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UoS creative writing collaboration

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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

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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

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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 […]

Nature Writing: Matt Gaw and James Canton

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Hello booklovers, It is a truth universally acknowledged that many of us have developed a deeper appreciation of the natural world over the past year. We have been observing more, listening more, growing more and thinking more about how we approach our natural surroundings. As we head further into Spring, hopefully with warmer weather round […]

Female Perspectives: Esther Freud, Helen McCarthy, Jojo Moyes, Juliet Nicolson

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Hello booklovers, This week we’ve decided to highlight festival writers who put women and the collective experience of womanhood, at the forefront of their work.  On the 8th of March, we celebrated International Women’s Day. In the same week, women across Britain mourned the murder of Sarah Everard, which triggered an outpouring of personal experiences […]