Essex Belongs To Us: well, what are Essex writers writing about?

 

Without spilling too many beans (and no names mentioned, we promise), here are just some of the topics we know are fascinating Essex writers this week:

* Arriving in Essex from London two years ago & my family’s mixed fortunes

* When Dan Brown meets Belfairs Park

* The Essex music scene

* A childhood as an Essex farmer’s daughter

* A job travelling throughout the county

* The Thames Estuary

* Memories of a childhood in wartime Southend

* The Peculiar People

* Tom Driberg and Bradwell

* The Essex seaside

* Revolutionary Tolstoyan communities in Wickford

* The Communist vicar in Thaxted

* The South Essex plotlands

* Being a Kinderstransport refugee in Harwich

* Starting and finishing a world journey in Essex

* Finding a home in Essex after persecution

* New Town visions

* Why Towie isn’t all bad

* The Great Bardfield artists, Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden

This is just the tip of the iceberg by the way – we look forward to receiving and hearing about the Essex that belongs to YOU. The deadline is 1 November 2016 and you can find out more about how to enter – and tips on creative writing – at www.essexbelongstous.org  Good luck!