EA Festival is back on the beautiful grounds of Hedingham Castle, located on the border of Essex and Suffolk in the charming village of Castle Hedingham. With a star-studded line-up, it will be a dazzling smorgasbord of subjects – from AI and longevity to Christianity and art fraud.
Essex Book Festival are delighted to be partnering with EA Festival once again on two very special events.
Renaturing: Chloe Dalton and James Canton in conversation with William Sieghart
Saturday 14 June, 10am
James Canton and fellow author, Chloe Dalton, will explore their different approaches to nature writing.
Dalton’s Raising Hare is a charming account of unexpectedly raising a leveret during lockdown and a feel-good, life-affirming treat.
Canton’s Renaturing shows how the concept of rewilding can be adopted by us all. We can all make positive change, however large or small. We can all be involved in caring for and restoring the natural world.
In this session, we will discover how their experiences – of nature and writing – have intersected.
Always Take Notes (live podcast taping) featuring Frank Close
Sunday 15 June, 4.30pm
As the capstone of EA Festival 2025, we are taping an episode of the UK’s #1 podcast about writing, Always Take Notes, co-hosted by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd.
Besides interviewing authors about their latest work, in this case, Destroyer of Worlds by physicist and multi-award-winning science writer Frank Close, the podcast delves into the creative process, research, habits and quirks of each guest, the better to understand what makes their books so good.
Considering that Destroyer of Worlds is a new and seminal history of the atomic bomb authored by one of the world’s top science writers, strap yourself in for a fascinating look under the hood of what makes Frank Close tick.