Monthly Bookish Blog

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 […]

Hello booklovers, Advent has arrived, as has the Felixstowe Book Festival advent calendar… let the excitement commence! To begin our ‘carol-a-day’ celebrations, Jan, one of our wonderful committee members, brings us In the Bleak Midwinter.  Jan writes… In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan Earth stood hard as iron Water like a stone Snow had […]

Hello booklovers, The season to be jolly and joyous is nearly upon us. I don’t know about you, but I am certainly thinking “Where on earth did November go?!”. When I reflect on what reminds me of Christmas I am always drawn to two things: books and music. Every year on the first of December […]

Hello booklovers, The fourth Thursday in November has arrived and it is time to wish our friends across the pond a very happy Thanksgiving! A North American holiday, Thanksgiving has come to symbolise the importance of home and the importance of family, marked by the preparation and consumption of a rather delicious meal. Thanksgiving has […]

Hello-ooooooo booklovers, October the 31st has arrived. Across the nation pumpkins will be carved, bonfires lit and sweets distributed to small visiting witches and wizards and other such spooky folk. According to folklore, Halloween is the night where the barrier between the supernatural world and the land of the living is at its thinnest – […]

Hello booklovers! We find ourselves in mid-October – conkers coat the ground, the evenings are noticeably drawing in and the trees are glowing. Autumn is my favourite season – it is a time to make soup, feed the birds and go for long blustery walks with the reward of a large cup of tea at […]