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A book that demands to be read...

Festival Director Ros Green always says that the mark of a good book for her is a book that wakes her up in the middle of the night demanding to be read. These are far and few between, however, one book that recently refused to be put down was James Canton's Grounded.

When James, author of The Oak Papers, walked into Suffolk's Lindsey Chapel, it was the beginning of what would become a new journey in his life. Standing inside the quaint chapel, he realised that his past city yearnings had been replaced by an intense desire to understand the place he now called "home", a burning curiosity about the past and the spiritual ways and belief of the people who came before us.

The excellent news is that James will be sharing his journey as part of our special The Pleasure Garden day at Hylands House on Sunday 18th June.  You might like to join us for that one! As Peter Wohlleben, author of the Hidden Life of Trees writes, "Canton's writing has an exquisite, somewhat dreamlike quality".

Win Tickets to James Canton, Grounded We can offer two free places at James Canton, Grounded for the first person to email us with the phrase: "History and meaning is encoded into the lands and places we live." Email the phrase to hello@essexbookfestival.org.uk.

Book Tickets for The Pleasure Garden day events