A Happy New Year from everyone at Essex Book Festival HQ. We hope your stockings werefilled with fine books – ours certainly were – and that you all ...
Author: Claire Buskin
National Saturday Club Update
By Emma Kittle-Pey It’s been a busy and creative term for our Writing & Talking National Saturday Club… After a visit from Chelmsford ...
Artist Opportunity – T100 Festival
Applications are open for two artist commissions as part of the 2026 T100 Festival, Seeing Thurrock Differently: A Journey Home. The festival will ...
TLC Free Reads – Supporting low-income writers in the East of England to access expert advice and support
‘Free Reads’ is a bursary scheme funded by Arts Council England, and delivered by The Literary Consultancy (TLC), with National Centre for Writing ...
Dave Monk. A Life Well Lived
It is with great sadness that we greet the passing of Dave Monk, the much-loved BBC Essex presenter. Throughout his long career, Dave was involved in ...
Snowy Joy & the Toysavers – Festive Edition
Colchester families are in for a festive treat as Snowy Joy & The Toysavers returns with a heartwarming Christmas Special. Snowy Joy & the ...
Autumn/Winter Essex Explorer Magazine out now
From Pantos and parks to winter waterside walks (plus news of Essex Book Festival’s children’s story competition, Words for a Greener ...
New children’s exhibition to explore the imagination of Oi Frog! author Kes Gray
A new family-friendly exhibition opening at the Museum of Chelmsford this autumn will explore the works of bestselling children’s author, Kes Gray, ...
Story for Climate and Nature Recovery
A new YouTube channel from writer, Jules Pretty, offers short films with stories about people and places and how story can help bring transformation. ...
Winter Books
Head to the glorious Layer Marney Tower to hear four very different authors discuss their very different books. Topics covered are the bright and ...