Book signing Archives - Essex Book Festival http://essexbookfestival.org.uk/tag/book-signing/ 28 May -28 June 2026 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 07:22:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 Winter Books http://35.176.91.154/winter-books/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 07:22:33 +0000 http://essexbookfestival.org.uk/?p=10943 Head to the glorious Layer Marney Tower to hear four very different authors discuss their very different books. Topics covered are the bright and beautiful Duke of Buckingham, the implications of getting dressed in the 21st Century; Ronald Blythe, a Chronicler of English Rural Life; the surprising connections between Jane Austen and George Eliot. This... Read more »

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This is an opportunity to meet the authors, ask them questions, hear their discussions and talk about their researches.

16 November 2025 | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

10.30am Lucy Hughes Hallett
The Scapegoat: The brief and brilliant life of The Duke of Buckingham

12 noon Rebecca Willis
Life and Death and getting dressed

Lunch
Bring a picnic or visit our Tearoom where there will be homemade soup and rolls, Cornish pasties, tray bake as well as drinks, coffee and tea

2pm Edward Whitley
Jane Austen and George Eliot: The Lady and the Radical

3.30pm Ian Collins
Blythe Spirit: The remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe

Tickets are available for individual events or there is a delicious discount to encourage you to go along for the whole day!

Find out more and book tickets at layermarneytower.co.uk/events/winter-books/

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