Author: Claire Buskin

Stamp Your Passports at Festival Learning Destinations!

Essex Book Festival is partnering with Essex Children’s University, which provides 5-14 year olds with exciting learning experiences outside school. ...

Lucy Popescu calls for support for ‘A Country to Call Home’

Lucy Popescu is looking for people to support her new book A Country to Call Home. Building on the success of A Country of Refuge, featured in Essex ...

GAWP! Green Alphabet Writing Prize

Flipside, the East Anglian literary and arts festival, is launching a writing competition for writers of all ages in a search for inspirational ...

New Writer in Residence, Clacton Library

For the next three months, all those interested in talking over any aspect of writing or books can drop in to West Clacton Library between 10am and ...

Wioletta Greg longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize!

We are delighted to find out today that Wioletta Greg, who is talking to Sarah Perry this Saturday 18 March in Harlow about her new book, Swallowing ...

Claim Your Space!

Be part of a large-scale artwork, popping up on walls around Harlow this March! Polish artist Jola Kudela creates beautiful murals, claiming public ...

The Essex Serpent wins Waterstones Book of the Year

In the New Year we will be announcing our programme for Essex Book Festival 2017, and are thrilled by the news that The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, ...

FESTIVAL 4: Ticket offer

For Essex Book Festival 2017 we are offering four events for the price of three on selected talks. Just choose any four events with the ‘Festival 4’ ...

The Swan at Lavenham’s first Children’s Literary Festival

Lavenham Children’s Literary Festival Friday 28 – Saturday 29 October 2016 The Swan at Lavenham are proud to announce the first Lavenham Children’s ...

Lavenham Literary Dinner

Lavenham Literary Dinner Friday 11 November The evening begins at 6.30pm £50 per person An Evening with Professional Storyteller Vanessa Woolf. The ...