Essex Writers House is back this June 2025 – and it’s bigger, bolder, and bursting with creative opportunities.
Throughout June, Metal Southend will become a home for Essex writers to share, forge ideas, make connections, gossip, read and write.
Packed with an inspiring lineup of events including wild swimming, wild hot desks, estuary mud walks, writing walks, film screenings, open advice sessions and collaborative co-writing spaces.
Come write, connect, and get muddy with us.
Writers’ Hot Desks – Atmospheric attic room desks with spectacular views across the estuary to Kent never cease to provide inspiration for writers needing space to shape their ideas. Book a desk to carve out time for yourself away from the distractions of everyday life.
Wild Writing Desk – A special writer’s desk will be outdoors in a secluded area of Chalkwell Park. This is the perfect environment for those who love to write immersed in nature. Southend weather permitting.
Co-Working & Shared Spaces, Open Advice Sessions, Meet Our Resident Writers, Plus special events just announced:
How to Approach an Island: Walking the Broomway with Helen Galliano of Arbonauts - 8 June
Write Around The Island: A Day of Estuary Exploration – 16 June
Find Your Writing Community with National Centre for Writing – 18 June
Wild Write + Swim: Sense the Estuary with Angenita Teekens – in partnership with the Federation of Essex Women’s Institutes – 21 June
Creative/Critical Writing- Live Art Writers Network with performingborders – 25 June
Plus more!