Author: Claire Buskin

Mohamed Errebbaa

Unmissable

As we reach our halfway mark it is amazing to reflect on the enormous range of events that have already taken place across the county. Whether that ...

Stand Up For Diversity in Harlow

A huge thank you to our partner Essex Cultural Diversity Project and to Gibberd Galley and Harlow Art Trust for hosting our latest Stand Up For ...

Great beginnings

We don’t know about you but we had a fabulous opening weekend. It was a joy to listen to Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee talk about her memoir ...

Get ready…it’s almost here

We’re frantically dotting the ‘i’s’ and crossing the ‘t’s at EBF HQ for this year’s ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL ...

Historical musicians, Pearl in the Egg, to perform at Alison Weir event

We are delighted that historical musicians, Pearl in the Egg, will be joining us at our special The History Books day at Layer Marney Tower as part of ...

James Canton Grounded

A book that demands to be read

Festival Director Ros Green always says that the mark of a good book for her is a book that wakes her up in the middle of the night demanding to be ...

Savour the Delights

Everybody loves Buster Keaton, so we are thrilled to reveal our ‘mystery’ silent film, which is being screened at the wonderful Electric ...

Extra tickets for Telling Tales released

Due to popular demand, Lemmings Theatre and Essex Libraries have arranged to release extra tickets for the Telling Tales library tour. Don’t ...

Silent Film announced

We’re very excited to reveal the ‘mystery’ silent film at Harwich’s Electric Palace Cinema as part of our Criminally Good ...

England’s Love Affair

With just over a month to go until our launch event with Polly Toynbee at Anglia Ruskin University, the excitement is growing. We’re especially ...