Essex Book Festival - Essex Book Festival

Help us bring a Human Library to Essex Book Festival
We had a fantastic Essex Book Festival 2018: a glorious month of literature, theatre, art, music, poetry + more!
Thank you for supporting Essex Book Festival 2018, our best festival yet!

Helpers at a Human Library, wearing T-Shirts with the slogan 'Don't Judge a Book by it's Cover'

Seeking £3 Pledges for our Human Library

an image of 'We're All in the Same Boat', a community mural by Polish Street Artist Jola, commissioned by Essex Book Festival for their Meet the Neighbours Day in Harlow, March 2017

We are recruiting: Festival Assistant

Oh, the places we’ll go this summer!

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Our 2018 festival: what a month!

We went underground

We made over 1000 peace cranes

We hosted a pop-up writers house

See snapshots of Essex Festival 2018

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Colchester Festival of Rice and Spice

Posted on Sep 3rd, 2018

Come and celebrate Colchester’s diverse communities through food, music and dance, with aromas and flavours from around the world to tickle the palate. Read more

Heritage Open Day & Book Festival at Galleywood Heritage Centre

Posted on Aug 31st, 2018

Galleywood Heritage Centre is taking part in the Heritage Open Weekends with an Open Day & Book Festival on Saturday 8 September. Read more

Help us bring a Human Library to Essex Book Festival

We had a fantastic Essex Book Festival 2018: a glorious month of literature, theatre, art, music, poetry + more!

Thank you for supporting Essex Book Festival 2018, our best festival yet!