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SUMMARY:Essex Writers House 2025
DESCRIPTION:Essex Writers House 2025\nThroughout June\, Metal Southend will become a home for Essex Writers to share\, forge ideas\, make connections\, gossip\, read and write.\n\nYou can book a wild outdoor writing desk\, grab a spot overlooking the Thames Estuary\, get advice on your writing and find your writing community.\n02 - 30 June 2025\nMetal\, Chalkwell Hall\, Chalkwell Park\, Southend-on-Sea\, SS0 8NB\nFor full event listings visit: metalculture.com/projects/essex-writers-house-2025/\n\n \n\n\n\n \nWriters’ Hot Desks\nAtmospheric attic room desks with spectacular views across the estuary to Kent never cease to provide inspiration for writers needing space to shape their ideas. Book a desk to carve out time for yourself away from the distractions of everyday life.\n\n \nWild Writing Desk\nA special writer’s desk will be outdoors in a secluded area of Chalkwell Park. This is the perfect environment for those who love to write immersed in nature. Southend weather permitting.\n\n \nCo-Working & Shared Spaces\nEssex Writers House is a place for writers to come together. This year\, we’re offering two drop-in spaces (Monday – Friday 10.00 - 16.30 throughout June). These spaces invite you to connect\, create\, and strengthen your local writing community.\n\nOur Quiet Work Room will be a peaceful\, self-directed space for writing\, reading or studying in silence\, gathered around a beautiful co-working table.\n\nThe Main Hall will be an informal space for discussion\, reading aloud\, and sharing work with others.\n\n \nOpen Advice Sessions\nBook a time with the Metal team and our associate writers to gain valuable feedback\, guidance\, and signposting to further support. These sessions welcome writers at any stage of their journey\, whether you're just starting out\, or refining a manuscript. The space is yours to discuss what you need for your writing development.\n\n \nMeet Our Resident Writers\nOpportunities to connect with resident writers from near and far.\n\n \nFind Your Writing Community\nA discussion in partnership with the National Centre for Writing\, inspired by their Escalator programme\, which celebrates East of England writers whose voices are under-represented on UK bookshelves.\n\n \nFor the full programme of events at this year's Essex Writers House visit: metalculture.com/projects/essex-writers-house-2025/\n \n\n\n\n \nWild Swim + Write: Sense the Estuary with Angenita Teekens\nSaturday 21 June\, 8.45am – 1.00pm\nSaltwater Beach Cafe\, 111 Chalkwell Esplanade\, Southend-on-Sea\, SS0 8JJ\nImmerse yourself—body and mind—in the tidal rhythms of the Estuary. Join artist and swimmer Angenita Teekens on Saturday 21 June for a unique morning of wild swimming at Chalkwell Beach followed by breakfast and creative writing at Chalkwell Hall.\n\nWe’ll gather at high tide for a refreshing dip or swim in the Estuary\, followed by a walk to Chalkwell Hall\, where a nourishing breakfast awaits. Afterward\, Angenita will lead an experimental writing workshop\, inviting you to explore your sensory impressions and shared experiences of the estuarine landscape through words.\n\nFind out more at essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/wild-swim-write-sense-the-estuary.\n\nThis is a partnership event with Essex Book Festival\, Metal\, Essex Federation of Women's Institutes\, and the Blue Tits. All welcome.\n\n'When women support each other incredible things happen.'\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n 
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LOCATION:Chalkwell Avenue\, Southend-on-Sea\, SS0 8NB
CATEGORIES:Essex Writers House,For Writers
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