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June 2024
Essex A County of Contrasts
June 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
  • Video
  • Author talk
  • Essex Writers House
  • In partnership
  • Poetry

Essex – A County of Contrasts

Essex Hundred Publications and Metal present

A fast moving programme not to be missed - Author talks,interviews,video shorts and poetry readings. Part of Essex Writers House. Read more

November 2024
November 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Author talk
  • In partnership

Tattoos

Matt Lodder

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

June 2025
June 28, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • History
  • Author talk
  • Partner Event
  • SOLD OUT!

Artists of Great Bardfield – SOLD OUT

Dr Janet Dyson

Dr Janet Dyson will provide an introduction to the group of artists who gathered in the Essex village of Great Bardfield from the 1930s onwards. Read more

November 2025
November 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Author talk
  • Partner Event

Winter Books

Lucy Hughes Hallett, Rebecca Willis, Edward Whitley, Ian Collins

Head to the glorious Layer Marney Tower to hear four very different authors discuss their very different books. Tickets are available for individual events or there is a delicious discount to encourage you to go along for the whole day! Read more