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 […]

The chance to discover new writers and new windows on the world is why I love book festivals – there’s so much on offer. With many of our more famous writers now sold out, this is the perfect time to branch out. Here are some explosive thriller and crime writers you won’t want to miss […]

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 […]

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 […]

Several events are already fully booked so if you are thinking of buying tickets – don’t wait! Online ticket sales will stop at midnight the day before each event.  After this time you can buy tickets at our cash and cheque only ticket desk at the Orwell Hotel from 8.30 am to 8 pm. Children […]

It is with great sadness that we have to inform you that Mairéad, our Friends coordinator, is no longer with us as she passed away unexpectedly on May 23.  The Felixstowefriends@aol.co.uk email address is therefore currently out of service and any messages to it will not be read. Please direct any communication to Felixstowebookfestival@hotmail.com instead. Mairéad is […]

Hello booklovers! A very happy Friday to you all. As you can see, our theme for this week’s blog is Father’s Day. Throughout literature, fathers are portrayed in starkly differing ways. We have the witty Mr Bennet, or the paradigm of humanity that is Atticus Finch, not to mention the foolish King Lear and the mysterious Lord […]

Calling all David Archer fans! Mr Bentinck won’t be bringing his sister to our festival but Mr Francis Wheen instead. We hope you are all as sad and excited by this news as we are.

STRONG TICKET SALES FOR FELIXSTOWE BOOK FESTIVAL 2018 With a fantastic range of events on offer, festival goers will be inspired by favourite authors at this year’s Felixstowe Book Festival, but with events selling fast, and several already sold out, the festival team is advising fans not to wait to buy tickets – we wouldn’t […]

Now in its sixth year the Felixstowe Book Festival is known as one of the friendliest book festivals. Attracting big names such as Dame Jenni Murray [Stop press – this event has sold out, sorry!], Sir Vince Cable and Damian Le Bas, whose The Stopping Places is current BBC Book of the Week, this hand-picked […]