Author: Suzanne Hawkes

Orwell Writers Cosy Crime Workshop

Sun 25th June 2023 10:00AM to 4:30PM

A fun and informal all day workshop exploring the cosy crime genre, with specific focus on Agatha Christie. We will provide the resources and ideas for you to release your inner Agatha. Your imagination and devious thinking/problem solving skills will produce a satisfying solution to a given crime/mystery. Suitable for new and experienced writers alike. Do come and join us!
Hot drinks are available to purchase. Bring your own lunch.

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Simon Loxley A Geography of Horror

Simon Loxley A Geography of Horror

Saturday 24th June 2023 3:30pm – 4:30pm

A Geography of Horror examines how M R James’s ghost stories make use of the Suffolk landscape. His influence on the genre of supernatural fiction is colossal and can still be felt today in films, television and books. A major Suffolk writer, his work was strongest when he drew upon the county that he loved and knew so well. Simon Loxley will trace the footsteps of James’ characters as they find secrets in old books, unearth strange treasures, open

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Slow Puncture: Living Well with Dementia

Slow Puncture: Living Well with Dementia

Saturday 24 Jun 2023, 10:30AM – 11:30AM

Peter Berry was diagnosed with early onset dementia eight years ago, when he was fifty. Before his diagnosis, Peter ran a successful timber business. He and Deb Bunt have written two books about his experience. When he’s not delivering presentations, Peter spends his days cycling around the Suffolk countryside, being the embodiment of his own doctrine of living well with dementia. Deb is a retired family practitioner.

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Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band

Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band

Friday 23 June 2023 7pm
Martin Newell and The Hosepipe Band return to Felixstowe Book Festival with new offerings as well as poems and music that have proved popular with audiences in previous years.
In 2009, Martin Newell was commissioned to cover the station hoardings at Colchester Hythe Station with poetry about the area – the city’s former ‘engine room’ – with its rich industrial past. This year, for the first time, he’ll be performing some of the poems live as part of the Hosepipe Band’s current show.

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Rob Barratt – Afternoon Comedy Improv workshop & Evening Gig

Rob Barratt – Afternoon Comedy Improv workshop & Evening Gig

Sat 3 Jun 2023, 3pm & 7:30pm
An afternoon of comedy improv with an experienced performer – and then an evening of comedy from the man himself
Rob Barrett is a Dudley-born comic poet and singer from North Cornwall who writes all his own material. His act combines clever word-play with satire, verse, song and audience participation. He deals with such important topics as second homes, squid, distressed furniture, data-driven education, Neanderthal politics and my relationship with potatoes but beneath the humour serious issues lurk. Recommended 16+.

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The Matt Carter Octet

The Matt Carter Octet

Friday 2 June 7:30pm
The Matt Carter Octet is one of the most exciting young bands on today’s jazz scene. They’re on an album launch tour of the UK, and will be bringing music from their new album Read Between the Lines to Two Sisters Arts Centre for one night only!  The album was recorded at Livingstone Studios in north London in 2022, after a successful UK wide tour last summer. Now completed, they’ll play all ten tracks in their entirety as well as other material from their expanding repertoire.

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