteller. She will be
in conversation with Laura Lockington,
founder of Brighton’s Bookish Supper
Club and the Bookenders programme on
Latest TV.
Free but limited numbers apply for
Tickets £6
(£4 for Friends
of Wordfest)
Sue Hendra is the wonderfully funny,
award-winning author and illustrator of
some of our favourite picture books, like
Barry the Fish with Fingers and Norman
the Slug with the Silly Shell. At this special
event for children and families, Sue will
read from some of her books, followed by
a craft workshop to make your very own
Superhero veggie. For 3-7-year-olds.
tickets from Shoreham Library
Saturday 10 October
Songs for
Wordfest
Shoreham Singers
12noon Shoreham Methodist Church
The now legendary Shoreham Singersby-Sea will entertain with songs from
musicals, traditional songs, classical
songs, all in four-part harmony, and all
chosen for their lyrical appropriateness
for a festival of words. The concert will be
opened by one of the successful spin-offs
from the choir, Seven Singers, who will
give a Madrigal or two and there will also
be a jazzy solo from choir member and
popular singer, Julie Roberts. Conducted
by Michael Hinton with accompanist Brett
Wellcome, the legendary Herbie Flowers
on bass and Marianne Hillier-Brook on
drums.
Free with retiring collection
in aid of the Church
Saturday 10 October
Saturday 10 October
Can a book
change your life?
Unchosen
John Crace and John Sutherland
in conversation
2pm Sussex
Yacht Club
We pose this question
to two very different
characters: Professor
John Sutherland,
academic, newspaper
columnist and author
and John Crace,
journalist and critic and
author of the Guardian’s
hilarious Digested
Reads.
Professor Sutherland
has written widely
about literature from A History
of Fiction in 294 Lives to A Little History
of Literature with his most recent book,
How Good is Your Grammar? John
Crace’s writing ranges from Vertigo: One
Football Fan’s Fear of Success to I Never
Promised You a Rose Garden: A Short
Guide to Modern Politics.
Both Johns have a mischievous (wicked?)
sense of humour as you’ll find when you
listen to what promises to be a fascinating
and funny conversation.
Tickets £8
Julie Burchill in conversation with
Laura Lockington
Bristling with strong
opinions and fizzing
with wit, Julie Burchill
narrates the story of how
a chance discovery of her
father’s copy of a World
at War magazine about
the holocaust kindled an
obsessive love that still
sustains her today. The book follows the
course of this affair from her days as a rock
journalist pretending to be Jewish, through
her volatile marriage to a Jewish man,
her public spats with anti-Israel writers,
her dislike of Jewish humour but love for
the state of Israel, her refusal to watch
Schindler’s List and other films or books
that turn the holocaust into entertainment,
to her attempts to learn Hebrew and
eventual exile from her local synagogue for
being too pro-Israel.
From her early days in rock journalism Julie
is famed for her controversial, but always
stimulating, writing. Unchosen is not a
book for anyone who wants balance or an
even-handed historical account of modern
Jewish culture. It’s a spiritual autobiography
turned up to the maximum, a book that
manages to range from the movingly
personal to the raucously outrageous
in the space of a single paragraph. No
one else but Julie Burchill would have
even attempted a book like this. This is
the subject that matters the most to her
and Unchosen is the most difficult, most
important book she’s ever tried to write.
Tickets £8
Saturday 10 October
Sunday 11 October
Vesta: Wonder of
the Music Halls
The Wordfest
Literary River
Walk
Worcester Rep Touring Theatre
Vesta Tilley is one of the most remarkable
female entertainers ever. Born in
Worcester on May 13 1864, she became
an international superstar, equally famous
on both sides of the Atlantic. She always
appeared on stage dressed as a man,
although ironically, she did a great deal
to further the cause of the women’s
emancipation. When she retired, nearly
two million people signed the ‘People’s
Tribute to Vesta Tilley’. Her home on
the seafront in Hove is graced with a
blue plaque. She was one of the most
beloved performers ever, taken to the
very hearts of the British people.
Worcester Rep
proudly presents
Vesta, a onewoman show
about the life and
music of Vesta
Tilley, written by
Chris Jaeger
and performed
by actress and
singer Claire
Worboys. It
contains eleven of Vesta’s songs and
Claire’s performance will delight and
enchant audiences as well as give them
a historically accurate insight into her life
and times.
Tickets £12
(£10 for Friends
of Wordfest)
10am Meet at Old Toll Bridge opposite
the Red Lion pub
Join us for our annual stroll along the
banks of the River Adur, stopping for
readings of poetry and prose. You are
welcome to contribute/recite any pieces of
your choice and bring refreshments If you
wish. The circular walk is no more than
three miles, finishing at the Red Lion pub
for a drink.
Free event,
donations welcome
THE
PUB CRAWL
POETS
EVERY LAST WEDNESDAY OF THE
MONTH, 8.30 TILL LATE
THE PUB
PUB CRAWL
CRAWL POETS
POETS ARE:
ARE:
THE
A. P.
P. STAUNTON
STAUNTON ** BRADFORD
BRADFORD MIDDLETON
MIDDLETON ** HATTIE
HATTIE SNOOKS
SNOOKS
** A.
ADAM MOULD
MOULD ** ROBERT
ROBERT REDFORD
REDFORD ** NIALL
NIALL ** BIG
BIG JAY
JAY
** ADAM
PLUS GUEST
GUEST POETS
POETS
PLUS
IN ADDITION
ADDITIONTHERE
THERE IS
IS AN
AN OPEN
OPEN MIKE
MIKE OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITY
IN
FOR OTHER
OTHER POETS
POETSTO
TO PERFORM
PERFORM
FOR
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
368 BRIGHTON ROAD,
SHOREHAM BY SEA, WEST SUSSEX
Sunday 11 October
Sunday 11 October
The River Adur:
from Source to Sea
Annual Poetry
and Short Story
Slam and Poetry
Competition
awards
Dr Geoff Mead
‘Adur: Source to Sea’ takes a visual
journey from the sources of the river in
central Sussex, through the broad plains
of the Wealden clays and sands before
heading south through the Downs and
on to the Coastal Plain of West Sussex,
ending its journey at the current river
mouth at Kingston Buci. This talk looks at
the geology, geography and history of this
small but fascinating watercourse.
Tickets £7
(£5 for Friends
of Wordfest)
shoreham-wordfest or call in to
the Ropetackle box office, Little
High Street, Shoreham.
07522 957691.
The ever-popular Wordfest Slam and
finale. A chance to perform those poems
and read the short stories you have been
crafting all year, with enthusiastic support
from friends, fellow writers and those who
want to hear and celebrate new creative
talent. Five minutes maximum for either
poetry or prose. Come early to put your
name forward ad see if it gets pulled out
for a reading from the Ropetackle stage.
Guest judges will provide comments and
a final score, with any dispute settled
by the audience. Generous prizes and a
chance to have your writing published.
This year we will also present the awards,
sponsored by Higgedy Pies, for the
winners of our Poetry Competition,
inspired by the work of the late Ted
Walker, born in Lancing. The closing date
for this competition is 31st July. Please
see our website for more details:
Tickets £7
Lancing College
Preparatory Schools, Senior School & Sixth Form
PROUD TO SUPPORT SHOREHAM WORDFEST 2015
Lancing College
Preparatory School
at Worthing
Lancing College
Senior School
and Sixth Form
Lancing College
Preparatory School
at Hove
Broadwater Road, Worthing
West Sussex BN14 8HU
01903 201123
[email protected]
Lancing,
West Sussex BN15 0RW
01273 452213
[email protected]
The Droveway, Hove
East Sussex BN3 6LU
01273 503452
[email protected]
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Little High Street, BN43 5DB
2
St Mary de Haura Church
Shoreham
3
West Street Loft
20 West St, BN43 5WG
4
Artisan Café
2 Tarmount Lane, BN43 6DA
5
Ginger & Dobbs Café
31 East St, BN43 5ZD
6
Shoreham Methodist Church
Brunswick Rd, BN43 5WB
7
Shoreham Centre
2 Pond Rd, BN43 5WU
8
Shoreham Library
St Mary’s Rd, BN43 5ZA
9
Sussex Yacht Club
85/89 Brighton Road, BN43 6RE
10 Home Haven Court
Swiss Gardens, BN43 5WH
Outside Shoreham-by-Sea
Lancing College BN15 0RW
Southwick Community Centre
24 Southwick St, BN42 4TE
Map illustrated by Megan Johnson, based on the Ordnance Survey mapping. © Crown copyright and database right.
Adur District Council and Worthing Borough Council. Ordnance Survey Licence 100024321 & 100018824, 2014
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