I’ve recently had the thrill of curating Murder by the Book, an exhibition of crime fiction at Cambridge University Library. The Library holds a stunning collection of rare crime novels across the genre, most in their original dust jackets. Treasures on show include a first edition of The Moonstone displayed alongside Wilkie Collins’s writing desk; […]
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Where I write…
Author Chioma Okereke gives us an exclusive peek into her work space ‘To be honest, I do write across many rooms in the house, but this space has been designated as The Writer’s Room. The soft light and a desk stacked with distractions is actually why I return to this spot to write. Many of […]
Festival author William Shaw reveals the surprising impact a recently diagnosed condition has on his writing
I write a series of books about a very special landscape – Dungeness in Kent. Hopefully it’s always there in the books. Hopefully, too, when people read them, they get sense of what it’s like there, even if they’ve never been. The weird thing is, halfway through writing the series, in which the look of […]
Welcome to our newest festival volunteer!
Siobhan Horner-Galvin tells us what drew her to volunteering at the Felixstowe Book Festival 2024 I’m very excited to be volunteering at the Felixstowe Book Festival this year where I’ll be helping out with the website and author events. As an avid reader and writer myself, I love a book festival, but I’ve only ever […]
Jane Casey at No.1!
Congratulations to this year’s festival speaker Jane Casey for taking the no.1 spot in the Irish Times book charts this week with her thrilling new crime novel A Stranger In The Family. A Stranger In The Family is the 11th instalment of Jane’s award-winning Maeve Kerrigan detective series. Don’t miss Jane – described by […]
Congratulations to our Festival Patron, Terry Waite!
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 […]