The Essex Book Worm Podcast An opportunity for young people to get involved in creating a new book podcast. Are you aged 13-17 years and living in ...
Author: Claire Buskin
Live Illustration at The History Books Day
We were delighted to be joined by the hugely talented illustrator and graphic designer, Christopher Fenwick, at our History Books Day at Layer Marney ...
The Final Week
As the festival draws to a close and with temperatures soaring outside, we can’t recommend enough the remaining events still to come across the ...
Celebrating J.A. Baker
After a busy week that took us to Waltham Abbey for a fascinating conversation with Tim Marshall, an entertaining evening with B.A. Paris in South ...
And We’re Off
From Colchester Football Stadium to Grayson Perry’s A House for Essex, stopping off en route at the Museum of Chelmsford and Anglia Ruskin ...
Half term fun at Oi Chelmsford!
As part of our opening weekend we are delighted to be hosting a programme of events under the banner of Oi-Chelmsford! at Museum of Chelmsford this ...
Home Grown Authors
It is always a pleasure to welcome back Festival patron and multi-award-winning Essex author Sarah Perry who was born and grew up in Chelmsford back ...
From the Local to the International
From the local to the international, we are delighted to be welcoming award-winning Namibian writer, publisher and curator Rémy Ngamije to Essex ...
The Human Library is coming to Clacton!
New for 2026 we are working with Essex Cultural Diversity Project, Clacton Arts Centre and others on Clacton Rocks! a special family/community day ...
Football Fever and Westminster Turmoil
With ‘football fever’ and ‘Westminster turmoil’ gripping the nation, we are looking forward to some expert insights from our two opening ‘acts’. The ...