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June 2024
June 1, 2024 @ 11:45 am - 12:30 pm
  • LAUNCH EVENT
  • Discussion
  • FREE

Don’t Starve the Arts – Feed Them

Marina Cusí and Dr Jordan Savage

Don't Starve the Arts – Feed Them will be debated by authors, artists, poets, performers, actors, and students. All welcome to join in. Talking is the only course! Read more

Raine Geoghegan, Richard O'Neill, Damian Le Bas and Louise Doughty
June 15, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Discussion
  • Essex Writers House
  • FREE

Blood and Belonging Panel Discussion

Raine Geoghegan, Richard O'Neill & Damian Le Bas, chaired by Louise Doughty

Three different writers from a variety of Romany Traveller backgrounds come together for a reading and event chaired by Louise Doughty. Join us for discussion and celebration of what we have in common. Read more

May 2025
May 29, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Discussion
  • Exhibition
  • FREE
  • Partner Event

Tea and Talks – Drawing on Memories

Harlow Art Trust

Join Harlow Art Trust for tea and refreshments and meet the people behind the scenes of Drawing on Memories as they discuss and answer questions from you about the Drawing on Memories exhibition. Read more

June 2025
June 8, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Radical Islands
  • Guided Walk
  • Discussion
  • Essex Writers House

How to Approach an Island: Walking the Broomway

Helen Galliano of Arbonauts

Join us for a fun and informative session with Helen Galliano on mastering the art of approaching an island the Broomway! Read more

June 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Discussion
  • FREE
  • Partner Event

Is Wellness the new Clubbing?

An evening of connection and conversation

An evening of creative conversation exploring themes including the challenges facing the nighttime economy, the rise of sober and day time raves, and finding new forms of connection and community through wellness and fitness. Read more

June 25, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Discussion
  • Essex Writers House
  • FREE

Creative/Critical Writing- Live Art Writers Network

performingborders

All creatives welcome! This will be a gentle, participatory space for creatives with an interest in writing and performance, live art, poetry and all the weird and interesting spaces between. Read more

June 2026
June 10 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Discussion
  • Non-fiction
  • ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT!

Common Treasures: Ambitious Thinking About the Future of Rural Communities

Giles Smith, Hana Loftus and Ken Worpole

Common Treasures emerged from ongoing conversations between members of the architecture collective Assemble and the arts organisation Common Ground, seeking fresh, connected approaches to rural housing, land and livelihoods. Giles Smith, founding partner of Assemble, and Winner of the 2015 Turner Prize, will be discussing the Common Treasures project and accompanying books with writer, designer, and Essex-based planner Hana Loftus. Read more

June 13 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Nature Writing
  • Discussion

Nature Memoir: What Next?

Chloe Hadjimatheou, James Canton, Helen Oliver-Masters

Join Chloe Hadjimatheou, the Observer's Narrative Editor who broke the incredible story of the lies behind the best selling memoir and film The Salt Path and author James Canton, to discuss what the future holds for Nature Memoir. Read more

June 13 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
  • Discussion

Breaking the Mould

Holly Pester, Ben Pester, Rebecca Perry

Granta Books is renowned for championing challenging and innovative ground-breaking literature. Join three acclaimed Granta authors Holly Pester, Ben Pester, and Rebecca Perry as they discuss their individual and shared writing processes. Read more

June 13 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Discussion

Freedom to Read, Freedom to Write, Freedom to Move

Tareq Baconi, Rémy Ngamije, Khaled Alesmael, Tice Cin

Join English PEN for a conversation between writers on the relationships between literature, place, and movement. How do experiences of home, migration, diaspora, and safety inform and shape what, how, and why we write? And how do they shape what, how, and why we read? Read more

June 13 @ 6:45 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Discussion
  • Film

How to Become a Peregrine

The Cabinet of Living Cinema

Join the Cabinet of Living Cinema for the world premiere of its new film How to Become a Peregrine inspired by J.A. Baker's The Peregrine, and accompanied by a soaring and immersive live soundscape by composer Kieron Chissik. Read more