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Were you born in 1999? Are you 20 this year?

Posted on Jan 13th, 2019

If so, get in touch by emailing us at [email protected]. In 2019 we will be celebrating our 20th Birthday as well, and want to celebrate ...
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The Books That Rock

Posted on Jan 13th, 2019

What’s your favourite book set in or featuring Essex? Essex Book Festival will be 20 years old in 2019 and to celebrate we’re asking for suggestions ...

Tower Tales: Let’s Go Fly a Kite

Posted on Apr 9th, 2018

For Essex Book Festival 2018 we invited Ruth Raymer to be writer-in-residence at Jaywick Martello Tower. Ruth spent a week at the tower, talking with ...

Ruth Raymer’s Tower Tales

Posted on Apr 9th, 2018

For Essex Book Festival 2018 we invited Ruth Raymer to be writer-in-residence at Jaywick Martello Tower. Ruth spent a week at the tower, talking with ...

Re-mapping the Tower: our Jaywick Writer-in-Residence Ruth Raymer

Posted on Apr 9th, 2018

For Essex Book Festival 2018 we invited Ruth Raymer to be writer-in-residence at Jaywick Martello Tower. In this entry Ruth talks broadly about her ...