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Multi award-winning and best-selling author, Festival Patron and University of Essex Chancellor, Sarah Perry, will be launching this year's festival. Talking to our Essex Book Festival Chair, Peter Donaldson, about her highly anticipated new novel, Enlightenment. Join us for this very special opening event celebrating both the 25th edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th anniversary of University of Essex.

This event will include an audience Q&A. After the event there will be an opportunity to get your book signed by the author.

Part of our This Land: Launch Day events on Saturday 1st June at University of Essex. Join us for a day of talks, performances, debates, walks and workshops to mark the 25th Edition of Essex Book Festival and the 60th Anniversary of University of Essex.

Venue: Essex Business School, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ
Tickets: £10 / £8 concessions (Students, Under 27s and Unwaged)
Box Office: essexbookfestival.org.uk or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948

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Closet train station is the Hythe which is a short walk or bus ride from Campus. There is also the 74 bus from Colchester Town

Sarah Perry, Enlightenment: Author Event

Type:Literary Event

University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Wivenhoe Park Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ
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