September 2023 - Essex Book Festival Director, Ros Green, takes time while on a writing residency at Studio 459 in Portugal to reflect on six years of ...
Author: Claire Buskin
AGM Announcement 2023
The AGM for Essex Book Festival will be taking place on Friday 29th September 2023 at 2pm online via Zoom. For more information please contact ...
Be Part of Essex Book Festival
Author / Artist submissions now open for 2024. Are you a writer, performer, poet, artist, activist or more? In 2024 we’ll be celebrating the ...
Wanderlust Writing: Visiting Inspiring Locations to Ignite the Creative Flame
August 2023 - Wanderlust Writing: Visiting Inspiring Locations to Ignite the Creative Flame. Guest blog by Rosie Buckley....
Wes Streeting reunited with teacher who changed his life at Essex Book Festival event
Colchester book launch sees emotional meeting. Wes Streeting, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Health, had an emotional reunion with his former primary ...
Up Close with Sandra Lawrence
July 2023 - Up close with Sandra Lawrence. Writer and journalist Sandra Lawrence tells the story of Ellen Ann Willmott, a mix of genius, caprice, ...
Layer Marney Tower 500 Year Commemorations
This year, Layer Marney Tower are commemorating Henry, 1st Lord Marney, who built Layer Marney Tower, the tallest of all Tudor Gatehouses in the ...
Unmissable
As we reach our halfway mark it is amazing to reflect on the enormous range of events that have already taken place across the county. Whether that ...
Stand Up For Diversity in Harlow
A huge thank you to our partner Essex Cultural Diversity Project and to Gibberd Galley and Harlow Art Trust for hosting our latest Stand Up For ...
Great beginnings
We don’t know about you but we had a fabulous opening weekend. It was a joy to listen to Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee talk about her memoir ...