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June 2024
Chalkwell Hall
June 3, 2024 - June 28, 2024
  • Essex Writers House
  • For Writers

Essex Writers House

Metal

This June, Metal Southend will become a house for writers to read, to write overlooking the Thames Estuary, to get help and feedback on your work or to have lively, meandering conversations with other writers. Read more

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

Louise Doughty
June 15, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Essex Writers House
  • For Writers
  • Workshop

How To Start Your Novel And How To Keep Going

Louise Doughty

A two-hour workshop with bestselling author Louise Doughty on the basics of novel construction, plus writing exercises and top tips. Read more

Raine Geoghegan, Richard O'Neill, Damian Le Bas and Louise Doughty
June 15, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Discussion
  • Essex Writers House
  • FREE

Blood and Belonging Panel Discussion

Raine Geoghegan, Richard O'Neill & Damian Le Bas, chaired by Louise Doughty

Three different writers from a variety of Romany Traveller backgrounds come together for a reading and event chaired by Louise Doughty. Join us for discussion and celebration of what we have in common. Read more

June 2025
Person standing at microphone reading from a notepad in front of a seated audience
June 2, 2025 - June 30, 2025
  • Essex Writers House
  • For Writers

Essex Writers House 2025

Throughout June, Metal Southend will become a home for Essex writers to share, forge ideas, make connections, gossip, read and write. Read more

June 8, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Radical Islands
  • Guided Walk
  • Discussion
  • Essex Writers House

How to Approach an Island: Walking the Broomway

Helen Galliano of Arbonauts

Join us for a fun and informative session with Helen Galliano on mastering the art of approaching an island the Broomway! Read more

June 16, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 6:15 pm
  • Radical Islands
  • Guided Walk
  • Essex Writers House

Write Around The Island: A Day of Estuary Exploration 

Graham Harwood, Matsuko Yokokoji and Gerolamo Gnecci

Join artists and estuary philosophers Graham Harwood, Matsuko Yokokoji and Gerolamo Gnecci for a hands-on adventure and workshop along the atmospheric foreshore and on the water. This immersive day invites writers to explore the evocative edges where land meets water. Read more

June 18, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Essex Writers House
  • For Writers
  • FREE
  • In Conversation

Find Your Writing Community with National Centre for Writing 

Ashley Hickson-Lovence in conversation with writer Seema McArdle

Writer Ashley Hickson Lovence will be in conversation with Seema McArdle exploring the experience of the Escalator mentoring programme. Read more

June 21, 2025 @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm
  • Swim
  • Writing Workshop
  • Essex Writers House
  • In partnership

Wild Swim + Write: Sense the Estuary

Angenita Teekens

Join us for a unique experience of wild swimming and creative writing by the estuary with artist and swimmer Angenita Teekens! Read more

June 25, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Discussion
  • Essex Writers House
  • FREE

Creative/Critical Writing- Live Art Writers Network

performingborders

All creatives welcome! This will be a gentle, participatory space for creatives with an interest in writing and performance, live art, poetry and all the weird and interesting spaces between. Read more

June 2026
June 13 @ 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
  • Guided Walk
  • Essex Writers House

Southend Wandering with Saira Niazi

Essex Writers House

Explore Southend’s hidden gems and stories on this social neighbourhood wandering. Read more

June 14 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Guided Walk
  • Essex Writers House
  • For Writers
  • Workshop

Intertidal Walking and Writing Workshop with JR Carpenter and Sylak Ravenspine

Essex Writers House

Join artist mudlark J. R. Carpenter with local artist Sylak Ravenspine for an intertidal walking and writing workshop in the Thames Estuary. As we move between high and low tide, mud flats and marshland, fresh and salt water, we will navigate the creative space between noticing and noting, where writing happens. Read more

June 20 @ 11:00 am - 2:30 pm
  • Guided Walk
  • Essex Writers House
  • FREE

Walk and Explore Prittlewell Greenway with Lora Aziz

Essex Writers House

Join artist Lora Aziz exploring the Prittlewell Greenway through landscape, observation and language. How can we pull inspiration from the backstreet places and welcome in wonders we might pass every day? Read more

June 21 @ 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
  • Guided Walk
  • Essex Writers House

Walk and talk around Canvey Wick with Man About Country

Essex Writers House

Join James Lawrence, AKA Man About Country, for a special guided walk around Canvey Wick, one of Essex’s (and England’s) most fascinating nature reserves. Read more

June 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Essex Writers House
  • FREE
  • In Conversation

Writing and the Power of Language: Camilla Balshaw, Emily Abdeni-Holman and Boakye D. Alpha

Essex Writers House

Join us for an evening with the National Centre for Writing’s Escalator Writers Emily Abdeni-Holman and Boakye D. Alpha, in conversation with award-winning author Camilla Balshaw about writing and the power of language, with discussion rooted in cultural histories, oppression and identity. Read more