- 28 May -30 June 2025
- Essex Writers House
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Fens, Forest and Field Bike Ride
Join Ken Worpole on a gentle cycle across ‘the Fanns’, exploring hidden gems and local stories that uncover the history of this unique landscape. Starting and finishing in Rainham, a maximum of 12 miles. More Info: : www.essexwritershouse.com Read more
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Story Hunter Workshop – Danbury Country Park
The Story Hunters Project Creative Writing Workshops In tandem with our Story Hunters Flash Fiction Competition we are hosting a series of four writing workshops in four of the designated Story Hunter sites: Jaywick Martello Tower, Cressing Temple Barns, Danbury Park, and Hadleigh County Park. Each writing workshop will include a guided tour of the site. Join novelist and lecturer Jonathan Crane, author of We Need To Talk, on a tour of Danbury Country Park, followed by a 2-hour Flash… Read more
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The Story Hunters Workshop – Cressing Temple Barns
The Story Hunters Project Creative Writing Workshops In tandem with our Story Hunters Flash Fiction Competition we are hosting a series of four writing workshops in four of the designated Story Hunter sites: Jaywick Martello Tower, Cressing Temple Barns, Danbury Park, and Hadleigh County Park. Each writing workshop will include a guided tour of the site. Join UK-based polish writer Agnieszka Dale, author of The Fox Season, on a tour of Cressing Temple Barns, followed by a 2-hour Short Fiction… Read more
- Essex Writers House
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Walk, Wade, Write
Join Southend writer Daniel Kramb, for a walk by the beach and a swim, followed by a haiku inspired poetry writing session in Chalkwell Park. More info: Places limited http://www.essexwritershouse.com Read more
- In My Steps - Radical Walks in Essex
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Ancient Oaks and the Roundheads
Trees operate at a different pace to humans. When the Honywood Oak was a mere sapling, the Magna Carta was signed, 400 years on Parliamentarian soldiers gathered beneath its boughs before marching to join the siege of Colchester in 1648. Join James Canton, author of The Oak Papers, under the book’s massive chief protagonist, the Honywood Oak, before exploring the fascinating grounds of Marks Hall Estate in Coggeshall. Tickets: Walk £8 / £5 Read more
- Flash Fiction
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- Workshop
The Story Hunters – Hadleigh Country Park
In tandem with our Story Hunters Flash Fiction Competition we are hosting a series of four writing workshops in four of the designated Story Hunter sites: Jaywick Martello Tower, Cressing Temple Barns, Danbury Park, and Hadleigh Country Park. Each writing workshop will include a guided tour of the site. There are limited spaces so get in early. Join Iranian Artist/Animator/Writer Majid Adin, creator of the official music video for Elton John’s Rocket Man, and Award-winning Storyteller/Writer Glenys Newton on a… Read more
- In My Steps - Radical Walks in Essex
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No Matter How Many Skies Have Fallen: a rural community in time of war
Join writer Ken Worpole in a walk from Wivenhoe Station to Frating Hall Farm, the subject of his new book, No Matter How Many Skies Have Fallen. This tells the story of how a group of Christian socialists and pacifists took over the farm in 1942 and created a thriving community. The walk finishes at the farm, where some of those who grew up there will recall those heady days. Meet: Wivenhoe Station Length: 4 miles Difficulty: Easy to Moderate… Read more
- Discussion
- Festival Finale
- Fiction
- For Writers
- In Conversation
- In partnership
- In person
- Non-fiction
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- Storytelling
- The Children's University
- Workshop
- Young Essex
Essex Book Camp
Join in the fun at the Essex Book Camp With a huge range of events for all ages, from author events with the likes of Good Morning Britain’s Dr Hilary Jones through to our fabulous storytelling yurt; woodland crafts and meditation walks; drop-in family yoga sessions and more, Cressing Temple Barns is the place to be this August Bank Holiday Sunday. Free Drop-In Activities for all ages we just need one large image of Shane Ibbs telling stories for this… Read more
- In My Steps - Radical Walks in Essex
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In John Clare’s Boots: The Poet in Epping Forest – In My Steps: Radical Walks in Essex – SOLD OUT!
Join the poet Robert Hamberger to follow in the footsteps of the ‘peasant poet' John Clare in Epping Forest Read more
- In My Steps - Radical Walks in Essex
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Sculpture and the use of space in Harlow – In My Steps: Radical Walks in Essex
A guided walk with outdoor writer Peter Aylmer who will lead you round a selection of Harlow's 100+ public sculptures 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
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Cancelled – Salty Tales on the Harwich Harbour Ferry
Take the Harwich Harbour Ferry from event to event and you’ll be treated to some Salty Tales from the marvellous, award-winning storyteller Glenys Newton along the way (included in the ferry ticket price). Read more
