Author: Jo Hartle

Keeping You Safe

We are keen for you to understand the measures we are putting in place to keep you safe during our in person events. Here are few that we are ...

Essex Book Festival Bookshop

This year we have set up an online book shop with all of our 2021 Authors and Event connections in one place. Bookshop.org is an online bookshop with ...

The Story Hunters Project

In the next few weeks, we will launch the Story Hunters Project together with a dedicated page that will track and exhibit your flash fiction ...

Celebrating The Essex Read 2021

We’re delighted to celebrate James Canton’s latest book, The Oak Papers as The Essex Read for 2021. We launched The Essex Read in ...

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

Kicking off the series exploring the joys of Essex, surely the most maligned and misunderstood of counties, singer-songwriter Billy Bragg reflects on ...