We are delighted that this year’s Festival, which takes place 25-26 June, with preview events from 11 June, will be a full programme of live events with an exciting line up of speakers.
Our venues will be Harvest House and the Two Sisters Arts Centre as well as one very special event at Felixstowe Museum.
We will also have one online free to view event My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women with some of the contributors joining us from around the world.
We look forward to seeing you all in June.
26 Jun
Neuro divergent workshop - Muriel Moore-Smith
Note: this event was originally listed with Fiona Waterspring as the facilitator. Unfortunately, she had to withdraw due to illness but the workshop will go [...]
26 Jun
Margery Allingham - a Celebration
Margery Allingham is one of our finest and best loved crime writers, hailed by Agatha Christie as 'a shining light'. She was also a remarkable [...]
26 Jun
Sea Sagas of the North - Jules Pretty
Felixstowe Book Festival and Essex Book Festival are teaming up for a special celebration of the publication of writer and environmentalist Jules Pretty's latest book [...]
26 Jun
The Path to Publication
Do you dream of getting published? Whether you are working on a novel, or have a finished manuscript and are ready to pitch, this is [...]
26 Jun
A New Suffolk Garland Published for The Festival of Suffolk and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
A Suffolk Anthology edited by Elizabeth Burke, Dan Franklin, John and Mary James From the art of hedge - laying to the cartoons of Matt, [...]
26 Jun
Nicci French - The Unheard
The latest psychological thriller from husband-and wife-team Sean French and NicciGerrard. When danger is too close to home [...]
26 Jun
How do we write a short story? - Amanda Hodgkinson
'If I'd had more time, I would have written you a Shorter Letter.' (Blaise Pascal) How do we write a short story? How do we [...]
26 Jun
Richard Firth-Godbehere - A Human History of Emotion: How the way we feel Built the World we know
Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, art, and religious history, Richard Firth-Godbehere takes readers on a fascinating and wide [...]
26 Jun
Blake Morrison and The Hosepipe Band - The Ballad of Shingle Street and other Suffolk poems
This is a performance of poetry with music featuring poet and novelist Blake Morrison reading from his collection Shingle Street and other more recent poems [...]
26 Jun
Crafting Fantastic Children's literature characters - Darragh Martin
This workshop focuses on creating original children's literature characters, with a particular focus on middle grade fiction (8-12 y.o) and fantasy. Bring your ideas for [...]