Siobhan Horner-Galvin tells us what drew her to volunteering at the Felixstowe Book Festival 2024
I’m very excited to be volunteering at the Felixstowe Book Festival this year where I’ll be helping out with the website and author events. As an avid reader and writer myself, I love a book festival, but I’ve only ever been in the audience. Last year at the Edinburgh Book Festival I heard Ali Smith speak about how books can help us connect with each other and it inspired me to get involved with a book festival here in Suffolk, where I live. A friend of mine – also a festival volunteer – suggested the Felixstowe Book Festival. Not only do I get to hear the cry of seagulls and smell the sea, participating as a volunteer here means I’ll meet some local writers and readers so I can become part of a local book community. Hopefully that means we can continue our conversations long after the festival is over. As someone studying creative writing too, like many of us who write, the festival is a great place to swap ideas about stories with other writers, hear from readers and pick up tips and ideas from new and favourite authors. I feel incredibly lucky to have this on my doorstep and I’m looking forward to welcoming you here too.
Siobhan is the co-author of For Better For Worse, For Richer For Poorer (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)