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Good News about Essex Book Festival 2021
Thanks to a generous grant from Arts Council England, our successful Crowdfunding Project, and continued support from our other funding partners, Essex Book Festival will be going ahead this year. Obviously, given the swiftly changing situation the festival will be a bit different this year. We are moving the bulk Read more
Odes to Essex Five Essex-lovers reclaim the county that they grew up in or now call home.
Kicking off the series exploring the joys of Essex, surely the most maligned and misunderstood of counties, singer-songwriter Billy Bragg reflects on the borderland between London and Essex that fuelled his childhood imagination John Betjeman called Essex ‘a stronger contrast of beauty and ugliness than any Read more
Essex Book Festival on Chelmsford Community Radio
Festival Director Ros Green joined Rob and Dave on their Rotary Roundup show last week on Chelmsford Community Radio. Ros talked about the Festival’s plans for 2021. The show also featured artist and writer Lu Williams talking about how she created the 2020 Manifesto For Essex as part of the Read more