A Human Library for Essex
Don't Judge a Book by its Cover! Help us bring the Human Library to Essex Book Festival in March, to celebrate diversity in our communities, challenge discrimination and help people connect.
About the Project Creator
Essex Book Festival takes place every March, and is unique - it is the only festival of its kind to take place over a one month period, with over 140 events, hosted by forty venues, across one of the UK's largest and most diverse counties.
The festival, which was set up in 1999 by Essex Libraries, is now an independent charity. It collaborates with a number of local, regional, national and international organisations to fulfil its objectives. Our partners include the county's universities, colleges, schools and educators; local authorities, libraries, prisons and community groups; regional, national and international cultural organisations; publishers, booksellers and literary agents; hotels, tourist attractions and the wider business sector. Partnership is fundamental to everything we do. We believe that the whole is greater than its parts.
Essex Book Festival has grown exponentially over the last three or four years, in terms of its audience reach and breadth of its programming. By extending its activity on multiple levels, transformation, excellence and inclusivity are embedded at the heart of all of our activity.
Our aims are to explore innovative ways of igniting people's passion for the 'book' in all its forms; to nurture and showcase writers and artists at all levels of their careers; to push the boundaries; and create a meaningful legacy for Essex.