WHAT A FABULOUS EVENT IT WAS!
In order to wet your appetite for the things to come please feel free to browse the events of 2018 until we are ready to tell you all about the treats in store in 2019.
Click on the events listed below to browse our programme for 2018.
If you want to see what’s on on a specific day please click on the relevant date below, which will give you a list of the relevant events:
You can also search the events by category by clicking on the following links:
Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction
Each event has a ‘Book Here’ button which will transfer you to our sales partner, the fabulous New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich. Any problems please give their box office a ring on 01473 295900. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLINE SALES WILL STOP AT MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE DAY OF EACH EVENT.
ONLINE SALES WILL STOP AT MIDNIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EVENTS. AFTER THIS TIME PLEASE COME ON THE DAY AND BUY YOUR TICKETS AT THE DOOR (subject to availability, cash and cheque only).
You will also be able to buy tickets from a cash-only ticket desk at the Felixstowe Library between 10am and 12 noon every Tuesday.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR 2018
This year we have a fantastic offer to tempt you to try something a little different and new: book at least 5 events and get £ 1 off each ticket. Book 10 or more events and you will even get £ 2 off each ticket!
You can also download a pdf of our programme here
| Date/Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 01/07/2018 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Story Walk in the Wood - Elsbeth Crichton Stuart The Grove Woodlands, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | Making Books with Emily Rowe and Jeni Smith Felixstowe Library – Room at the Top, Felixstowe Suffolk |
| 01/07/2018 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Oggy Boytchev - The Unbeliever Orwell Hotel – Elizabeth Suite, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | An introduction to Storytelling - with Elly Crichton Stuart The Orwell Hotel – Furneaux Suite, Felixstowe Suffolk |
| 01/07/2018 10:45 am - 11:45 am | Ilan Zvi Baron - How to Save Politics in a Post Truth Era Orwell Hotel – His Lordship’s Library, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Ernest Seaman V.C - Ruth Dugdall Felixstowe Museum, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Nick Arnold's Horrible Science Lab - sold out Felixstowe Library, Felixstowe Suffolk |
| 01/07/2018 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | A House Full of Daughters - Juliet Nicolson in conversation with Esther Freud Orwell Hotel – Elizabeth Suite, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Containment - Richard o'Neill Shipping Container – Beachside Events Area, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Pirates and Smugglers: Peninsular Pyrates - Living History Company Town Hall Gardens, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm | Iain Maitland and Humphrey Hawksley- Two very different thrillers.... Orwell Hotel – His Lordship’s Library, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Nikesh Shukla - The One Who Wrote Destiny - CANCELLED The Orwell Hotel – Furneaux Suite, Felixstowe Suffolk |
| 01/07/2018 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Containment - Richard o'Neill Shipping Container – Beachside Events Area, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Felixstowe Community Choir at the Pier Felixstowe Pier, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mark Billingham - The Killing Habit (Tom Thorne) Orwell Hotel – Elizabeth Suite, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Liz Trenow - In Love and War - Sold out Orwell Hotel – His Lordship’s Library, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Containment - Richard o'Neill Shipping Container – Beachside Events Area, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Julie Welch - Too Marvellous for Words - Sold out The Orwell Hotel – Furneaux Suite, Felixstowe Suffolk |
| 01/07/2018 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Wham! Bam! Pow! - Happy Birthday to the Beano! Felixstowe Library – Children’s section, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Containment - Richard o'Neill Shipping Container – Beachside Events Area, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Michael Pennington - King Lear in Brooklyn Orwell Hotel – Elizabeth Suite, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Pop up Storytelling! Beach Hut 22 near The Spa Pavillion, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Humphrey Hawksley - Asian Waters: The Strategy of Chinese Expansion and the Struggle of the South China Sea The Orwell Hotel – Furneaux Suite, Felixstowe Suffolk |
| 01/07/2018 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Quentin Bates with Barbara Nadel: Crime Writing as a Window of the World Orwell Hotel – His Lordship’s Library, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Blake Morrison - The Executor Orwell Hotel – Elizabeth Suite, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Flash Fiction Workshop The Orwell Hotel – Furneaux Suite, Felixstowe Suffolk |
| 01/07/2018 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm | Simon Scarrow with Elizabeth Chadwick - Day of the Caesars and Templar Silks Orwell Hotel – His Lordship’s Library, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Alexandra Davis and Emily Hasler - Coming Home, making Home: Poetry and Place Orwell Hotel – His Lordship’s Library, Felixstowe |
| 01/07/2018 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Victoria Bacon - Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer - with Louis de Bernière Orwell Hotel – Elizabeth Suite, Felixstowe |
Please note, buying a ticket affirms your consent to the possible photographing of yourself as a member of the audience. If you have any objection, please contact a book festival volunteer before the event you are attending.
We reserve the right to make changes to the programme due to circumstances beyond our control.
