Author: Claire Buskin

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Winners of flash fiction competition announced

The winners of The Story Hunters Project flash fiction competition were announced at a special event held at Cressing Temple Barns on Saturday 27th ...

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New vision for Essex Libraries published

From Friday 26 November, residents can have their say on Essex County Council’s new vision for Libraries as the draft Everyone’s Library Service ...

Colchester Writenight

A new spectacular anthology

“Witty, experimental, clever, thought-provoking and sometimes plain laugh-out-loud” Colchester WritenightShort Prose CollectionEdited by ...

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It’s a wrap!

After what has been a remarkable 3-month festival ‘marathon’, with events and activities taking us everywhere from Canvey Heights to Layer ...

The Witchfinders Sister

World premiere of a chilling tale of Essex witch hunts

From 7th – 30th October 2021 at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch – see the production of The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown, ...

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Story Hunters Flash Fiction Competition Deadline Extended to 29th October

Good news for those of you who meant to take part in our Story Hunters Flash Fiction Competition but missed the deadline – we have extended the ...

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AGM Announcement

The AGM for Essex Book Festival will be taking place on Thursday 23rd September at 3pm online via Zoom. For more information please contact ...

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Join Syd Moore for The Reading Round

Have you wanted to be part of a book club but never had enough time to read? Now the Royal Literary Fund have introduced a new type of reading group – ...

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From Marconi to Melba – The Centenary of First British Radio Broadcasts by Tim Wander

Tim Wander’s latest book From Marconi to Melba was written for the Centenary of the First British Radio Broadcasts from Chelmsford. Find out ...

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Essex Book Festival in the News

Here at Essex Book Festival HQ we have been unseasonably busy for the time of year. We’re thrilled to have been featured in the local news, ...