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Hello booklovers,

It’s not long to go until our festival weekend on the 25th and 26th of June. However if you can’t wait that long we are kicking off the literary festivities early with our launch weekend events on the 11th and 12th of June. Read on to find out more…

Martin Newell and the Hosepipe Band, Saturday 11 June 2022, 7-9pm 

Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band return to the Felixstowe Book Festival with new offerings as well as poems and music that have proved popular with audiences in previous years.

New pieces include The Professor’s Garden, a quartet of poems celebrating the seasons, as well as the affectionate New Elizabethans a poem in which Martin reminds us what ordinary life was like when the Queen first came to the throne.

Ticketing information can be found here: Ticketing information can be found here: https://felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/events/martin-newell-and-the-hosepipe-band-2

Michael Pennington, In My Own Footsteps, Sunday 12 June, 7-8pm (Felixstowe Book Festival in association with Black and White productions)

Michael has been working as an actor and director for the past 57 years. He is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company and co-founded the English Shakespeare Company. He will be performing readings from his memoir which he says will be “generally funny, unexpected and full of heroes of the past – Paul Scofield, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, as well of my generation”.

Tickets for this event can be booked at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/two-sisters-arts-centre

Hope to see you there!

Bookish best,

The Felixstowe Book Festival Team x

 

Hello booklovers,

A sneaky heads up for you – in conjunction with the Felixstowe Book Festival and Orwell Lady river trips, our fantastic festival patron Terry Waite will be holding an event on the Orwell Lady. The great news is that there are two tickets remaining! If you would like to get your mitts on these remaining tickets, follow the link here: https://orwelllady.co.uk/terry-waite-event/

Hurry, as they won’t be there for long!

Bookish best,

The FbF Team x

Hello book lovers,

Wishing you all a happy new year! I hope that 2022 has got off to a good start. If you’re in need of a little lift, we have good news. In February we will be re-launching our book festival book club – we’re looking forward to hosting it (in person, hurrah!) at the wonderful Cuppa Cafe.

Our first meeting will take place on Wednesday 23rd February. Come along to Cuppa Cafe from 7pm for a 7.30 start. Our first read of 2022 is Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley. This intelligent and tightly written novel centres on the lives of two couples who are lifelong friends navigating the trials and tribulations of late middle age. Vividly drawn characters, relatable events and astute observations of human behaviour make for an absorbing read.

You can get hold of a copy through the Suffolk Libraries catalogue or head to our brilliant local bookshops, Treasure Chest Books and Stillwater Books, if you wish to purchase a copy.

Please note that we have limited places to attend so to book your spot please email fbfbookclub@gmail.com.

We do hope you can join us!
Bookish best,

The Felixstowe Book Festival Team

 

Hello booklovers,

Here we have our final chapter of our Christmas Crackers blog series, giving you some sneak peaks into our 2022 festival. We hope you have enjoyed them and that they’ve given you plenty of bookish food for thought for the coming months. Read on to find out who else will be joining us next year…

We are so pleased to welcoming Nicci French, aka Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, back to our festival. They will be stopping by our seaside festival to discuss their latest novel, The Unheard. 

In this exciting thriller we meet Tess, a single mother whose young daughter Poppy is the centre of her world. However when Tess discovers some disturbing images in Poppy’s drawings she starts to fear that her daughter has witnessed a terrifying and disturbing event…

Sounds fantastic – we can’t wait to see Nicci and Sean again for what promises to be a fascinating discussion.

And that’s a wrap (for those who have yet to clad any prezzies please do pardon the pun…) Wishing you all a very merry and peaceful Christmas and we will look forward to seeing you in 2022.

Yuletide wishes,

The Felixstowe Book Festival Team x

 

Hello booklovers,

It’s time for our next Christmas Cracker, revealing another wonderful guest who will be joining us at our 2022 festival. Read on to find out more…

Brian Butterworth – Can Fish Count?

Every pet owner thinks their own dog, cat, fish or hamster is a genius. What makes Can Fish Count? so exciting is the way it unveils just how widespread intelligence is in nature.

We can’t wait to meet cognitive psychologist Brian Butterworth as he discusses the intelligence of our animals. In this fascinating book he explores how seemingly ‘simple’ creatures – like bees who can count fence posts and trees – use numbers to make their way in the world. A paw-fect event for any pet-lovers out there…

Festive wishes,

The Felixstowe Book Festival Team x