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SUMMARY:Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:Launch Event: Jonathan Wilson in conversation with Simon Kuper\nThe Power and the Glory / World Cup Fever\nThursday 28 May\, 7.00pm\nColchester United JobServe Community Stadium\, United Way\, Colchester\, CO4 5UP\nAhead of the FIFA World Cup 2026\, we are thrilled to be launching this year’s Essex Book Festival at Colchester Community Stadium with two masters of football writing. \nAuthor\, sports journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Wilson’s The Power and the Glory is the definitive history of the World Cup\, for the first time exploring the tournament’s socio-political impact across the globe as well as the goals and scandals that keep us all gripped. \nAward-winning columnist and podcaster Simon Kuper is among the vanishingly small number of writers who have attended every World Cup since 1990. In World Cup Fever he shares what he has learned about the ‘Beautiful Game’ from nine consecutive World Cups. \nJoin us for a highly entertaining and illuminating discussion about the most watched sporting event on the planet. \nThe event will be hosted by Ben Fryer – presenter\, journalist and producer at BBC Radio Essex. \nTickets: £12 / £10 concessions (students\, under 27s and unwaged)\nBox Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948 \n  \nEvent Information\n💬 The event will include an audience Q&A session.\n🖊️ After the event there will be an opportunity to get books signed by the authors.\n📚 Our bookseller will have copies of the books available to purchase on the night.\n🍺 There will be a selection of soft and alcoholic refreshments available to buy from the bar.\n🚗 The venue has ample free parking on site. Please register your car number plate using the tablets at the reception desk.\n♿ The venue is wheelchair accessible. There are disabled facilities on site.\n🪑 Seats are unallocated. \n  \nThese community partners will have stands at the event – come and have a chat (and a game of Subutteo) with… \nStanway Rovers Walking Football\nEssex is host to numerous walking football clubs and some top players. Spencer Pratten from Chelmsford City captained England to walking football World Cup glory last year. \nStanway Rovers community Football Club just down the road runs a very successful walking football section for men over 50 and women over 40. With 75 members the club wants to continue to grow. \nThe benefits of walking football for physical and mental well-being are many. \nOur recruitment currently focuses on the women’s section and we are partnered with the University of Essex to research and develop a recruitment and training model that engages menopausal women into community-based walking football. \nIf anyone is interested come over to the Stanway Rovers stand and have a chat over a game of Subutteo! \nFind out more at stanwayroverswalkingfootball.org. \n  \nColchester United Community Foundation\nColchester United Community Foundation (CUCF) is the official charity partner of Colchester United Football Club. \nThey aim to get the community engaged in the wide range of activities they offer and in turn lead active and healthier lifestyles. \nHead to the CUCF stand to discover how they use the power of sport to make a positive impact in the local community. \nhttps://www.cu-fc.com/cucf/ \n  \n\n  \nJonathan Wilson\nPhoto of Jonathan Wilson © Alil Haydar Yesilyurt \n  \nJonathan Wilson is the editor of the Blizzard and a freelance writer for the Guardian\, World Soccer and Sports Illustrated. He is the author of twelve books\, including Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics\, Behind the Curtain: Football in Eastern Europe\, Angels with Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina\, The Barcelona Legacy\, The Names Heard Long Ago and Two Brothers. \n  \nThe Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup\nby Jonathan Wilson\n \nThe definitive history of the World Cup\, for the first time exploring the tournament’s socio-political impact across the globe as well as the goals and scandals that keep us all gripped. \nThe football World Cup is the most watched sporting event on the planet. It has become a global obsession and has been running for almost a century. Yet there is no comprehensive history of the tournament: based on fresh interviews and meticulously researched this book will change that. \nBy 1930\, football had outgrown the Olympic Games. A new competition\, run by Fifa\, would take international football to the next level. After a shambolic start to the first cup in Uruguay – an incomplete stadium\, shoddy refereeing and physios accidentally injuring players – the thrilling final saw Uruguay take on Argentina\, beating them 4-2. \nFrom those chaotic beginnings grew the modern World Cup\, a cultural phenomenon that draws the world together like nothing else. \nThere has never been a comprehensive history of the World Cup that has considered not only the matches and goals\, the players and coaches\, the tales of scandal and genius\, the haggling and skulduggery of the bidding process\, but has also placed the tournaments within a socio-political framework. The story of the World Cup is also the story of the world; this book tells its definitive history. \n‘Meticulously researched and well-organised – an informative account of how the World Cup became the global event it is today.’\n– Jamie Carragher \n‘Jonathan Wilson is a master at telling football’s greatest ever stories…Breathtaking. Wilson’s eye for detail and his elegant writing brings the World Cup to life like no other book on the topic I have ever read’\n– Elis James \n‘A history of the World Cup that is also a four yearly temperature check on the history of the entire world. Epic in scope\, awesomely rich in detail\, and compulsively entertaining.’\n– Tom Holland \n‘An outstanding book by a truly outstanding writer’\n– Duncan Hamilton \n‘So much of what we know of football’s history we know thanks to Wilson…the game is lucky to have him’\n– Simon Kuper \n  \nOrder a hardback copy of the book from bookshop.org. \nPre-order a paperback copy of the book from bookshop.org – released on 7 May 2026 \n  \nSimon Kuper\nPhoto of Simon Kuper © Leila Kuper \n \nSimon Kuper is a British author and journalist for the Financial Times. Kuper was born in Uganda of South African parents in 1969\, and moved to the Netherlands as a child. He studied History and German at Oxford University\, and attended Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar. He has written for the Observer\, The Times and the Guardian\, and also writes regularly for Dutch newspapers. He lives in Paris with his family. \n  \nWorld Cup Fever: A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments\nby Simon Kuper\n \n  \nThe football World Cup is the biggest sporting competition on Earth – a chance every four years for the greatest players to win international glory\, and a month-long media spectacle that’s watched by an audience of billions. \nBut the tournament has changed beyond recognition since the inaugural event in Montevideo\, Uruguay\, in July 1930. What was once a semi-professional meeting beset by haphazard play has evolved to become a game of multinational buyouts\, dubious ethics and questionable aims – and the new era of football has much to tell us about the globalised world. \nSimon Kuper is among the vanishingly small number of writers who have attended every World Cup since 1990. The World at My Feet is his journey to find the heart of football\, through the nine tournaments he’s experienced first-hand – from watching matches in half-empty stands during Italia 90\, a tournament that at times felt like a village fete\, to witnessing the French triumph at home in 1998\, South Africa’s national dream in 2010 and the troubling legacy of Qatar 2022. \nTold on the pitch and in the stands\, and in the pubs\, front rooms and on the streets\, this is the story of how football has changed the world. \nOrder a hardback copy of the book from bookshop.org. \n  \n  \n  \n     \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/launch-event/
LOCATION:Colchester United JobServe Community Stadium\, United Way\, Colchester\, Essex\, CO4 5UP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LAUNCH EVENT,Sport
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SUMMARY:Launch Event: Enlightenment
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Perry\, Enlightenment\nMulti award-winning and best-selling author\, Festival Patron and University of Essex Chancellor\, Sarah Perry\, will be launching this year’s festival. Talking to our Essex Book Festival Chair\, Peter Donaldson\, about her highly anticipated new novel\, Enlightenment. Join us for this very special opening event celebrating both the 25th edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th anniversary of University of Essex. \nThis event will include an audience Q&A. After the event there will be an opportunity to get your book signed by the author. \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \nVenue: Essex Business School\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £10 / £8 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged)\nBox Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948 \n  \nWatch online for free\nThis event will also be available to watch live online on YouTube. To register to view the event online go to tickettailor.com. The link to watch the event live will be sent to you once you have registered. \nThere will be live subtitles by Stagetext for this event for those attending in person and also those viewing the event online. \nThere are spaces for wheelchairs available for this event but as the seating in the room is fixed these spaces are limited. Please contact Mercury Theatre on 01206 573948 (10am-8pm Tuesday to Saturday) to book a wheelchair place. \n  \n\n  \nEnlightenment\nPublished 2 May 2024 \n \nOrder a copy of Enlightenment from bookshop.org \nAn unforgettable story of love\, faith and astronomy\, Enlightenment is Sarah Perry’s finest novel to date. \nThomas Hart and Grace Macauley are fellow worshippers at the Bethesda Baptist chapel in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades\, the pair are kindred spirits – torn between their commitment to religion and their desire for more. \nBut their friendship is threatened by the arrival of love. \nThomas falls for James Bower\, who runs the local museum. Together they develop an obsession with the vanished nineteenth-century female astronomer Maria Veduva\, said to haunt a nearby manor\, and whose startling astronomical discoveries may never have been acknowledged. \nInspired by Maria\, and the dawning realisation James may not reciprocate his feelings\, Thomas finds solace studying the night skies. Could astronomy offer as much wonder as divine or earthly love? \nMeanwhile Grace meets Nathan\, a fellow sixth former who represents a different\, wilder kind of life. They are drawn passionately together\, but quickly pulled apart\, casting Grace into the wider world and far away from Thomas. \nIn time\, the mysteries of Aldleigh are revealed\, bringing Thomas and Grace back to each other and to a richer understanding of love\, of the nature of the world\, and the sheer miracle of being alive. \n‘Sarah Perry has the rare gift of committing the uncommittable to prose – that is to say: here is a writer who understands life.’\n– Jessie Burton\, author of The Miniaturist \n  \n  \nAbout the Author\nSarah Perry is the internationally best-selling author of the novels Melmoth\, The Essex Serpent and After Me Comes the Flood\, and the non-fiction Essex Girls. She is a winner of the Waterstone’s Book of the Year Award and the British Book of the Year Award and has been nominated for major literary prizes including the Women’s Prize for Fiction\, the Dylan Thomas Prize\, the Folio Prize and the Costa Novel Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has a PhD in Creative Writing. \n  \n \nPhoto of Sarah Perry © Sophie Davidson\n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/launch-event-enlightenment/
LOCATION:Essex Business School Lecture Hall\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ
CATEGORIES:LAUNCH EVENT
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SUMMARY:Beach of Dreams 25 Launch and Creative Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Beach of Dreams 25 Launch and Creative Writing Workshop with James Canton\nCome along and meet the Kinetika team\, our flag-makers/bearers\, and find out how you and/or an organisation you belong to\, can get involved in the epic new nationwide Beach of Dreams 25 project. Then\, take part in a special Beach of Dreams creative writing workshop led by Dr James Canton\, and the Wild Writing team based in the Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Essex. \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \nSaturday 1 June\, 2.00–4.00pm \nVenue: Lakeside Studio\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, booking essential \nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/beach-of-dreams-25-launch-and-creative-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Lakeside Studio\, Lakeside Theatre\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, Essex\, CO4 3SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:For Writers,FREE,LAUNCH EVENT,SOLD OUT!,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T153000
DTSTAMP:20240516T110523Z
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SUMMARY:This Land: Writing the Place Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This Land: Writing the Place Workshop with Neil D’Arcy Jones\nAuthor\, playwright\, journalist Neil D’Arcy-Jones will be running a Writing the Place Workshop based on the 25 Essex destinations that have contributed to the making of Essex Book Festival’s 25th Edition oak gall ink. Explore the magic of alchemy by turning places and ideas into new stories. You never know\, your story or poem might make it into our 25th Edition festival anthology\, This Land. \nSuitable for ages 13+. \n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 1.30-3.30pm \nVenue: Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £15 / £10 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged)\nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/this-land-writing-the-place-workshop/
LOCATION:Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ
CATEGORIES:For Writers,LAUNCH EVENT,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T150000
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SUMMARY:Woman Life Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Saqi Books presents Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran\nWith Tasalla Tabasom\, Fari Bradley\, Roshi Rouzbehani and Malu Halasa \nExtolling the power of art\, writing and body politics this collection is a universal rallying call and a celebration of the women the regime has tried and failed to silence. \nThis highly original and savagely topical event will include a live art and sound art performance by Tasalla Tabasom and Fari Bradley\, an art-style documentary video\, a presentation from artist Roshi Rouzbehani\, a panel discussion hosted by Malu Halasa and an exhibition of artwork. \nThis is what protest looks like. \nSaturday 1 June\, 1.00-3.00pm \nVenue: Lakeside Theatre\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £10 / £8 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged) \nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \n  \nWoman Life Freedom image © Shiva Khademi\, b. [1998]. Courtesy of Saqi Books\n  \n\n  \nWoman Life Freedom edited by Malu Halasa\nPublished September 2023 \n \nOrder a copy of Woman Life Freedom at bookshop.org \nJina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to the streets\, uncovering their hair\, burning headscarves and chanting ‘Woman Life Freedom’ – ‘Zan Zendegi Azadi’ in Persian and ‘Jin Jîyan Azadî’ in Kurdish – in mass demonstrations. An explosion of creative resistance followed as art and photography shared online went viral and people around the world saw what was really going on in Iran. \nWoman Life Freedom captures this historic moment in artwork and first-person accounts. This striking collection goes behind the scenes at forbidden fashion shows; records the sound of dissent in Iran where it is illegal for women to sing unaccompanied in public; and walks the streets of Tehran with ‘The Smarties’ – Gen Z women who colour and show their hair in defiance of the authorities\, despite the potentially devastating consequences. Extolling the power of art\, writing and body politics – both female and queer – this collection is a universal rallying call and a celebration of the women the regime has tried and failed to silence. \nThis is what protest looks like. \n  \n  \nAbout the Author\nMalu Halasa is the editor of eight anthologies on Middle Eastern art and culture. Her edited volumes include the critically acclaimed Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline\, Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran and The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design. Halasa has written for The Guardian\, Financial Times and Times Literary Supplement. She was previously an editor at the Prince Claus Fund in Amsterdam\, Editor-at-Large for Portal 9 in Beirut\, Lebanon\, and a founding editor of Tank Magazine in London. She is currently the literary editor at Middle Eastern arts magazine The Markaz Review. \n \nPhoto of Malu Halasa © Priscilla Briggs\n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/woman-life-freedom/
LOCATION:Lakeside Theatre\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,LAUNCH EVENT,Performance,Video
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SUMMARY:The Tasting Menu: Poetry Open Mic returns!
DESCRIPTION:The Tasting Menu: Poetry Open Mic returns!\nPlease join us for two hours of poetry from across our community. Come and hear headline poets from the University of Essex\, student voices\, and share and explore all things Essex poetry in this diverse and inclusive event. If you’re not sure what to bring\, the writing prompt for this event is\, “Full Hearts”. \nAll are welcome to perform – arrive early to assure a place! \n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 1.00-3.00pm \nVenue: Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, no booking required \n  \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \n  \nImage © Sinjin Li\, 2023\n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/the-tasting-menu-poetry-open-mic-returns/
LOCATION:Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ
CATEGORIES:LAUNCH EVENT,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T114500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T123000
DTSTAMP:20240404T152214Z
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SUMMARY:Don't Starve the Arts - Feed Them
DESCRIPTION:Marina Cusí and Dr Jordan Savage\, Don’t Starve the Arts – Feed Them\nA much-needed Long Table conversation about the Arts as part of our Incubator programme. \nDon’t Starve the Arts – Feed Them will be debated by authors\, artists\, poets\, performers\, actors\, and students. \nAll welcome to join in. Talking is the only course! Leading the debate will be artistic director\, Mad\,Who? Marina Cusí\, and academic/principle investigator of The Hungry Human\, Dr Jordan Savage. \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.45am-12.30pm \nVenue: Lakeside Theatre\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, booking recommended\nBox Office: Ticket Tailor \n  \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/dont-starve-the-arts-feed-them/
LOCATION:Lakeside Theatre\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ
CATEGORIES:Discussion,FREE,LAUNCH EVENT
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T153000
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SUMMARY:Charters and Radicals
DESCRIPTION:Charters and Radicals\, Dr Sarah Demelo\nCharters and Radicals: Material from the University of Essex Archive presents a unique blend of Essex’s historical roots and its student activism from the past 60 years. From charters that trace the region’s heritage to student protests and social movements\, this exhibition explores continuity and change in Essex’s \nidentity. Explore this evolution through the lens of its charters and the voices of its passionate student radicals\, revealing a tapestry of history\, activism\, and the enduring quest for social justice. \nSaturday 1st June\n11.00am – 3.30pm\nSpecial Collections Reading Room \nUniversity of Essex library \nTickets: Free\, drop-in\, no booking required \n  \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/charters-and-radicals/
LOCATION:Special Collections Reading Room\, University of Essex Library\, Wivenhoe Park \, Colchester\, Essex\, CO4 3SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,LAUNCH EVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T150000
DTSTAMP:20240516T110230Z
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SUMMARY:This Land: The Launch Pad Workshops
DESCRIPTION:This Land: The Launch Pad Workshops with Selena Chandler\, Lora Aziz\, Katie Kennedy\, Zoe Martin\nThroughout the day we will be hosting a series of free drop-in workshops for ages 7+. \nLearn how to make traditional ink out of ink gall gathered from 25 destinations across Essex under the guidance of artist\, basket weaver and researcher Selena Chandler. \nExplore the art of calligraphy and help us create a 25th Edition ‘E’ for Essex with British Egyptian artist/calligrapher Lora Aziz. \nTry your hand at a range of traditional printing and basic book-making techniques with artists Katie Kennedy and Zoe Martin. \nHelp us craft a People’s Festival Charter fit for the next 25 years with a little help from the Special Collections and Archive team at the University of Essex. \n  \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.00am -3.00pm \nVenue: Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, drop-in\, no booking required \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/this-land-the-launch-pad-workshops/
LOCATION:Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ
CATEGORIES:FREE,LAUNCH EVENT,Workshop,Young Essex
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T130000
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SUMMARY:Radical Translation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Radical Translation Workshop with Gregory Betts & Philip Terry\nCan a poem be translated into a picture? Or a recipe? A novel? In the world of experimental translation\, the answer is “yes”. Canadian Gregory Betts and poet Philip Terry will discuss their own work with experimental translation in their recent publications\, BardCode – Betts’s visualisation of Shakespeare’s Sonnets – and Vanitas\, a cartoon translated from the French of Étienne Lécroart. Participants will then explore experimental translation methods for themselves in a hands-on workshop. \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.00am-1.00pm \nVenue: Lakeside Theatre Studio\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £15 / £10 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged)\nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/radical-translation-workshop/
LOCATION:Lakeside Studio\, Lakeside Theatre\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, Essex\, CO4 3SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:For Writers,LAUNCH EVENT,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T130000
DTSTAMP:20240404T151847Z
CREATED:20240404T090039Z
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SUMMARY:Game Changer Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Game Changer Workshop with Signals\nTurning Video Games into Environmental Advocacy \nTransform classic video games into arcade quests for environmental action and climate change awareness. Explore the world of video game remixing and discover how you can use game design to communicate environmental action. \nNo previous coding experience required. All equipment provided. \nFor ages 11-14 years. \nThis workshop is delivered by Signals\, an award-winning charity who use technology and creativity to inspire\, engage and empower people of all ages and backgrounds. \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.00am– 1.00pm \nVenue: Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £3\, accompanying adult free\nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/game-changer-workshop/
LOCATION:Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ
CATEGORIES:LAUNCH EVENT,Workshop,Young Essex
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T113000
DTSTAMP:20240404T193624Z
CREATED:20240304T100025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T193624Z
UID:8925-1717236000-1717241400@www.essexbookfestival.org.uk
SUMMARY:Radical Essex Procession
DESCRIPTION:Radical Essex Procession\nEssex Book Festival is teaming up with internationally acclaimed arts organisation\, Kinetika\, for its Radical Procession from St Leonard-at-the-Hythe Church\, a key player in the Siege of Colchester (1648)\, to University of Essex\, famed for its foundational radical innovation in the 1960s. \nBuilding on the festival’s ongoing series of Radical Walks in Essex\, the Procession will include 500 pennants created as part of Beach of Dreams 2021 – an epic 500-mile journey which discovered hidden gems of the East Coast. This event will mark the launch of Beach of Dreams 2025 – an invitation to walk together along the coastline of the Uk and Ireland in a collective moment of reflection and climate action in the month of May 2025. \nPart of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \n \n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 10.00 – 11.30AM \nStarting point: St Leonard-at-the-Hythe Church\, Hythe Hill\, Colchester\, CO1 2NP\nFinishing point: University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, booking essential \nBox Office: https://forms.office.com/e/XB1eEUfHt9 \nPhoto of Beach of Dreams Flag Procession © Tessa Bunney\n  \nWalk With Words\nThe Radical Essex Procession will be walking along part of the Walk With Words trail. Walk With Words is an annual celebration of people and place. It is a participatory journey inviting you to share and explore stories of Colchester through walking. \nCommissioned by Colchester City Council and the University of Essex\, the project is set to launch Summer 2024. The new interactive walking route seeks to connect Colchester City Centre\, the University of Essex and Greenstead. \nThe journey is organised around 16 posts which will invite you to access digital content using your smart phone. The evolving collection of local stories\, memories and histories aims to encourage mindful observation of place – inviting you to pause\, observe\, listen\, watch\, read\, and reflect. As the project grows\, the experience of exploring the landscape will change. Each year the project will invite contributions of new work on an annual theme that encourages an appreciation of Colchester through a different lens. \nWe encourage you to take part by sharing your own experience of the city! \nThe digital platform is due to launch on May 4th\, in the meantime you can find out more and submit stories to www.walkwithwords.co.uk. \nYou can keep up with the project on Instagram @walkwithwordscolchester\, and send any questions to hello@walkwithwords.co.uk. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/radical-essex-procession/
LOCATION:St Leonard-at-the-Hythe Church\, Hythe Hill\, Colchester\, Essex\, CO1 2NP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:FREE,Guided Walk,LAUNCH EVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T095000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240601T180000
DTSTAMP:20240523T161622Z
CREATED:20240404T090057Z
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SUMMARY:This Land: Launch Day
DESCRIPTION:This Land: Launch Day\nSaturday 1 June\, University of Essex\nJoin us for a day of talks\, performances\, debates\, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex. \nExplore how the University of Essex has created and continues to create change on its Sixty Stories webpage. \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 10.00 – 11.30AM\nRadical Essex Procession\n \nEssex Book Festival is teaming up with internationally acclaimed arts organisation\, Kinetika\, for its Radical Procession from St Leonard-at-the-Hythe Church\, a key player in the Siege of Colchester (1648)\, to University of Essex\, famed for its foundational radical innovation in the 1960s. The Procession will include 500 pennants created as part of Beach of Dreams 2021. \nStarting point: St Leonard-at-the-Hythe Church\, Hythe Hill\, Colchester\, CO1 2NP\nTickets: Free\, booking essential \nBox Office: https://forms.office.com/e/XB1eEUfHt9 \n  \nThe Radical Essex Procession will be walking along part of the Walk With Words trail. Walk With Words is an annual celebration of people and place. It is a participatory journey inviting you to share and explore stories of Colchester through walking.\nFind out more at walkwithwords.co.uk. \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.00am – 3.00pm\nThis Land: The Launch Pad Workshops\nSelena Chandler\, Lora Aziz\, Katie Kennedy\, Zoe Martin\n \nThroughout the day we will be hosting a series of free drop-in workshops for ages 7+. Learn how to make traditional ink out of ink gall gathered from 25 destinations across Essex. Explore the art of calligraphy. Try your hand at a range of traditional printing and basic book-making techniques. \nVenue: Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, drop-in\, no booking required \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.00am – 1.00pm\nRadical Translation Workshop\nGregory Betts & Philip Terry\n \nCan a poem be translated into a picture? Or a recipe? A novel? In the world of experimental translation\, the answer is “yes”. Canadian Gregory Betts and poet Philip Terry will discuss their own work with experimental translation in their recent publications\, BardCode – Betts’s visualisation of Shakespeare’s Sonnets – and Vanitas\, a cartoon translated from the French of Étienne Lécroart. Participants will then explore experimental translation methods for themselves in a hands-on workshop. \nVenue: Lakeside Theatre Studio\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £15 / £10 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged)\nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.00am – 1.00pm\nGame Changer Workshop\nSignals\n \nTransform classic video games into arcade quests for environmental action and climate change awareness. Explore the world of video game remixing and discover how you can use game design to communicate environmental action. No previous coding experience required. All equipment provided. For ages 11-14 years. \nVenue: Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £3 per young person\, accompanying adult free\nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.00am – 3.30pm\nCharters and Radicals\nDr Sarah Demelo\n \nFrom charters that trace the region’s heritage to student protests and social movements\, this exhibition explores continuity and change in Essex’s identity. \nVenue: Special Collections Reading Room\, University of Essex Library\nTickets: Free\, drop-in\, no booking required \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 11.45am-12.30pm\nDon’t Starve the Arts – Feed Them\nMarina Cusí\, Jordan Savage\n \nA much-needed LONG TABLE conversation about the Arts as part of our INCUBATOR programme. Don’t Starve the Arts – Feed Them will be debated by authors\, artists\, poets\, performers\, actors\, and students. All welcome to join in. \nVenue: Lakeside Theatre\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, booking recommended\nBox Office: tickettailor.com \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 1.00-3.00pm\nWoman Life Freedom\nTasalla\, Fari Bradley\, Roshi Rouzbehani\, Malu Halasa\n \nSaqi Books presents Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran. \nExtolling the power of art\, writing and body politics this collection is a universal rallying call and a celebration of the women the regime has tried and failed to silence. This highly original and savagely topical event will include a live art and sound art performance by Tasalla and Fari Bradley\, an art-style documentary video\, a presentation from artist Roshi Rouzbehani\, a panel discussion hosted by Malu Halasa and an exhibition of artwork. This is what protest looks like. \nVenue: Lakeside Theatre\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £10 / £8. University of Essex students free – email hello@essexbookfestival.org.uk \nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 1.00-3.00pm\nThe Tasting Menu: Poetry Open Mic\n \nJoin us for two hours of poetry from across our community. Come and hear headline poets from the University of Essex\, student voices\, and share and explore all things Essex poetry in this diverse and inclusive event. If you’re not sure what to bring\, the writing prompt for this event is\, “Full Hearts”. All are welcome to perform – arrive early to assure a place! \nVenue: Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, no booking required \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 1.30-3.30pm\nThis Land: Writing the Place Workshop\nNeil D’Arcy-Jones\n \nAuthor\, playwright\, journalist Neil D’Arcy-Jones will be running a Writing the Place Workshop based on the 25 Essex destinations that have contributed to the making of Essex Book Festival’s 25th Edition oak gall ink. Explore the magic of alchemy by turning places and ideas into new stories. \nVenue: Art Exchange\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £15 / £10 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged)\nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 2.00 – 4.00pm – SOLD OUT!\nBeach of Dreams 25 Launch and Creative Writing Workshop\nJames Canton\n \nCome along and meet the Kinetika team\, our flag-makers/bearers\, and find out how you and/or an organisation you belong to\, can get involved in the epic new nationwide Beach of Dreams 25 project. Then\, take part in a special Beach of Dreams creative writing workshop led by Dr James Canton\, and the Wild Writing team based in the Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Essex. \nVenue: Lakeside Studio\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester CO4 3SQ\nTickets: Free\, booking essential\nBox Office: eventbrite.co.uk \n  \n\n  \nSaturday 1 June\, 4.30pm\nSarah Perry\, Enlightenment\n \nMulti award-winning and best-selling author\, Festival Patron and University of Essex Chancellor\, Sarah Perry\, will be launching this year’s festival. Talking to our Essex Book Festival Chair\, Peter Donaldson\, about her highly anticipated new novel\, Enlightenment. Join us for this very special opening event celebrating both the 25th edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th anniversary of University of Essex. \nVenue: Essex Business School\, University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\nTickets: £10 / £8 concessions (Students\, Under 27s and Unwaged)\nBox Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948 \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/this-land-launch-day/
LOCATION:University of Essex\, Wivenhoe Park\, Colchester\, CO4 3SQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:LAUNCH EVENT
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