If you missed it you can listen again at www.rotary-ribi.org 

Rotary Roundup is on Chelmsford Community Radio, 104.4FM (within 6 miles of Chelmsford) or via http://www.chelmsfordcommunityradio.com. The show is on each month on a Sunday from 10am-12noon giving the latest news and events happening in Rotary in Chelmsford, Essex and across the world.

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Obviously, given the swiftly changing situation the festival will be a bit different this year. We are moving the bulk of the festival activity to June – August. While most of our June events will continue to take place online, the hope is that by July we will be able to host in person events once again. Running alongside this we are planning a series of exciting author/artist walks across the county, along with three Essex Book Camps (Colchester, Chelmsford and Cressing Temple) offering a host of outdoor talks, performances, workshops, and storytelling for all ages.

There are lots of other plans in the mix so watch this space over the coming months for more details…

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They believe that bookshops are essential to a healthy culture:
“They’re where authors can connect with readers, where we discover new writers, where children get hooked on the thrill of reading that can last a lifetime. They’re also anchors for our high streets and communities. As more and more people buy their books online, we wanted to create an easy, convenient way for you to get your books and support bookshops at the same time.”

If you want to find a specific local bookshop to support, find them on the map at bookshop.org and they’ll receive the full profit from your order. Otherwise, your order will contribute to an earnings pool that will be evenly distributed among independent bookshops. Many of the wonderful indie bookshops in Essex are affiliated with the site. Plus there are some great reading lists to inspire you. Take a look at https://uk.bookshop.org

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We will be accepting English-written prose pieces, of no more than 2.000 words. All pieces must be eco-themed.
Submissions will be open until the 31st of March 2021 at 23:59. However, don’t leave it until the last moment, as late submissions won’t be considered!

For submitting your piece, send it as a PDF document to hello@essexbookfestival.org.uk before the aforementioned deadline. Don’t include your name in the document or the document’s name. Please indicate your name, surname, date of birth and email on the body of the email you send your submission in.

Your submissions will be thoroughly evaluated by experienced professionals from the editorial and publishing industries. The judges will be:

• Camilla Shestopal, Literary Agent, and Trustee of Essex Book Festival
• Dr James Canton, Author and Academic (University of Essex)
• Peter Donaldson, Trustee of Essex Book Festival, and Owner of Red Lion Books (Winner: Independent Bookshop of the Year 2018 (South East)
• Marina Cusi, Winner of ‘Best Original Writing’ and Student (University of Essex)

Prizes:

• 1st Prize: One-to-one session with renowned literary agent Camilla Shestopal, plus a £25 voucher from Red Lion Books.
• 2 highly-commended prizes: £25 voucher from Red Lion Books.

All winners will be offered a one-day Writer’s Hot Desk at Essex Writer’s House in Southend (UK) between June – August 2021.

Winners will be announced on Sunday 6th June at the launch of next year’s Essex Book Festival.

Rules:

• Each participant can submit a maximum of one piece of writing
• Each piece can be maximum 2.000 words long
• All pieces must be eco-themed, eg: global warming, sustainability, a natural catastrophe in a dystopian future… As long as the piece contains some eco-focused elements, the world is your oyster!
• No late entries will be considered
• All pieces must be written in English
• All pieces must be written in prose. No poetry or script writing will be evaluated in this occasion
• The submitted pieces must be original, non-published work
• Any form of plagiarism within a piece will mean the participant will be disqualified from the competition

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To find a winner, all you have to do is to email your favourite book from the list to ros@essexbookfestival.org.uk. We will announce the winner at Essex Book Club Symposium in Chelmsford Library on Thursday 28 March. 

Heart of Darkness  – Joseph Conrad – Tilbury Dock

War of the Worlds – HG Wells – Essex Coast

Secret Waters – Arthur Ransome – Hamford Waters

We Didn’t Mean To Go Sea – Arthur Ransome

The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry – Colchester

Dracula – Bram Stoker – Purfleet

Oaken Heart – Margery Allingham – Tolleshunt D’Arcy

Starter for Ten – David Nicolls – Southend-on-Sea

Turn of the Screw – Henry James- Essex country house

The Witchfinder’s Sister – Beth Underdown – Manningtree

Mehalah – Sabine Baring-Gould – Mersea

The Forgotten Seamstress – Liz Trenow – Braintree

Strange Magic – Syd Moore – Manningtree

Hiding From the Light – Barbara Erskine – Mistley

1984 – George Orwell – Colchester

The Peregrine – JA Baker – Essex Coast

Sharpes Regiment – Bernard Cornwell – South Essex

Moll Flanders – Daniel Defoe – Colchester

Barnaby Rudge – Charles Dickens – Chigwell

The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie – Essex Country House

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