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 […]
Something a little different…
Hello Booklovers, We always like to bring you events that are a little bit different and this year is no exception. Firstly, we have acclaimed artist Maggi Hambling coming to Felixstowe for a special festival preview event. Maggi will be talking about her recent book Touch which explores her works on paper. Join us at […]
New voices, fresh perspectives, firm favourites
This year we have an exciting day of events in the Furneaux Suite on the Sunday of the Festival. These have been curated by novelists and local residents Jeanette Hewitt and Ruth Dugdall. Who better to tell us more than the lovely Jeanette… We have a hand selected day of events to look forward to […]
ALL TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!
It’s the day you’ve all been eagerly waiting for… That’s right, ALL OF OUR 2017 TICKETS ARE ON SALE FROM 10am TODAY! Simply head over to the Programme Page and scroll through the pages of events or filter them by category. The Wolsey Theatre is once again our ticket provider and so clicking on the ‘Book […]
Fifth Festival Fiction Highlights
Hello Booklovers, We can hardly believe that 2017 will be our fifth festival. From the early stages of planning we were determined to make this our best year yet (and we had such fun with our fabulous speakers over the last four years this was not an easy task!) We hope you’ll all agree that […]
New voices, fresh perspectives, firm favourites ON SALE – including competition entry!
Hello Booklovers, Our Sunday events in the Furneaux Suite are now on sale*! We are calling this fabulous selection of intimate events ‘New voices, fresh perspectives, firm favourites’. They are a diverse mix that explore some interesting topics and bring to light some exciting new talent from the local area and further afield. The highlight of […]
Tickets on sale to Festival Friends
Hello Booklovers, Our July tickets have now been exclusively on sale to Festival Friends since Friday 7th April. This is just one of the little perks we like to treat our Friends to. Do pop over to this page on our website to find out more about becoming a Friend. You may have seen some […]