Monthly Bookish Blog

Hello booklovers, The moment we have all been waiting for has arrived! The 2019 Felixstowe Book Festival is officially underway! After a barnstorming success with the fabulous Prue Leith last night, the festival weekend is now your oyster. We have a weekend ahead crammed FULL of creative writing workshops for young and old, non fiction […]

The internet ticket booking line will close on Friday, 28 June at 4 pm. For most events you will be able to buy tickets at the venues (Orwell Hotel & Library, depending on event location) in person (subject to availability, cash & cheque only please). Events that have sold out already are marked as such […]

Hello booklovers, Today, Thursday 27th June, is the first day of the 2019 Felixstowe Book Festival! Not to be outdone by another famous festival also happening this weekend in deepest Somerset, our thriving, varied and fascinating programme more than competes! We hope you have enjoyed our ‘Don’t miss’ blog series, building up to the festival […]

Hello booklovers, One more sleep until the 2019 Felixstowe Book festival – tomorrow sees our first festival event hit the stage at the Orwell Hotel. We are unbelievably excited here at festival HQ and we can’t wait to see you all again over the festival weekend. Over the past week we have been treating you […]

Hello booklovers, Not long until our first festival event! Have you got all your tickets booked yet? We have such a variety of events on offer, from workshops to chats about fiction and poetry, to discussions of non fiction, and much, much more. I hope today’s ‘Don’t miss…’ blog post will inspire you further. On […]

Hello booklovers, I hope you all had a brilliant weekend. Less than a week to go now until our fabulous festival weekend, how time flies. So much to look forward to! We have a treat in stall for our younger readers today. Who likes buried treasure? Who is interested in our local history? Anyone have […]