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August 2021
August 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • In person
  • Partner Event

Fens, Forests & Fields: stories from a unique Essex landscape

Ken Worpole and Tamara Stoll

  We invite you to join us as we celebrate the Land of the Fanns and Kinetika's Community Mapping Project. Hear from the team who made it all possible - how the stories were collected, how the flags were designed and painted during lockdown, members of the local community who filmed their stories, the costumes created and the walks which took place to explore this wonderful landscape we live in. All of this comes together in a fascinating new book; Fens,… Read more

May 2022
May 10, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • Partner Event

Under East Anglian Skies

Ken Worpole

Social historian Ken Worpole tells the story of the extraordinary world of mid-20th century East Anglian artistic and radical dissent Read more

June 2022
Jason Cowley Who Are We Now 3x2
June 4, 2022 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • CANCELLED
  • Non-fiction

CANCELLED – Who Are We Now? Stories of Modern England

Jason Cowley

Join award-winning journalist, magazine editor and writer, Jason Cowley as he gives an account of an England poised on the brink of enormous change. Read more

June 7, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • Fiction

Desperate Undertaking

A night in with Lindsey Davis

Award-winning writer Lindsey Davis talks about her latest novel in the Flavia Albia series in this online event. Read more

Julia Jones Uncommon Courage 3x2
June 7, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Author talk
  • Non-fiction

Uncommon Courage

Julia Jones

Julia Jones delves into a very personal history and tells the compelling stories of the yachtsmen volunteers of World War II. Read more

Photo of Nick Higham and The Mercenary River book cover
June 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • CANCELLED

The Mercenary River

Nick Higham

** This event has been cancelled ** The Mercenary River – Private Greed, Public Good: A History of London’s Water with Nick Higham Read more

Midnight Robber - Credit Kinetika
June 11, 2022 @ 9:45 am - 5:00 pm
  • A Criminally Good Day
  • Author talk
  • Crime Fiction
  • For Writers
  • FREE
  • In partnership
  • Outside
  • Storytelling
  • Workshop
  • Young Essex

Criminally Good Day

Family-friendly day of festivities

Crime-writer event, writing workshops, children's workshops, free drop-in activities, story-telling, acorn-planting and so much more... Read more

Dreda Say Mitchell Say Her Name book cover
June 11, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • Fiction

Say Her Name

Dreda Say Mitchell and Ryan Carter

Dreda Say Mitchell is an award-winning and best-selling author and has been collaborating with Ryan Carter since her fifth book. At its heart of their latest chilling thriller are the cases of missing black women that are all too frequently left without investigation, and are overlooked by the media. ‘Britain’s finest crime fiction writer’ – Lee Child   Venue: High House Production Park, Vellacott Close, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex, RM19 1RJ Date and time: Saturday 11th June, 3.30pm Tickets: £8 / £7… Read more

June 19, 2022 @ 10:15 am - 5:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • For Writers
  • Music
  • Outside
  • Performance
  • Storytelling
  • Workshop
  • Young Essex

The Pleasure Garden

Hylands Estate, Chelmsford

A special day of events from author talks and writing workshops, children's performance, live music, farmers' & craft market and launching into Space! Read more

Fountain at Cressing Temple Barns
June 25, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • FREE
  • Performance
  • Storytelling
  • Workshop
  • Young Essex

Midsummer Madness

Myths, Magic and Metamorphoses

Join us for a magical day of author events, fairies, storytelling, live music, theatre, den-building and more... Read more

June 25, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • CANCELLED

Cancelled – B: A Year in Plagues and Pencils / The Swallowed Man

Edward Carey

This event has been cancelled - sorry ‘Don’t miss this eccentric charmer’ Margaret Atwood ‘Edward Carey writes wonderfully weird books about wonderfully weird things’ Celeste Ng Read more

Layer Marney Tower 3x2
June 26, 2022 @ 10:45 am - 5:30 pm
  • Author talk
  • Biography
  • Layer Marney Tower
  • The History Books

History Day at Layer Marney Tower

Julia Abel Smith, Tracy Borman and Andrew Lownie

Step back in time for a series of fascinating talks at the wonderful Layer Marney Tower Read more

June 2023
Cover image of Britain's Living Seas book alongside photo of author, Hannah Rudd
June 3, 2023 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • FREE
  • ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT!
  • SOLD OUT!

SOLD OUT – Britain’s Living Seas

Hannah Rudd with Jules Pretty

Marine biologist Hannah Rudd presents an alternative and sustainable future for the management of our seas. Discover the incredible diversity of life within our oceans and learn how we can all play a role in protecting and conserving it. Read more