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March 2024
JA Baker photo
March 23 - November 3
  • Restless Brilliance
  • Exhibition
  • FREE
  • Partner Event

Restless Brilliance: The Story of J.A. Baker and The Peregrine

The exhibition explores J.A. Baker’s life, his love of nature and writing, through the archive of his work held by the Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex. It is the first time that this archive has been on public display. Read more

June 2024
Photo of Mark Cocker and image of One Midsummer's Day book cover
June 16 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
  • Restless Brilliance
  • Nature Writing

One Midsummer’s Day

Mark Cocker

Drawing deeply on science, history, literature and a lifetime of close observation, One Midsummer's Day is a dazzling and wide-ranging celebration of all life on Earth by one of our greatest nature writers. Read more

Photo of Andrew Millham with both book covers
June 16 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
  • Restless Brilliance
  • Nature Writing

Restless Brilliance: Singing Like Larks

Andrew Millham

Join local nature and folk history writer, Andrew Millham, for a joyous celebration of song, the seasons, and our love of birds. Read more

Photo of Joanna Glen. Image of Maybe Perhaps, Possibly book cover.
June 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Restless Brilliance
  • Fiction

Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly

Joanna Glen

Joanna Glen, author of the Costa Prize shortlisted debut, The Other Half of Augusta Hope, explores her latest novel, Maybe, Perhaps, Possibly. A beautifully observed and life-affirming novel about finding yourself, and then allowing someone else to find you. Read more

A Walk in JA Baker county Event Sold Out
June 17 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Restless Brilliance
  • Guided Walk
  • FREE
  • In My Steps - Radical Walks in Essex
  • Partner Event
  • SOLD OUT!

A Walk in J.A. Baker Country – Sold Out

David Simmonds

Join us for a walk through ‘Baker Country’ visiting sites listed in J.A. Baker’s diaries and identified in his seminal work The Peregrine (1967). Read more