Our 2019 festival was a resounding success thanks to our fabulous speakers and wonderful guests!
Read on for information about the different speakers who took part in the 2019 festival, as well as information about speakers for the children’s events which took place at Felixstowe Library. Enjoy a skim through our rich and varied 2019 festival programme – we hope it will provide you with some literary inspiration!
Starting to Write Later in Life – Pamela Homes/ Sorry, sold out
Launch event: Martin Newell and the Hosepipe Band – Mostly Coasts and Ghosts
Elly Griffiths in conversation with Nicola Upson: Crime Fiction SOLD OUT
Duncan Barrett – Hitler’s British Isles Sorry, this event has sold out
Creative Writing and Performance: Emma Kittle-Pey and Mark Brayley
Lucy Popescu in conversation with Hassan Abdulrazzak – A country to call home
Vintage Tea Party with Mandy Morton – sorry, this event has sold out
Guy Fraser-Sampson and John Nightingale – An evening of Crime
Fizz, Fiction and Facts: Olivia Beirne, Daisy Buchanan, Beth O’Leary
Matt Gaw – The Pull of the River: A Journey into the Wild and Watery Heart of Britain
Nicci Gerrard: What Dementia Teaches us About Love – with Julia Jones
Nature Writing Workshop: Matt Gaw – Sorry, this event has sold out
St Paul’s and the Shard: creating poems from old an new – Alexandra Davis
Jonathan Coe – Middle England – in conversation with Esther Freud
Children’s Events 2019
Felixstowe.docs: A presentation of young people’s writing project with Hayley Long
From Tots to Teens – Panel with G. McClure, P. Goodhart and R. Hayes
A lot of fun was had by all – we can’t wait for the 2020 festival!