As we start preparations for this year’s 2026 festival, Louise Millar asks three festival regulars how our exciting local event has changed their lives Stephen Amer sound engineer ‘The Felixstowe Book Festival means a great deal to me, both professionally and personally. ‘My role at the festival is to provide sound for the Palm Room […]
Happy Christmas from Luxembourg!
Festival author Ruth Dugdall takes us on a special Christmas visit back to the location that inspired her relaunched Cate Austin crime series I hadn’t been to a Christmas market until I moved to Luxembourg with my husband and two children and we fully embraced the tradition of drinking warm Gluhwein (or hot chocolate for […]
Welcome to our 2025 festival!
The sun is out, excitement is mounting, and nerves increasing, as, after nine months of work, the Felixstowe Book Festival committee prepares to launch our 2025 festival, with the support of our fabulous team of volunteers. Publicist Stephanie Mackentyre, sponsor manager Kerry Addison and festival director Meg Reid tell blog editor Louise Millar about the […]
Trump, tariffs and deglobalisation
Will a diminishing inter-dependence between countries lead to new security and peace – or does isolationism create new dangers? Economics expert Ben Chu, formerly of BBC’s Newsnight and The Independent, brings that discussion, and his fascinating new book ‘Exile Economics’, to this year’s festival. Here, he gives us an exclusive extract The election of Donald […]
Where I Write
Author Nicola Upson tells Stephanie Mackentyre about her writing set-up – and the precious object on her desk that belonged to PD James ‘I’m lucky, in that I split my time between Cambridge and Cornwall, so I have two really lovely backdrops to write against. ‘In Cornwall, it’s the sound of the sea and […]
Why I Wrote This Book
Monica Feria-Tinta is the English Bar response to David Attenborough. He broadcasts about the natural world, she is saving it case by case. Monica tells us what inspired her to write A Barrister For The Earth, which is featured at this year’s festival ‘I’ve been a barrister at the Bar of England & Wales since […]