Name: Wordfest: Michael Rosen: 80 Years Young
Start: 2026-10-07T07:00:00
End: 2026-10-07
Location: Ropetackle Arts Centre

Michael Rosen's talk was the hottest ticket in town at last year's Shoreham Wordfest with a long waiting list of people very keen to meet one of Britain's…

Michael Rosen: 80 Years Young

We are delighted to welcome one of the country’s best-loved authors and performance poets. Always entertaining and thought-provoking, Michael is celebrating…

Wordfest: Michael Rosen: 80 Years Young

Michael Rosen’s talk was the hottest ticket in town at last year’s Shoreham Wordfest with a long waiting list of people very keen to meet one of Britain’s best-loved writers and performance poets for both children and adults. We invited him for a return visit and are delighted that he accepted. Michael has published over 200 books for children and adults including The Sad Book with Quentin Blake – a meditation on bereavement after the loss of his son Eddie, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt illustrated by Helen Oxenbury and Many Different Kinds of Love: A Story of Life, Death and the NHS following his recovery from covid-induced coma. Michael is also a popular broadcaster and has presented BBC Radio 4’s acclaimed programme about language, “Word of Mouth” since 1998, as well as regularly presenting documentary programmes for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3, including the Sony Gold Award-winning “On Saying Goodbye”. His YouTube Channel ‘Kids’ Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen’ has had over 55 million views. Michael writes a monthly open “letter” to the Secretary of State for Education in The Guardian where he critiques Government policy on schools from the standpoint of a parent. He visits schools, teachers’ conferences and university teacher training departments where he is in demand to give performances, workshops and keynote addresses. He also appears regularly at literary festivals all over the UK and Ireland. Michael is currently Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has received many honorary awards and was Children’s Laureate 2007-2009.

Wordfest: Michael Rosen: 80 Years Young @ Ropetackle Arts Centre

We are delighted to welcome one of the country’s best-loved authors and performance poets. Always entertaining and thought-provoking, Michael is celebrating…