Hello booklovers, Congratulations to Sir Terry Waite on being appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael & St George for services to charity. We’re delighted to have Sir Terry join us this Saturday at Felixstowe Book Festival for an evening of words and music. Our Festival Patron Terry Waite once said the good language […]
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2023 Children’s and Teen Festival Highlights – Poetry Please!
Hello booklovers, Our final event in our Young Adult programme will take place on Saturday 24th of June at Felixstowe Library. Join poetry anthologist Ana Sampson to learn about The Hidden History of Women’s Writing. Do you ever look at lists of ‘classic’ books and wonder… where are all the women? Look no further than poetry […]
2023 Children’s and Teen Festival Highlights – Creative and Crafty
Hello booklovers, There is lots on offer for the young makers and do-ers amongst us in our 2023 festival programme for Children and Young People. Along with our brilliant interactive writing workshops already mentioned, we are thrilled to be hosting the Big Library Lego Challenge, suitable for ages 5-14. If you could re-design the inside […]
2023 Children’s and Teen Festival Highlights – Aspiring Authors
Hello booklovers, Do you have a young writer in your family? If so, there is a high chance they will be thoroughly enthused by our festival programme for Children and Young People. For teen writers, local author Ally Aldridge will be sitting down with local bookworm Phoebe Storer to discuss reading and writing the fantasy […]
2023 Children’s and Teen Festival highlights – Rampant Readers
Hello booklovers, We have sessions aplenty at our 2023 festival for Children and Young People that are perfect for young bookworms who like getting stuck into a good novel. We are so pleased to be welcoming young adult author Laura Wood to our festival stage on Saturday 17th June at 1.30pm, for our Tales of Mischief, […]
Festival Funnies – our 2023 Children’s and Teens festival highlights
Hello booklovers, With a week to go until our first festival for Children and Young People since 2019 kicks off, we thought we’d share with you some of the excellent events we have on offer this year. Fancy a giggle? Then you will love our Shifty McGifty session with author Tracey Corderoy and illustrator Steve Lenton on […]