- 1 - 30 June 2022
- In My Steps - Radical Walks in Essex
- ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT!
- Outside
In John Clare’s Boots: The Poet in Epping Forest – In My Steps: Radical Walks in Essex
Join the poet Robert Hamberger to follow in the footsteps of the ‘peasant poet' John Clare in Epping Forest Read more
- Festival Launch
- Music
- Performance
- Poetry
Launch Event: The Ballad of Shingle Street and other East Anglian poems
A performance of poetry with music featuring poet and novelist Blake Morrison accompanied by music composed and played by the multi-instrumentalist members of The Hosepipe Band. Read more
- In My Steps - Radical Walks in Essex
- ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT!
- Outside
Sculpture and the use of space in Harlow – In My Steps: Radical Walks in Essex
A guided walk with outdoor writer Peter Aylmer who will lead you round a selection of Harlow's 100+ public sculptures Read more
- A Criminally Good Day
- Crime Fiction
- For Writers
- FREE
- In partnership
- Outside
- Storytelling
- Workshop
- Young Essex
Criminally Good Day
Crime-writer event, writing workshops, children's workshops, free drop-in activities, story-telling, acorn-planting and so much more... Read more
- For Writers
- Workshop
Story is King – Writing Workshop
With advice on the fundamental principals of story and plot, structure, character and motives, Julie-Ann will provide the new writer with the tool kit to ensure a solid start to their emerging crime story. Read more
- For Writers
- Workshop
- Young Essex
Heroes and Villains – Children’s Writing Workshop
How do you create a hero who keeps readers on the edge of their seat and a villain everyone will love to hate? Find out in middle grade author Emily Kenny’s jam-packed workshop! Read more
- Discussion
- FREE
- In partnership
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover
Welcome to The Human Library. Just like in a real library, a visitor to the Human Library can borrow a book from a range of titles. The difference is that books are PEOPLE, and reading is a CONVERSATION. Read more
- Fiction
Say Her Name
Dreda Say Mitchell is an award-winning and best-selling author and has been collaborating with Ryan Carter since her fifth book. At its heart of their latest chilling thriller are the cases of missing black women that are all too frequently left without investigation, and are overlooked by the media. ‘Britain’s finest crime fiction writer’ – Lee Child Venue: High House Production Park, Vellacott Close, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex, RM19 1RJ Date and time: Saturday 11th June, 3.30pm Tickets: £8 / £7… Read more
- Discussion
- Live Podcast
The Breakup Monologues live podcast recording
Award-winning comedian Rosie Wilby shares funny, bizarre and poignant tales of heartbreak and recovery with special guests Njambi McGrath and Syd Moore - in a live recording of her acclaimed podcast. Read more
- Workshop
- Young Essex
Campaigning for Girls’ Rights!
Take part in an empowering workshop with author and girls’ rights activist Sufiya Ahmed and learn how to make change using the democratic process, using the story of British Indian suffragette Princess Sophia Duleep Singh as inspiration. Read more
- In Conversation
- Memoir
Grounding: Finding Home in a Garden
Lulah Ellender explores the ways in which tuning into the unceasing rhythms of nature can help us live with uncertainty and temporariness as well as becoming more connected to the places we live. Read more
- For Writers
- In partnership
- Workshop
Creative Writing – Getting Started
Get your writing mojo moving with an aerobic work out for your imagination. Come to Syd Moore's session empty-handed and leave with a new character, new world and an adventure or story which you can further explore. Read more
- Memoir
The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks
A portrait of personal and national dysfunction, drawing on themes of mental health, masculinity, grief, childhood guilt and what privilege looks like, Justin Webb’s memoir is candid, unsparing and darkly funny. Read more
- For Writers
- Workshop
Growing Your Voice. Writing the Garden – Writing Workshop
In this writing workshop we will explore how to observe and describe gardens on the page, putting the smells, colours and textures of a patch of land into words that are alive with the place. Read more
- Non-fiction
Palace of Palms: Tropical Dreams and the Making of Kew
Daringly innovative when it opened in 1848, the Palm House in Kew Gardens remains one of the most beautiful glass buildings in the world today. Kate Teltscher tells the extraordinary story of its creation and of the Victorians' obsession with the palms that filled it. Read more
- Partner Event
- Performance
- Theatre
- Workshop
The Time of the Rumour
The People of 1381 will be sharing creative interactions with their project illuminating participants in the Peasants revolt. This will include a staged reading of a play by Dr Poppy Corbett, creative writing, poetry and a protest band! Read more
- Non-fiction
The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales
The surprising origins and people behind the world's most influential magical tales: the people who told and re-shaped them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them and were formed by them. Read more
- Non-fiction
Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy
Look back at the history and evolution of the monarchy from 1066 to the present day, feeding the renewed interest not just in the modern royals but in the predecessors who helped shape the institution into what it is today Read more
- Non-fiction
A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse
Based on the Radio 4 series of the same name, A History of Delusions is a ground-breaking history which uncovers stories of delusions from medieval times to the present day. Read more
