Tag: Colchester

Walk With Words Competition officially launched!

Walk with Words is an interactive walking route connecting Colchester City Centre, the University of Essex, and Greenstead. Arranged on 16 posts, a QR ...

Author James Birch standing, dressed in a high neck black coat. Image of book cover overlayed onto author photo

New Event Series in Partnership With EA Festival and The Minories

On 20 May, we will kick off a new event series in partnership with EA Festival and The Minories, with all the talks taking place at The Minories in ...

Electrifying Stage Adaptation of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code coming to Colchester’s Mercury Theatre

Dan Brown’s bestselling thriller novel comes alive in a way you’ve never seen before, in this electrifying stage adaptation written by Rachel Wagstaff ...

Speakers on panel at Climate Action Youth Summit

Manifesto for Essex Climate Action Youth Summit

We were delighted to welcome over 40 young people to Headgate Theatre on Saturday 25th January for our 4th Manifesto for Essex Youth Action Climate ...

Manifesto for Essex Climate Action Youth Summit

We are thrilled to be hosting our 4th Manifesto for Essex Climate Action Youth Summit. This time in partnership with and hosted by Headgate Theatre in ...

Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art by Matt Lodder

Essex Book Festival, EA Festival and Firstsite are excited to present a talk with Dr Matt Lodder about his new book, Tattoos. The true history of ...

Some Autumnal Delights …

Essex Book Festival isn’t just for June, we have some fantastic events on the menu coming up over the next six weeks. Chelmsford Science Festival ...

Radical Essex Procession

What a start, and still so much to come…

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our This Land: Launch Day last Saturday at University of Essex. We had the most wonderful time. With a full mix ...

Sixty Stories University of Essex

Sixty Stories for Sixty Years – University of Essex

Sixty Stories for Sixty Years – University of Essex 1964 – 2024 University of Essex are celebrating 60 years of making change happen. 60 ...

Beach of Dreams Flag Procession

Fancy being a flagbearer?

We are very excited to be launching this year’s Essex Book Festival with a Radical Procession led by Beach of Dreams from St Leonard ...