Hello booklovers! We find ourselves in mid-October – conkers coat the ground, the evenings are noticeably drawing in and the trees are glowing. Autumn is my favourite season – it is a time to make soup, feed the birds and go for long blustery walks with the reward of a large cup of tea at […]
The best of 2018: a look back to the Felixstowe Book Festival
Hello booklovers! We’re back after the summer break, refreshed and ready to get started on the preparations for our 2019 festival. What a lo-o-ong, glorious summer! Despite being a sun baby, I am whole-heartedly welcoming the sight of orange leaves appearing on the trees and the hint of a chilly breeze in the air. Keep […]
Festival Throwback: Our Volunteers
Hello booklovers, Still feeling deflated post-festival weekend? How about a little reminder of the brilliant set of volunteers who make the whole event possible… We pride ourselves in being a volunteer led festival. Everything – from being involved in the main committee, to taking tickets on the door or selling them to our visitors, to […]
Festival throwback: Stillwater Books
Hello booklovers, So here it is, the first promised post taking you back to our wonderful festival weekend 2018. I don’t know about you, but when I wasn’t helping out at the fantastic array of children’s events at Felixstowe Library I was to be found skulking in a Golumn-like fashion around the book stall, unable […]
And that’s a wrap!
Hello booklovers! I think it is safe to say that the Felixstowe Book Festival 2018 was a barn-storming success! Our multiple stages have been graced with fascinating members of the literary community and we are hugely grateful to them all. We are also so very lucky with our wonderful guests – a huge thank you […]
Returning guests and news of festival favourites: Damian le Bas
Hello booklovers, Only one sleep left until the Felixstowe Book Festival weekend 2018! After months of preparations, it is almost here – I hope you are all ready for a weekend packed out with literary delights. It has been a pleasure over the past week being reunited with returning festival guests, including Mandy Morton, Liz […]
Returning guests and news of festival favourites: Liz Trenow
Hello booklovers! Would I be terribly British in saying that I am just a little bit too hot and am praying for some rain soon? Probably, but with good reason! As glorious as the weather has been recently, it is not so fun when you are crammed into the office and stuck in traffic all the way […]
Returning guests and news of festival favourites: Imagine That Publishing and Arty Mouse
Hello booklovers, Tuesday is almost behind us, we’re almost half way through the week. Only one more sleep until our first festival event – how the time has flown! As part of our Returning guests and festival favourites series, I am delighted to be featuring guests who are returning to the Felixstowe Book Festival in the […]
Returning guests and news of festival favourites: Oggy Boytchev
Hello booklovers, Happy Monday! It is now a matter of days until our first event of the 2018 Felixstowe Book Festival: we can’t wait to chat with Amanda Craig and Salley Vickers on Wednesday! This week we are treating you to some nuggets of information about some of our returning festival favourites, as well as […]
Returning guests and news of festival favourites: Mandy Morton
Hello booklovers! The excitement is palpable, the festival is nearly here! This time next week we will be in full swing! Have you booked your tickets yet? Check out our final ticket details via this link: https://felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/5107/secure-your-tickets-now We are extremely lucky at the Felixstowe Book Festival to have a very loyal set of festival visitors, volunteers […]
