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Countdown to This Land: Launch Day

Can a poem be translated into a picture? Or a recipe? Find out at the launch of this year’s Essex Book Festival… We have workshops galore in the ...

New Worlds

New Worlds Only a month to go until internationally best-selling author Lionel Shriver ‘hot-foots it’ from Hay Festival to Essex Book Festival. Lionel ...

Photo of Rebecca Smith credit Lina Hayes. Image of Rural book cover

Taking The Long View

Every year we like to add new venues to the mix. Partly because it’s always fun to go to new places – even if they’re on the doorstep ...

Programme launching this week

We are absolutely delighted to be launching the programme for this year’s 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival. With over 250 amazing writers and ...

Out of the blocks with a bang

We have started our 25th Anniversary with an absolute bang! Not only did the inspirational Caroline Lucas MP join our introductory panel conversation ...

The Lament of the Beat Fractured by its Own

By Nawaziest Ul Bushra A journey etched by Saffron – the exotic in Essex. This walk spoke of a beat that caught our steps in a stillness. Like the ...

Metal – The Movement of Emotions

October 2023 - Writer Nawaziest Ul Bushra, tells of her time at Essex Writers House, hosted by Metal. "The experience carried a warmth necessary to a ...

Photo of author Kate Worsley alongside image of Foxash book cover

Up Close with Essex-based Author Kate Worsley

September 2023 - Essex-based author Kate Worsley, explains the inspiration behind her latest novel, Foxash, set in Foxash Settlement Association in ...

Chalkwell Hall in Southend by Mark Massey and Studio 459 in Portugal

No Place for Elephants

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 ...

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....