Commemorating the centenary of the First World War

Each November since 2014 Shrewsbury Bookfest has presented events, especially for children, young people and their families, commemorating the centenary of the First World War. To bring this project to a close this year, Bookfest is promoting a series of talks, a Study Day and a very special concert on the 4th November – a hundred years to the day that the poet Wilfred Owen was killed. Over 400 children and adults drawn from schools and choirs all over Shropshire will be taking part.

See below for the links to each event planned for October and November 2018.

Nurses & Spies 

5 October 2018 at The Maidment Auditorium, Shrewsbury School, SY3 7BA

Peace Lily with Hilary Robinson

20th October at Button & Bear Bookshop, 3 Thornes Hall, 27/28 Castle Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 2BQ

A Study Day Reflecting on the Literature and Art
of the First World War

31st October at University Centre Shrewsbury, The Guildhall, Frankwell, Shrewsbury SY3 8HQ

The Pity of War

4th November at Theatre Severn, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 8FT