• Manifesto For Essex Youth Climate Summit

    Firstsite Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester

    We will be holding our 3rd Youth Climate Summit on Saturday 13th January as part of EA Sustain at Firstsite in Colchester - more details coming soon.

    Free
  • The Bride Stone

    WI Centre, Whitelands Whitelands Business Park, Terling Road, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, United Kingdom

    In partnership with Federation of Essex Women’s Institutes. The Bride Stone is a spell-binding new historical novel from multi-award-winning author Sally Gardner that opens with a ‘wife sale’ in Thetford and ends with a delicious twist.

    £10
  • Grief Writing Workshop

    Samaritans Colchester Walsingham Road Community Hall, 34 Walsingham Road, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

    Drawing on his new collection, Father Myself, James McDermott will lead a special writing workshop to help you to re-see bereavement, grief and emotional loss. This inclusive and interactive workshop is designed for writers of all abilities – all welcome.

    £20
  • A Celebration of Dave Monk

    Samaritans Colchester Walsingham Road Community Hall, 34 Walsingham Road, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

    Join us as we celebrate the Essex life of ‘BBC legend’ and festival patron, Dave Monk, who sadly died last year. We will be sharing fond and funny memories, talking about his memoir, Whatever Happened to Dave Monk? and the contribution he made to Essex.

    Free
  • Common Treasures: Ambitious Thinking About the Future of Rural Communities

    The Commons Community Kitchen & Cafe at The Minories 74 High Street, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

    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.

    £10
  • The Boleyn Secret

    Essex Record Office Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

    Sunday Times best-selling historical novelist Alison Weir gives a talk about her spellbinding new novel, The Boleyn Secret. At twelve years old, Kate Carey attends her aunt, Queen Anne Boleyn, to the scaffold. Weir explores in fiction the lasting impact of this event as well as the likelihood that Katherine Carey was Henry VIII’s child.

    £12
  • The Shapeshifter’s Daughter

    Rayleigh Library 132-134 High Street, Rayleigh

    Celebrate the joy of reclaiming our stories with best-selling author, journalist and broadcaster Sally Magnusson. The Shapeshifter's Daughter is a spellbinding feminist retelling of the Norse myth of Hel, the Goddess of the Underworld, set in the magical landscape of Orkney.

    £10