Hello booklovers, It’s not long to go until our festival weekend on the 25th and 26th of June. However if you can’t wait that long we are kicking off the literary festivities early with our launch weekend events on the 11th and 12th of June. Read on to find out more… Martin Newell and the […]
Two tickets left for a cruise on the Orwell Lady with… Terry Waite
Hello booklovers, A sneaky heads up for you – in conjunction with the Felixstowe Book Festival and Orwell Lady river trips, our fantastic festival patron Terry Waite will be holding an event on the Orwell Lady. The great news is that there are two tickets remaining! If you would like to get your mitts on […]
Our 2022 programme is here!
Hello booklovers, We are delighted to bring you our 2022 programme! Taking place over the 25th and 26th of June at Harvest House and the Two Sister’s Art Centre, we are looking forward to meeting some new guests and reuniting with some festival returnees. A mixture of author talks, plays, creative writing and workshops, our […]
Happy New Year and a happy new book club…
Hello book lovers, Wishing you all a happy new year! I hope that 2022 has got off to a good start. If you’re in need of a little lift, we have good news. In February we will be re-launching our book festival book club – we’re looking forward to hosting it (in person, hurrah!) at […]
Christmas Crackers… Nicci French
Hello booklovers, Here we have our final chapter of our Christmas Crackers blog series, giving you some sneak peaks into our 2022 festival. We hope you have enjoyed them and that they’ve given you plenty of bookish food for thought for the coming months. Read on to find out who else will be joining us […]
UoS creative writing collaboration
Hello booklovers, Next up in our Christmas Crackers series, we’re delighted to bring you news of our plans for a University of Suffolk emerging writers day at Two Sisters Art Centre Ring out ye creative writing bells! We are very excited to be hosting an emerging writers day in combination with the University of Suffolk […]
Christmas Crackers… Brian Butterworth
Hello booklovers, It’s time for our next Christmas Cracker, revealing another wonderful guest who will be joining us at our 2022 festival. Read on to find out more… Brian Butterworth – Can Fish Count? Every pet owner thinks their own dog, cat, fish or hamster is a genius. What makes Can Fish Count? so exciting is the way […]
Christmas crackers… Justin Webb
Hello booklovers, Suddenly it’s December and our 2021 festival feels like a lifetime ago. We hope you are enjoying the start of the festive period. Here at FbF we’d like to spread some cheer and give you all some early Christmas presents… in the form of announcing a few of our guests for our 2022 […]
One month to go!
Hello booklovers, One month to go until the 2021 Felixstowe Book Festival, the bookish excitement starts now! We are very much looking forward sharing our wonderful varied programme this year. With some events taking place online and others in person at our fantastic festival location Harvest House, this will be a festival like no other. […]
Book club meeting invitation, May
Hello booklovers, I hope you are all well and getting suitably excited about the 2021 Felixstowe Book Festival – not long to go now! We are holding our latest monthly book club meeting on Monday 24th May at 7.30pm and would be delighted if you would like to join us. This month’s choice is ‘Night […]