This year we’ll be treated to guest interviewer and author Wendy Jones chairing an event with fellow writer Blake Morrison. Here Wendy shares five top tips for ensuring a book event goes smoothly It’s quite scary to interview a writer, one you are probably in awe of, in front of an audience of paying people, […]
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How I Write
Blog editor Louise Millar asks Suffolk author Mary-Jane Riley about the difference between writing contemporary and historic thrillers, and to show us around her writing desk Mary-Jane, your first four novels are contemporary thrillers set in East Anglia. What led you to write a new mystery series set in the 1940s, starring undercover intelligence offer […]
Behind the scenes of the Felixstowe Book Festival
Each spring, festival brochures and posters with stunning colour-block images appear in businesses around town, heralding the new programme of events. Louise Millar asks artist Rebecca Pymar about the process of creating her beautiful artwork Rebecca, can you tell us, how you started designing for the Felixstowe Book Festival? ‘A lady connected to the festival […]
The book that changed me
Festival blog editor Louise Millar on Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams, the novella that fixed her writer’s block and returned her to the joy of reading As the author of four published crime novels, to experience severe writer’s block, suddenly, in the middle of book five, felt like a nightmare. How did it happen? Unforeseen, traumatic […]
Felixstowe Book Festival Opening Event!!!!
Our main festival tickets might not yet be on sale until Wednesday 1st April, but you can already secure your tickets today for our Opening Event on: Friday 26th June from 7.30pm Venue: Two Sisters Arts Centre, High Rd, Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe IP11 0SP Scenes from a Life features poems from Blake Morrison’s Afterburn […]
Announcing our first Pre Festival Event in May with Nicci French
This year we’ve again teamed up with the rather splendid Orwell Lady River Trips. In May, ahead of the main festival in June, you have the chance to immerse yourself in the picturesque Suffolk countryside. We are inviting you to journey along the River Orwell, one of England’s most beautiful and historic rivers. Hop onboard […]