The question is, have you got your ticket to hear winner Abi Daré talking about And So I Roar at Grays Library in Thurrock on Tuesday 3rd June?

The novel explores the lives of women and girls in rural Nigeria as they navigate the devastating impacts of environmental collapse in a part of the world where families are losing their homes, where communities are being forced to adapt in unexpected ways, all of which rarely makes the news.

‘A book of real energy and passion which both horrifies and entertains with a cast of compelling characters, a story of how the climate crisis can provoke social crisis where often women and children are the victims. Despite the tragedy, Abi Daré holds faith in the strength of individuals and relationships, and her hopefulness leaves us inspired.’

Climate Fiction Prize Chair, Madeleine Bunting

Another book causing quite the stir is Chloe Dalton’s Raising Hare – an instant Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller, short-listed for The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025, short-listed for the British Book Awards’ Book of the Year 2025, short-listed for Waterstones Book of the Year, and a Critics’ Best Books pick for The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Spectator and iNews.

We are beyond pleased to be co-hosting an author event with Chloe Dalton and her fellow nature-writer James Canton as part of EA Festival at Hedingham Castle on Saturday 14th June. James Canton’s fabulous new book Renaturing is also causing more than a ripple or two in the world of nature-writing.

Other Nature and Environment festival events include the launch of Radical Islands on Mersea Island on 1st June featuring Jules Pretty and Ken Worpole, Wildlife Detectives at the Wild Space (8th June, Maldon), Wild Swim and Write Workshop: Sense the Estuary, in partnership with the Federation of Essex Women’s Institutes and Metal as part of Essex Writers House (21st June, Southend), and Batty About Bats with the National Trust (21st June: Rainham Hall).

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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.

Book tickets here

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.

Book tickets here

Visit eafestival.com for EA Festival 2025 Programme, Line-up and to book tickets.

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