Watch this space! For the month of June, Metal Southend will be inviting you to be part of the sixth edition of Essex Writers House, a much-loved strand of Essex Book Festival. 

Hosted at Chalkwell Hall in Southend on Sea, this programme will be a great chance to engage with interesting stories and to meet readers, writers and creative thinkers from across the county. 

Learn more about all these events and book tickets via the links below:

Writers Hot Desks – Book here

Weekly Wednesday Storytime Picnic with Jacqson Diego – Book here

RLF Reading Round with Syd Moore – Book here

One Side Only – Book here

Radical Pilgrimage: The Saffron Trail with Lora Aziz – Book here

Words In Chalk – Book here

Finding Your Roots with Words In Chalk (for 12-18 year olds) – Book here 

Placemaking Poetics with Fieldnotes – Book here

Telling Personal Stories for Screen with Essex Film Collective and George Morgan – Book here

Lucky Dip – Book here

A launch celebration of ‘How to be a French Girl‘ by Rose Cleary – Book here