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  • Essex Book Festival 2021 Edition : June 1 – August 29 Tickets on sale April 29

    Essex Book Festival is back
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    Stories on the Edge – podcast featuring people from migrant and vulnerable communities sharing their stories

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Life in Lockdown – read entries to the prison poetry competition

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Watch the latest Stand Up For Diversity event, celebrating diversity in museums and libraries

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Stories on the Edge – people from migrant and vulnerable communities share their stories

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What is the Manifesto For Essex?

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Listen to the latest Eco-Cast from Chelmsford Community Radio

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Boredom-19 zine – Reflections from a county in lockdown

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Good News about Essex Book Festival 2021

Posted on Jan 20th, 2021

Thanks to a generous grant from Arts Council England, our successful Crowdfunding Project, and continued support from our other funding partners, Essex Book Festival will be going ahead this year. Obviously, given the swiftly changing situation the festival will be a bit different this year. We are moving the bulk Read more

Odes to Essex Five Essex-lovers reclaim the county that they grew up in or now call home.

Posted on Feb 1st, 2021

Kicking off the series exploring the joys of Essex, surely the most maligned and misunderstood of counties, singer-songwriter Billy Bragg reflects on the borderland between London and Essex that fuelled his childhood imagination John Betjeman called Essex ‘a stronger contrast of beauty and ugliness than any Read more

Essex Book Festival on Chelmsford Community Radio

Posted on Jan 20th, 2021

Festival Director Ros Green joined Rob and Dave on their Rotary Roundup show last week on Chelmsford Community Radio.  Ros talked about the Festival’s plans for 2021. The show also featured artist and writer Lu Williams talking about how she created the 2020 Manifesto For Essex as part of the Read more

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    • About
      • About us
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      • Partners
      • The Festival Team
      • Our Vision
      • Volunteering
    • Events
      • Events List
      • How to Book
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      • Podcasts
      • Videos
      • Manifesto For Essex
      • Book Reviews
      • Poetry
      • Blog
      • Independent Bookshops in Essex
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