- 31 May -30 June 2024
- In person
- Partner Event
Fens, Forests & Fields: stories from a unique Essex landscape
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
- A Criminally Good Day
- Crime Fiction
- For Writers
- FREE
- In partnership
- Outside
- Storytelling
- Workshop
- Young Essex
Criminally Good Day
Crime-writer event, writing workshops, children's workshops, free drop-in activities, story-telling, acorn-planting and so much more... Read more
- Fiction
Say Her Name
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
- FREE
- ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT!
- SOLD OUT!
SOLD OUT – Britain’s Living Seas
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
- FREE
- Midsummer Madness
- Young Essex
Much Ado About Numbers
What's the connection between Shakespeare and Numbers? A lot, as it turns out! In this fun, interactive talk Rob Eastaway explores the surprising and entertaining ways that maths and numbers crop up in Shakespeare's plays. Read more
- In partnership
Tattoos
EA Festival, Essex Book Festival and Firstsite are excited to present a talk with Matt Lodder, author of a new book entitled, Tattoos, published by Yale University Press. This important book is the first to examine the history of tattoo in the west as both a serious profession and an art form. Read more