Hello booklovers, The optimism of recent announcements is certainly brightening the festival mood. A few weeks ago we announced news of our 2021 programme which will be a mix of socially distanced events at the Orwell Hotel Felixstowe and live-streamed events from authors living rooms to yours! This gives us a very exciting international element […]

Hello booklovers, I’m not really sure what defines a love poem. Typically, I suppose we think of Shakespeare sonnets, or Keats or Byron or Shelley. Red roses and Summer days. Hearts torn out or hearts given. Contemporary poets seek to subvert the romantics. Carol Ann Duffy gives ‘an onion’ as a representation of her love, […]

Hello booklovers, We are delighted to bring you some more exciting news for the new year – in March we will be launching our brand new book club. Last year we said a fond farewell to Ruth and Liz who did a brilliant job of hosting our first foray into the world of virtual meetings. […]

Hello booklovers, We are thrilled to announce that our 2021 festival, celebrating books by the sea, will be going ahead over the weekend of the 25-27th of June. This year’s festival will be a mix of socially distanced author events to be held at the Orwell Hotel and a separate online programme of live streamed events where authors will be […]

Today we take you back to the Felixstowe Book Festival of 2017, with a wonderful mix of fiction and non-fiction. Enjoy… Chains of Sand by Jemma Wayne Jemma Wayne’s ground breaking second novel Chains of Sand is set between London and Israel amidst the turmoil of war. The novel is driven by the powerful love […]

Next stop in our From the Archives blog tour, we head back to the 2016 Felixstowe Book Festival, a feast of interesting and unusual works which might spark your appetite today. Hollie McNish – Cherry Pie This 2015 collection by McNeish includes her poem ‘Mathematics’ which became a viral hit on YouTube, receiving 1.9 million […]

We’re spending the next few weeks looking back to previous festivals (with more than a hint of nostalgia for normal life!) in order to celebrate the wonderful guests who have graced our stage in the past and their brilliant works. This week we have compiled the works of some of our guests from our 2015. […]

Hello booklovers, It’s January again… the decorations are back in the loft and its is highly likely that some of us are wolfing down some beautiful new books received for Christmas. In light of the latest lockdown announcement, perhaps you are looking for some fresh literary inspiration. We have delved into our archives to cherry […]

Hello booklovers, It’s Christmas Eve! Sending you all lots of love and bookish thoughts during yet more odd times. I’m sure we’ll all agree that great solace has been found in reading this year – I intend to embrace this further going into the new year. I’m currently tingling in anticipation of which books may […]

Hello booklovers, Today we bring you our last instalment in our Comfort and Joy Christmas blog series. We do hope you have enjoyed the bookish insights from authors and other festival folk over the past few weeks and that it has brought some festive cheer into your December. Today we round off with the Christmas […]