The Felixstowe Book Festival is a celebration of “Books by the Sea”.
Authors and audiences love this festival’s unique intimate, welcoming atmosphere. They appreciate the chance to combine a weekend packed with author events with seafood suppers, walks along the prom with its colourful beach huts (said to be the oldest in the country), a wander in the award winning seafront gardens and even a bracing swim.
Author events are followed by book signings and the chance to meet a favourite author. There’s a mix of genres, fiction, non fiction and poetry and events for children. You can meet very well known, award winning fiction authors and also get the chance to discover debut writers. We are joined by experts who can talk knowledgeably and absorbingly about the environment, politics, history, science, art, economics and more.
Tickets will also be available at Felixstowe Library, between 10am and noon, every Thursday commencing 10th April. Cash only
Please note the events may switch between rooms at Harvest House to help us cope with demand.
Over our festival weekend our friends at Two Sisters Arts Centre will offer these events:
Friday 27th June 7.30pm
AN EVENING OF POETRY and MUSIC featuring singer/songwriter and self confessed bibliophile Paul Armfield, prolific local author Virginia Betts and guest poets.
Tickets £12 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/two-sisters-arts-centre
Saturday 28th 7.30pm
DB INFUSION – a dynamic, high energy instrumental band which blends jazz rock fusion with elements from Latin, Flamenco, Classical, Middle Eastern and African music to produce a rich, melodic and highly original sound.
Tickets £15/£13 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/two-sisters-arts-centre
Ferry across the water for more festival delights…
Our friends at Essex Book festival are presenting a wide variety of book-related events throughout the month of June. Catch the ferry to see what they are offering in Harwich on 28th May as part of the national Beach of Dreams project www.essexbookfestival.org.uk