Supper by the Sea with author Oggy Boytchev
As part of our series of Pre Festival events we are delighted to offer the opportunity to have supper at Loca Bar & Restaurant on [...]
Pre Festival Write Away! at Hotel Coco, Felixstowe
You are invited to join us for a day of workshops, talks and a Q&A on writing and publishing hosted by the prestigious boutique Hotel [...]
Join us for a Pre Festival River Trip with authors Nicci French
Join us on the river on board Orwell Lady to hear from the writing partnership of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Focusing on their career, [...]
Felixstowe Book Festival Opening Event - tickets now available!!
Our main festival tickets might not yet be on sale until Wednesday 1st April, however, you can already secure your tickets today for our Opening [...]
Dame Jacqueline Wilson - Picture Imperfect
Millions grew up loving The Illustrated Mum; now find out what happens next in this joyful adult sequel. Dolphin Westward is done with putting everyone [...]
Jay Griffiths How Animals heal Us
Pet-owners and animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal. This book offers the evidence, drawing widely on scientific discoveries, history, and Indigenous knowledge. We meet a [...]
Professor Matei Candea Reason, Carnival and Honour
What does free speech really mean? How does our understanding of it differ around the world? Why does it divide us – and how can [...]
Sarah Perry Death of an Ordinary Man
This is not a book about grief: it is a book about dying, and it is a book about family, and care and love. WINNER [...]
Helen Bain The Daffodil Days
A mesmerising debut novel imagining a pivotal year in the marriage of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes in a small Devonshire town, as brought to [...]
Simon Barnes How to Fly: Taking Wing with Birds, Bats, Insects and Humans
This book brings together all aspects of aerial life- evolution, technology, religion, nature and imagination- in a celebration of the wonders of flight. A unique [...]
Juliet Nicolson The Book of Revelations: Women and Their Secrets From the 1950s to the Present Day
A beautifully written blend of memoir, first-person stories and social history that explores the changing nature of the secrets held by three generations of women. [...]
Professor Anna Whitelock The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain
A panoramic history of the arrival of the Stuarts, and how the reign of King James I saw England reach new corners of the globe. [...]
Patrick Gale Love Lane
When A Place Called Winter’s Harry Cane returns from Canada his arrival triggers unwelcome self-examination for the family he abandoned and for whom he has [...]
Sir Terry Waite KCMG CBE
Our Festival Patron discusses his life’s work. As a British human rights activist and author we are thrilled that Sir Terry is also one of [...]
Katie da Cunha Lewin The Writer's Room: The Hidden Worlds that Shape the Books We Love
The Brontës’ study in the parsonage; Virginia Woolf’s garden room; Maya Angelou writing in hotel rooms and Ernest Hemingway in Parisian cafés- What is it [...]
Sarah Vaughan Based On A True Story
The gripping new suspense novel from the bestselling author of 'Anatomy of a Scandal', A compelling novel about power, money and lies - A lavish [...]
Harriet Tyce Witch Trial
A dark, original and compulsive legal thriller from the bestselling author of Blood Orange which revolves around the death of a teenager in an Edinburgh [...]
Richard Negus Words From The Hedge - A Hedgelayer’s View of the Countryside
A passionate evocation of the history, beauty and importance of our hedgerows, their usage and value for wildlife habitat, nature recovery and biodiversity. Hedges are [...]
Patrick Galbraith Uncommon Ground: Rethinking our relationship with the countryside
Patrick Galbraith takes us on an extraordinary tour of rural Britain, from the Hebrides to Devon, and from Anglo-Saxon England to the present day. To [...]
Susan Owens Constable's Year: An Artist in Changing Seasons
Shaped by the cycle of the natural world, a fresh look at the life and work of John Constable as we celebrate the 250th anniversary [...]
Blake Morrison On Memoir: An A-Z of Life Writing
An exploration of narrative non-fiction, its challenges, ethics and charms, and its power to move and change us. From AI to ethics to politics to [...]
Robin Ince Let the Quiet Ones Rise - poems about standing up and standing out
An hour of stories and poems from our Festival Patron, looking at how to be a better ally, how to fit in the world and [...]
Dr Alison Weir - replacement for Sunday 28th June 3pm - 4pm
Dr Alison Weir will no longer be attending the Festival and unfortunately her cancellation came after our brochure was printed. However, we are delighted to [...]
Mandy Morton Tea at 3 - 'The Tabby in Black'
Join festival favourite Mandy Morton for an afternoon tea as she reads from the latest book in her No2. Feline Detective Agency series. 'The Tabby [...]
Mary-Jane Riley - Beattie Cavendish and the Highland Hideaway
The compelling mystery series is set at the dawn of the Cold War 1949. The Cold War is intensifying and rumours abound that the Russians [...]
Ruth Dugdall The Cate Austin crime series
Cate Austin is a probation officer, juggling the demands of the job with being a single mum. The six-book series, set in and around Felixstowe, [...]
Will Stone Conversations With Rilke by Maurice Betz translated by Will Stone
An intimate portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke's life and art in interwar Paris, which offers unparalleled insight into the creative process of one of the [...]