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SUMMARY:Radical Islands Launch - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Radical Islands Launch\nJoin us for an event like no other – take a boat trip to the Packing Shed at Mersea Island\, a unique piece of our Essex heritage and join two fascinating talks. There will also be an opportunity to explore the small island and Packing Shed building\, ask the authors questions and get books signed. Ticket includes both author talks and boat crossings to and from the island.\n\nThis event is sold out. If you are interested in attending but don't have a ticket please contact tickets@mercurytheatre.co.uk to be added to the waiting list. We will then let you know if a ticket becomes available.\nSunday 01 June\, 2.30pm – 5.30pm\nVenue: The Packing Shed\, West Mersea\, Colchester\, CO5 8PA\nTickets: £20\, includes both talks and boat crossing to and from the Packing Shed\nBox Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948\n \n\n\n\nKen Worpole - The Bulwark Shore\n\n\nThe Essex coastline is one of the longest of England’s seashores\, with many distinctive islands\, some playing a key defensive role in wartime\, while others have provided sanctuaries for wildlife and long-standing residential settlements with rich histories. In Brightening from the East: Essays on landscape and memory (2025)\, writer Ken Worpole details the unique contribution the Essex islands have made to modern notions of ‘Englishness’\, not only in landscape character but also in the 20th century story of environmental and social change.\n\nOrder a copy of Brightening from the East by Ken Worpole at bookshop.org\n\n \nJules Pretty – Sea Sagas of the North\n\n\nThe isles of Essex once were hilltops. Then glaciers and ice-sheets melted\, and the sea rose up. At that time\, the North Sea was a wide dry plain called Doggerland. The Sky People roamed with all the herds. What happened when they became the first climate migrants\, forced to flee in small boats? In Sea Sagas of the North\, Jules Pretty uses story and saga to explore how the Essex archipelago came to be\, and how the Sky People were welcomed with kindness at the shore.\n\nOrder a copy of Sea Sagas of the North by Jules Pretty at bookshop.org\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n 
URL:http://35.176.91.154/event/radical-islands-launch/
LOCATION:West Mersea\, Colchester\, Essex\, CO5 8PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:History,Radical Islands,SOLD OUT!
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