Southend

Book a free desk in our Attic Studio and take some time to focus on your work. You are guaranteed a changing view across the Estuary too. Writers Hot Desks […]

Book a Wild Desk - A unique, outdoor writing spot set up in our garden area, away from digital distractions. Wild Writers Hot Desks 10am - 5pm every weekday, 01 […]

Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Dean Atta. We are offering free 1:1 sessions […]

Come and be part of The Kinetic Audio Band's Art + Sound Literacy Salon as we create… Sonic Chapbooks #1: Routes (A Work In Progress) A three-part art, sound and […]

Dive into storytelling tips online and unleash your creativity with writing, voice, and imagination with Victoria Nwankpa. Join us online for a fun and inspiring session all about the magic […]

Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Saira Niazi. We are offering free 1:1 sessions […]

Discover Southend through a different lens on this social neighbourhood wandering. Beginning at Southend Forum and heading towards Southchurch Park, this guided walk invites you to explore the area’s hidden […]

Join artist, writer, fossil hunter, and Port of London Authority (PLA) licensed mudlark J. R. Carpenter with local Essex based artist Sylak Ravenspine for an intertidal walking and writing workshop in the Thames Estuary. As we move between high and […]

Come along to one of our artist advice and support sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Lora Aziz We are offering free 1:1 sessions […]

Join artist Lora Aziz exploring the Prittlewell Greenway through landscape, observation and language. How can we pull inspiration from the backstreet places and welcome in wonders we might pass every […]

Discover the many ways of Essex with a screening of ‘The Essex Ways’, a feature length documentary by filmmaker Thomas Winward. The film follows Essex-born storyteller James Lawrence on an epic 400km walking journey […]

Walk and Explore Prittlewell Greenway with Lora Aziz 20 June Prittlewell Greenway Free (spaces are limited)   Book your ticket HERE    Join artist Lora Aziz exploring the Prittlewell Greenway through landscape, observation and language. […]

Join James Lawrence, AKA Man About Country, for a special guided walk around Canvey Wick, one of Essex’s (and England’s) most fascinating nature reserves. In this brownfield rainforest you’ll discover wildlife, hear stories from over […]

Come along to one of our artist advice sessions for artists, with the Metal Southend team and special guest writer Camilla Balshaw. We are offering free 1:1 sessions for writers, […]

Join us for an evening with the National Centre for Writing’s Escalator Writers E. Abdeni-Holman and Boakye D. Alpha, in conversation with award-winning author Camilla Balshaw about writing and the […]

We’re shining a spotlight on Southend’s coastal stories as part of A Poet in Every Port – a national initiative celebrating the UK’s diverse dialects and languages, marking Southbank Centre’s […]

We’re shining a spotlight on Southend’s coastal stories as part of A Poet in Every Port – a national initiative celebrating the UK’s diverse dialects and languages, marking Southbank Centre’s […]

Mercury Creatives have teamed up with Metal Southend and are using our space at Chalkwell Hall as their Southend hub! Check out one of their upcoming events below. Mercury Creatives […]

Mercury Creatives have teamed up with Metal Southend and are using our space at Chalkwell Hall as their Southend hub! Check out one of their upcoming events below. Join us […]