Birmingham / Western Esplanade / Whitstable / Amsterdam / Colchester / MISTLEY / London / Leigh / /
Company
the Guardian / The Southend Poetry Group / Mar Southend Poetry Group / Jon Ronson / BBC Radio / Essex Book Festival Secondly / Royal Shakespeare Company / 7PM POETRY SAT 14 / Sunday Times / Patrician Press / Picador / Festival Team Essex Book Festival METAMORPHOSIS / /
Continent
Africa / /
Country
United Kingdom / Scotland / Niger / Canada / Wales / Poland / United States / Ireland / /
Currency
GBP / / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
the Festival Team Essex Book Festival / the Specsavers National Book Awards / BAFTA / POETRY ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL / the Essex Book Festival / Director Ros Green Programmer Daniel Lipscombe Festival / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
Hadleigh Library / Belfair’s Wildlife Woodland Centre / Maldon Library / Mar Dame Stella Rimington DOROTHY L SAYERS LECTURE Witham Library / Aberystwyth University / Mar Robert Thorogood A MEDITATION ON MURDER Wickford Library / Mar Julie Wassmer THE WHITSTABLE PEARL MYSTERY Hadleigh Library / Mar Jon Ronson AN EVENING OF PUBLIC SHAMING Anglia Ruskin University / Mar Liz Trenow THE POPPY FACTORY Anglia Ruskin University / Trinity Square / Manningtree Library / Mar Richard O’Neill STORYTELLING FOR FAMILIES Great Parndon Library / Mar Kate Hamer THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT Manningtree Library / Wharf Road / Hannah Berry GRAPHIC STORIES Anglia Ruskin University / Mark Johnson Wivenhoe Library / Mar Alix Christie GUTENBERG’S APPRENTICE Epping Library / University of Essex Bookings / South Woodham Ferrars Library / Great Parndon Library / TRAVELS IN THE SAHEL Wivenhoe Library / Minories Art Gallery / Shohini Chaudhuri CINEMA OF THE DARK SIDE LTB / Mar Kimberly Chambers PAYBACK Walton Library / University of Essex / Wickford Library / mercurytheatre.co.uk The Last Pier / Mar Simon Toyne SOLOMON CREED Canvey Library / Mar Patrick Gale A PLACE CALLED WINTER Colchester Library / Mar Nicci Gerrard THE TWILIGHT HOUR Braintree Library / University of Essex Venue / Mar SJ Watson SECOND LIFE Maldon Library / Wivenhoe Bookshop / FICTION The Mistley Book Lovers’ Dining Club Cinema / Witham Library / King’s College / HOME DANDY Colchester Arts Centre / Mar Billericay Library / BOOK LOVERS’ DINING CLUB / Mar Jennifer Nadel PRETTY THING Loughton Library / Southend Pier / Cultural Institute / Anglia Ruskin University / Mar Judy Finningan I DO NOT SLEEP Anglia Ruskin University / Lecture Theatre Building / Mar Derek Wilson THE TRAITOR’S MARK Rayleigh Library / Elmer Square / Mar Patrician Press READINGS Wivenhoe Bookshop / Mar Jessie Burton THE MINIATURIST Anglia Ruskin University / Mar Sophie Hannah THE MONOGRAM MURDERS South Woodham Ferrars Library / Walton Library / Mar BIRTH OF THE BOOK Anglia Ruskin University / Mar Ann Morgan READING THE WORLD Chelmsford Library / /
SUNSHINE Cultural Centre / Cultural Institute / King’s College London / Security Service / Belfair’s Wildlife Woodland Centre / University of Essex Venue / Anglia Ruskin University / Cultural Centre / White House / BOOK Anglia Ruskin University / Colchester Arts Centre / 27-Mar MelissaHarrison/KatherineNorburyATHAWTHORNTIME/THEFISHLADDER Belfairs Woodland Centre / University of Essex Bookings / Essex Record’s Office / Aberystwyth University / SEA Cultural Centre / CHARLES COURTLEY Colchester Arts Centre / INTERNATIONAL TWINNING Cultural Centre / University of Essex / LAST PIER Cultural Centre / MINIATURIST Anglia Ruskin University / In association / Centre for Creative Writing / FLOOD County Girls High School / GREAT WAR Essex Record’s Office / /
Person
Sophie Hannah / Lee Rourke / Adrian May / Robert Seymour / Rachel Lichtenstein / Colin Firth / BOBBY MOORE / Philippa Gedge / Nicole Kidman / Elaine Feinstein / Judy Finnigan / Glyn Maxwell / Poole / Agatha Christie / James Cahill / Chris Wilson / John Osborne / Holly Pester / Chris McCully / Angela Livingstone / Will Wiles / Philip Terry / Sainsbury / Andy Serkis / Kerry Hudson / Jonathan Gibbs / Jo Unwin / Kalyani Temmink Trustees Peter Donaldson / Shami Chakrabarti / Elizabeth Kuti / Shohini Chaudhuri / Liz Carlyle / Richard / BRIAN BIRD / Patricia Borlenghi / Karrie Fransman / Germaine Greer Barbara Erskine / Jules Pretty Professor Jules Pretty / Rita Willy Russell Heart / James MacDonald / DOROTHY L. SAYERS / Barbara Erskine Francis Wheen Sylvia Kent / Emma Kittle-Pey / Robert Seymour Robert Seymour / Essex Book / Stephen Collins / Sanja Bahun / Maggi Hambling / Dave / Selfridge / Vinny Butler / Michael Dean / Pam Ayres / Sanja Bahun Jon / Ben Ferguson / Sarah Perry / Mei Williams / Annabel Hobley / Anton Gill / Pamela Cox / Mark Brayley / James Price / Stella Rimington / Julie Wassmer / Ian Davidson / Julie Walters / CHARLES COURTLEY / Charles Courtley Robert Seymour Robert / Alena / Michael Dean Michael Dean / Kelvin Corcoran / Francesca Main / Dick Cheney / Pascale Petit / John Osborne John Osborne / Jo Metson-Scott Disabled / Pat Gaudin Jeremy Lucas James / Ralph Hawkins / William Hogarth / Kelly Hill / Melissa Harrison / Matt Dickinson / Jane Dolby / Kate Hamer / Camilla Shestopal Patrons Germaine Greer / John Hegley / Luke Wright / Kerry Hudson Philip Terry / Anthony Bailey / Greer Barbara Erskine Francis / Michael Caine / Jonathan Swan / Alan Johnson / Samantha Shannon / JOHN BALL / Jessie Burton / Katherine Norbury / Mark Johnson / Photo / Graham Jepson / / /
Position
Ros Green Director / BSL interpreter / Chancellor / Director General / author / iconic comic poet / singer /songwriter / Professor / Bishop / winning author and politician / Editor / professional TV drama writer / acclaimed poet and author / trial lawyer / journalist / original sound poet / musician / / critically acclaimed author / favourite performance poet / comedian / Local historian / Director of Liberty / performance poet / debut writer / internationally bestselling writer / author / curator / artist and lecturer / Radio Head / Detective Inspector / Vice-President / Selected edition representative / wonderful poet and crime writer / judge advocate / artist / writer / author of three non-fiction books / ever popular performance poet / /
1 – 31 March[removed]TALKS & DISCUSSIONS . BOOKS . FILMS . THEATRE . COMEDY . POETRY ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL WELCOME