Author: Claire Buskin

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Call out for young people who are passionate about culture and the environment

Hear My Voice – Manifesto For Essex Youth Summit Essex Book Festival is hosting its 2nd Manifesto for Essex Youth Summit as part of EASUSTAIN: a ...

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Become a SPOKEN WORD POWER Future Leader in 2023

Are you an Essex-based Poet in the early stages of your facilitation journey, looking to develop your skills delivering poetry education in schools? ...

Colchester Film Festival 2022

Colchester Film Festival 7th – 12th November at Firstsite

Colchester Film Festival is hosting a series of guest speaker events and screening an exciting selection of features films giving audiences new ...

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The Farmed by Florence Ọlájídé

“Nothing beats the joy of being truly seen.” We are hugely proud to have played a tiny part in this story… In an exclusive article with ...

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AGM Announcement

The AGM for Essex Book Festival will be taking place on Monday 26th September 2022 at 2pm online via Zoom. For more information please contact ...

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Who Would You Like to See at Next Year’s Essex Book Festival?

June 2023 – Tell Us What You Want, What You Really Really Want As preparations get underway for June 2023, we thought we’d take this ...

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Rising Tides and Essex Floods

After a fabulous summer of events across the County, we have one last event up our sleeve for 2022. That is, our re-scheduled Rewriting The Archive ...

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Call Out for Artists in Residence at Metal

Our friends at @metalcultureuk are calling for creatives to join their artist residency programme! They are offering 9 opportunities for artists ...

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Join the team of Volunteers for Gaia at Chelmsford Cathedral

Chelmsford Cathedral is delighted to be welcoming Gaia to Essex for the first time this October. Gaia is a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. ...

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Foraging Nature Folklore Recipes

Following the wonderful foraging walk with Lora Aziz as part of our Midsummer Madness day at Cressing Temple Barns, order your copy of Lora’s ...