Hello booklovers, It’s the seventh of December already! Behind today’s Advent door we have one of our most beautiful and much loved carols, ‘Silent Night’. Our wonderful committee member and festival volunteer Hannah offers a literary twist on this peaceful tune. Hannah writes… ‘Silent Night has always been a favourite carol of mine. Its beauty […]
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A carol a day… December 6th
Hello booklovers, On day 6 of Advent we turn to a more traditional and perhaps lesser known carol. Visitor to the book festival Andrew has chosen to write about a carol from his childhood, ‘Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar’. Andrew writes… ‘Back in the dark and distant seventies a new science teacher arrived at […]
A carol a day… December 5th
Hello booklovers, Today we are giving you something a little different! Anna, another fantastic committee member, presents us with Sir Paul McCartney’s festive hit ‘Pipes of Peace’. Whilst always a favourite in Anna’s family, the link between the song and the centenary of the end of the First World War makes ‘Pipes of Peace’ is […]
A carol a day… December 4th
Hello booklovers, I very much hope that you are enjoying the musical treats brought to you by our ‘carol a day’ advent calendar. Our contribution for December the 4th comes from another brilliant member of the Felixstowe Book Festival committee, Birgit, who has picked ‘O Christmas Tree’ as her choice of carol. Birgit writes… ‘Over […]
A carol a day… December 3rd
Hello booklovers, On day three of our advent celebration we have Viv, another fab committee member, bringing us ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’. Viv writes… ‘This is a Christmas song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane for the 1944 movie ‘Meet me in St Louis’. Judy Garland sings the song to her young […]
A carol a day… December 2nd
Hello booklovers, Today marks my own contribution to our advent calendar, my festive choice being ‘The Sussex Carol’. ‘On Christmas Night all Christians sing…’ When I was small, a favourite Christmas film of mine was an animation of The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter, which I would annually watch with my grandma. The film starts with […]