Essex Book Festival | Essex's Premier Literary Event

What a fabulous Essex Book Festival 2019!
Thanks to all those who helped us celebrate our 20th Birthday in 2019

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Snapshots of Essex Book Festival 2019

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Out of Essex: Maggi Hambling at the River Stour Festival

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The Mothership Project

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Read about our first Human Library

Book covers - Dracula and War of the Worlds

We are Rewriting Essex

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Looking forward to 2020: Year of Science and Creativity

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Secret Water: The Book that Rocks Essex

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Thanks to Polish Cultural Institute

Posted on Mar 3rd, 2019

It was wonderful to host Agnieskza Dale as writer-in-residence at our Crossing Borders writing exchange in Harwich, as part of the opening weekend of this year’s Essex Book Festival. Agnieskza attended the writers exchange and other events across the town, and spoke as part of the panel at our Crossing Read more

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