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6 June – 29 August 2021 essexbookfestival.org.uk 100 Events | 40 Venues | 200 Writers & Artists Reaching the parts other festivals do not reach ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL WELCOMEEVENTS INTRODUCTIONESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL EVENTS GET INVOLVED Welcome to the 2021 Essex Book Festival Welcome to Stories on The Edge Essex Introducing the Festival Team Essex Book Festival 2021 Book Festival Pod-cast Director Festival Intern: Youth Trustees Patrons This year’s festival is very much a voyage Keep up to speed by logging on to our Stories on Ros Green Engagement Peter Donaldson AL Kennedy of discovery. The Edge Festival Podcast. Featuring behind- Marina Cusi Sanchez Seona Ford Sylvia Kent the-scenes interviews with artists and writers, Festival Coordinator Whether that means exploring the Great Essex Pat Gaudin Dave Monk performers, storytellers, and more; out-in-the- Jo Hartle Core team volunteer Outdoors by joining one of our In My Steps: Jeremy Lucas Sarah Perry community interviews with people whose voices Advisors to the Board Aimee Leigh Vines Radical Walks in Essex, an evening with historian James MacDonald Brian Southall aren’t always heard, Essex Book Festival is thrilled Sarah Moth Alison Weir at Layer Marney Tower, or perhaps Camilla Shestopal Francis Wheen to be teaming up for the second year running with Marc De’ath another with James Canton, author of The Chelmsford Community Radio’s Young Reporters. Maja Antoine-Onikoyi Oak Papers, this year’s The Essex Read, at Tony Fisher Colchester Library. If you have a story to tell, get in touch: [email protected] With most of our June events taking place online, Essex Book Festival 2021 – Covid 19 we suggest you get yourself comfortable for our explosively entertaining digital launch event: We Need To Talk About Essex Girls, featuring Sarah Due to the rapidly changing situation at the time of print, digital format. Please do not attend an event if you have Perry, Syd Moore and Sadie Hasler. Miss this at we advise you to check the website for any changes. It symptoms of COVID-19. your peril. is aimed that all events where possible will take place Please check our website for updates on the guidelines under Covid safe settings and regulations, however, and subscribe to our newsletter to be updated. July marks the return to physical in-person if this is not possible all in person events will shift to a events. Mark the diary now for Costa Book of Essex Children’s University the Year Winner Monique Roffey at Chelmsford Library, and debut novelist, Naomi Ishiguru at – Stamp Your Passports at How To Book Your Ticket Maldon Library. Then, we also have best-selling author and barrister Alexandra Wilson who will Festival Learning Destination All booking links are shown on the website, this can Refunds be talking about her book In Black and White as direct you to the online booking platforms being used The festival cannot refund money or exchange tickets part of our Criminally Good Day. Essex Book Festival is once again partnering with except if an event is cancelled. In this event please our good friends at Essex Children’s University to deliver Essex Book Festival 2021. Please visit Ben Okri, Gavin Esler, Craig Brown, Mat Osman, return your tickets to the Box Office within 30 days to provide 5-14 year olds with exciting learning www.essexbookfestival.org.uk or where shown via Clare Fuller, Liz Trenow, Dr Hilary Jones ... the list for a full refund. experiences outside school. Once issued with a Mercury Theatre Box Office phone or in person to book goes on and on! in for the many events this year. Passport to Learning, ‘CU Learners’ collect stamps and attend a special Graduation Ceremony. Find out Most digital events are available directly through Concessions Please join us for what promises to be a cracking how to get your very own Passport to Learning at our website. We offer concessions for Students, Under 27’s, summer of books. essexchildrensuniversity.co.uk Bookings will be taken up to around 2 hours prior to the and Jobseekers. Take good care, event commencing. It is hoped that if there is capacity, All Essex Book Festival YOUNG ESSEX events are tickets will be available on the door. Ros Green CU Learning Destinations – bring your passport, Accessibility Director (Essex Book Festival) get it stamped, and enjoy your learning journey! Information of access in participating venues is posted © ‘Women of Essex ‘ - A community-made banner devised on the Essex Book Festival website. We also have a by artist Heidi Wigmore, commissioned by Artichoke for Roger Pen hearing system, so please let us know in Processions 2018, used with kind permission by partners advance if you would like to book this out by email us at: Metal Southend [email protected] Essex Book Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of these key partners 2 For information and bookings call: 01206 573948 ESSEXBOOKFESTIVAL.ORG.UK ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL 3 @ESSEXBOOKFEST @ESSEXBOOKFEST ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL EVENTS DIARY ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL EVENTS DIARY Events Diary DATE EVENT LOCATION PG DATE EVENT LOCATION PG DATE EVENT LOCATION PG DATE EVENT LOCATION PG 03 Jun Re-Writing the Archive Workshop - 10 Jul James Canton: Writing the Wild Workshop Coggeshall 14 22 Aug Mat Osman: How to Start a Novel Writing 29 Aug Neil D’Arcy Jones: Scripting- Syd Moore Digital 5 Workshop Chelmsford 24 Writing Workshop Cressing Temple 29 11 Jul Story Hunters Workshop - AK Blakemore Jaywick Sands 7 06 Jun In My Steps: Radical Walks in Essex - 22 Aug Alexandra Wilson: In Black and White Chelmsford 24 29 Aug Michelle Durant: Make-Your-Own Radical Marshes Wat Tyler Country with 14 Jul James Canton: The Oak Papers Colchester 18 Podcast Workshop Cressing Temple 29 Tom King Pitsea 13 22 Aug Mat Osman: The Ruins Chelmsford 25 14 Jul Monique Roffey: The Mermaid of 29 Aug Global Village: Essex Cultural 06 Jun Festival Launch “We Need To Talk About Black Conch Chelmsford 18 24 Aug Elizabeth Haynes: You, Me & The Sea Witham 25 Diversity Project Cressing Temple 30 Essex Girls” - Sarah Perry, Syd Moore, Sadie Hasler, Ros Green Digital 6 15 Jul Library Love Letters Digital 12 26 Aug Alison Weir: Katharine Parr The Sixth Wife Layer Marney 25 06 Jun Index on Censorship Panel Discussion – 15 Jul David Omand: How Spies Think Shenfield 19 29 Aug Essex Book Camp: The Natural World Cressing Temple 26 Poland Today: Women, Censorship and 17 Jul In My Steps: Radical Walks in Essex - 29 Aug Scallywag Books Children’s Workshops Human Rights - Sylwia Chutnik, Agnieszka Mountaineers of Essex Expedition 001 YOUNG ESSEX Cressing Temple 27 Dale and Leah Cross Digital 6 with Hartle O’Hare Canvey 15 Our Hubs 29 Aug Glenys Newton in conversation with 08 Jun Gavin Esler in conversation with Professor 18 Jul Story Hunters Workshop - Glenys Newton John Tarrow: Building Imaginary Worlds Cressing Temple 28 LAUNCH EVENT Lorna Fox O’Mahony: How Britain Ends Digital 16 and Majid Akin Hadleigh 7 29 Aug Georgina Harding: Harvest Cressing Temple 28 10 Jun Craig Brown in conversation with Tony 21 Jul Tom King: Thames Estuary Trail - A Journey DIGITAL Fisher: 1,2,3,4 The Beatles in Time Digital 16 Round the End of The World Tilbury 19 29 Aug Dr Hilary Jones: Frontline Cressing Temple 28 YOUNG ESSEX 10 Jun Masked - Launch/Virtual Opening Night Digital 16 01 Aug In My Steps: Radical Walks in Essex - 29 Aug Josie Doms: Animalympics Workshop YOUNG ESSEX Cressing Temple 29 WALKS 11 Jun Meet The Writers – Sutton Manor Digital 10 No Matter How Many Skies Have Fallen with Ken Worpole Wivenhoe 15 12 Jun In My Steps: Radical Walks in Essex - Witch Trail in Manningtree and Mistley 04 Aug Claire Fuller: Unsettled Ground Brentwood 19 with Syd Moore Manningtree 13 04 Aug Louise Hare: This Lovely City Grays 19 THU 03 JUN, 6.30PM – 8.30PM WORKSHOP 13 Jun In My Steps - Radical Walks - Riots and 05 Aug A K Blakemore: The Manningtree Witches Wickford 20 Rebellions in Colchester with Dorian Kelly Colchester 14 Rewriting The Archive Workshops DIGITAL 07 Aug Makaton Workshop – YOUNG ESSEX Chelmsford 20 13 Jun SWS Publishing: Self Editing and Essex Book Festival has joined forces with three of Self-Publishing Workshop Digital 16 10 Aug Sally Gardner and Lydia Corey: the county’s museums on an exciting new writing Join writer, activist and founding member of Essex The Tindims of Rubbish Island Old Harlow 20 15 Jun Fens, Forest and Fields: Ken Worpole Digital 11 project: Rewriting the Archive. Girls Liberation Front Syd Moore as she explores 10 Aug Jacqson Diego Introduces – Vampirates the collection at Thurrock Museum with a special 17 Jun Fens, Forest and Fields Bike Ride: Three writers and artists, assisted by curators with Justin Somper Digital 11 focus on working women. Ken Worpole Rainham 11 based at each of the participating museums, have 11 Aug Christine Penhall: The House That selected ten objects each from the county’s Tickets: £5 17 Jun Re-Writing the Archive Workshop Alice Built Clacton 21 - Delaine Le Bas Digital 5 Box Office: www.essexbookfestival.org.uk 12 Aug Naomi Ishiguro: Common Ground Maldon 21 (Places are limited – book early 19 Jun Re-Writing the Archive Workshop These objects will form the basis of three to avoid disappointment) - Agnieszka Dale Digital 5 18 Aug Poetry in Lockdown Chelmsford 21 two-hourheritage collections online workshops. that tell difficult ‘stories’. 26 Jun SHE HEALS - Lily Hunter Green and The 18 Aug Abigail Dean: Girl A South Woodham Essex Steamettes Southend 17 Ferrers 22 27 Jun Story Hunters Workshop - Jonathan Crane Danbury 7 19 Aug Tammy Huf: A More Perfect