This is a section for any kind of literature where Canvey Island is written about as fact or a work of fiction. Whether a novel, comics, verse, historical, diaries or letters. These can be a great source of information particularly the ones from the 19th and early 20th century, a great deal can be learnt from them, they are just like old pictures.
Canvey Island in the 1920's
The original article by Fred McCave was published in 1977
The Land God gave to Canvey
4000 Acres of Canvey Island
The changing village
Canvey's transition is an object lesson
The Worlds End
Published in Essex Countryside January 1967
The 'Sketch' Sept. 13, 1893
in its 'Small Talk' column had this to say about Canvey:
Fiction
Novels etc that have their setting on Canvey Island
Directories
Post office, Pigots, Kellys and White's Directories
Verse
Printed matter about Canvey Island in verse