WriteNight

Does your family share particular words, phrases or sayings that only you know?

Join Colchester WriteNight and fabulous local writer Clare Shaw to discuss writing family, and have a go at writing activities using your own family conversations as prompts…

Everyone is welcome to come along to talk and write with us on Monday 22 June 7-9pm 🤗

*pic is 4 generations of Shaw mothers and daughters!

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Are you a local content creator who loves books, culture, or just a great day out in Essex? 📚🤳
We're offering a limited number of complimentary tickets for selected events across the festival programme. If you'd like to come and experience what Essex Book Festival has to offer, we'd love to hear from you – drop us a DM and we'll be in touch.

Essex Writers House 2026 is here - Writing Routes!

This year’s Essex Writers House celebrates the messy and circuitous paths writers take. It highlights the challenges and surprises they encounter, from global political contexts and rejection to the friendships and collaborations that shape and champion their work.

Follow our guest writers, poets and creatives as they take you on a journey into the Essex landscape along the estuary mudflats, coastline, footpaths and into the wilderness.

Here's the full list of Essex Writers House events taking place across June in South Essex: https://bit.ly/4uz2LtU

Image credit: Mark Massey

ID: Chalkwell Hall in Chalkwell Park with ‘Essex Writers House’ overlaid in the top corner, with the dates of the programme and the Metal logo.

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