blogging Archives - Essex Book Festival http://dev.essexbookfestival.org.uk/tag/blogging/ 28 May -28 June 2026 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:21:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.7 Writing & Talking National Saturday Club – Join the Club! http://ec2-35-176-91-154.eu-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/writing-talking-national-saturday-club-join-the-club/ Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/?p=10712 Co-ordinated by Essex Book Festival and led by Creative Writing Tutor Dr Emma Kittle-Pey, our exciting Year 9 and Year 10 Writing & Talking programme offers a multi-disciplinary communication project that encourages Club members to articulate their ideas and develop their skills, all centred on this year’s Festival theme: Communities within Communities. Club members will... Read more »

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]]> Co-ordinated by Essex Book Festival and led by Creative Writing Tutor Dr Emma Kittle-Pey, our exciting Year 9 and Year 10 Writing & Talking programme offers a multi-disciplinary communication project that encourages Club members to articulate their ideas and develop their skills, all centred on this year’s Festival theme: Communities within Communities.

Club members will explore a breadth of activities including writing and performing poetry, short-fiction, blogging, zine-making, podcasting and illustration. They will visit local cultural venues and creative spaces, and exhibit nationwide at the Essex Book Festival and the Summer Show at Somerset House.

Generating new and exciting work, Club members will find themselves creating media that helps them find their voice and share their ideas. We can’t wait to hear what they have to say!

Open to 13–16-year-olds.

Club dates:
27 September 2025 – 28 March 2026
Saturdays, 10:00am – 12:30pm

Location:
Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford Campus, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 1SQ

Join the club at saturday-club.org/club/essex-book-festival-aru-writing-talking/

About National Saturday Club

Young people across the country are spending Saturday mornings at their local university, college or museum discovering subjects they love. Saturday Clubs are open to 13–16-year-olds of all abilities and are free to attend.

Joining the National Saturday Club is a unique opportunity to learn new skills, discover talents, meet new people, and find out more about further education, higher education and rewarding careers.

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]]> New Writing & Talking National Saturday Club launched http://ec2-35-176-91-154.eu-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/new-writing-talking-national-saturday-club-launched/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:02:18 +0000 https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/?p=8727 We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Writing and Talking National Saturday Club which will be taking place every Saturday 10am-1pm from March to July in partnership with and hosted by Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford. It is open to all 13-16 year olds living in and around the Chelmsford area who... Read more »

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]]> We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Writing and Talking National Saturday Club which will be taking place every Saturday 10am-1pm from March to July in partnership with and hosted by Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford.

It is open to all 13-16 year olds living in and around the Chelmsford area who are passionate about writing and talking. Our young participants will explore multiple forms of writing, including zine-making, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, blogging etc, and talking, including spoken word poetry and podcasting.

The programme includes two trips to London: one for a visit backstage at Royal Opera House to see its workings, the other to attend the national exhibition of work at Somerset House, which will be showing work from National Saturday Clubs across the UK.

It is free to sign up but please note that there are only 15 places available so if you know someone who would benefit from taking part in the Club, make sure they get in quick. More information about the Club and the sign up link can be found here: https://saturday-club.org/club/essex-book-festival-aru-writing-talking/

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