We’re delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Book Trail is Felicity Moore! Well done Felicity, we hope you enjoy your detective book prize š
And a wonderful time was had by all!
Hello Booklovers, What a wonderful weekend it was! There’s four of us on the social media team and we hardly saw each other over the weekend because there was so much fun to be had. Here’s a little bit from a couple of us to give you a taste of all that Felixstowe Book Festival […]
5 Questions with Martin Newell
On Friday our fifth festival kicks off with a top-tapping evening of poetry and music from Martin Newell and the Hosepipe Band. Martin joins us to answer our five, five-themed questions… 1. What can we expect from your event? The rather ‘old timey’ and evocative experience of an author performing reading two balladic poems, accompanied […]
5 minutes with Stella Duffy
Novelist Stella Duffy joins us for a 5 minute preview ahead of her festival appearance… What can we expect from your event? I usually talk a bit, read a bit, answer questions a bit. Given the different work I do, as a writer, a theatre maker, and the co-director of Fun Palaces, Iām always interested […]
Not long to go now!
Hello Booklovers, Only a week to go! Have you got your tickets yet? Now is definitely the time to do so as they are selling like hotcakes this year. Stella Rimington is just a few tickets away from selling out and all tickets for our Teddy Bear’s Picnic with Jane Hissey have now gone. Sadly […]
5 Questions with Richard T Kelly
Richard T Kelly joins us to answer our five, five-themed questions… 1. What can we expect from your event? Passion, insight and argument about the biggest issues facing the country right this very minute. The Knives is a novel about the dramas and moral dilemmas of politics, and these affect all our lives, whether we […]
Where the fun happens…
Hello Booklovers young and…erm… not so young! This week we have had the spotlight on our young people’s programme and haven’t we got some treats in store for you all this year. I say all because lots of these events have such broad appeal – after all, age is just a number! The Book Trail […]
5 Questions with Top That Publishing
Top That Publishing are joining us for two fabulous events this festival. Come along to their free, drop-in arts and crafts session on Saturday morning and then learn about writing and publishing picture books on Sunday morning. Dan Graham from Top That kindly answered our five, five-themed questions… 1. What can we expect from your […]
5 Questions with Piers Torday and A.F. Harrold
Did you know the Festival is five years old this year? We can’t believe how quickly it’s gone either! To celebrate we’ve been asking our authors five, five-themed questions. As we’re focussing on our young people’s events this week, it’s a perfect opportunity to share answers from junior fiction authors Piers Torday and A.F. Harrold… […]
Competition updates!
We know many of you will be on tenterhooks waiting to find out the results of our adult and children’s short story competitions, so here’s a little update… Yesterday Ruth Dugdall and Jeanette Hewitt met to judge the first round of the Short Story competition. They had both read all entries independently, then met at […]