Bake Off's Sandi Toksvig leads star line-up at Primadonna Festival

The Primadonna Festival — a "staycation weekend" which strives to "tackle the current imbalance in the literary and publishing world" — was held at the Museum of East Anglian Life from July 30 to August 1.

The Primadonna Festival was held at the Museum of East Anglian Life (Image: Archant 2021)

Famous faces appeared at events across the weekend - including Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh, restaurant critic Grace Dent and former Great British Bake Off host Sandi Toksvig.

The Primadonna Festival ran from July 30 to August 1 (Image: Archant 2021)

In case that was not enough, the QI host could also be seen driving a traction engine.

Judith Thompson, left, with Linda Kay, centre, and Della Reed, who together worked on the Diaphanous structure with wild flowers for a storytelling corner (Image: Archant 2021)

As part of the Primadonna festival's mission to open up access to the publishing industry, the organisation awards the Primadonna Prize to unsigned and unrepresented new writing talent.

Judith Thompson in the storytelling corner at the Primadonna Festival (Image: Archant 2021)

The prize includes a literary agent and £500.

Dee Fisher and Jos Flynn in steampunk costumes at the Primadonna Festival (Image: Archant 2021)

The event was previously held in Pettaugh in 2019, before being forced online by the pandemic last year.

Sandi Toskvig, centre front, with festival director, Catherine Riley, front left, and museum director, Jenny Cousins, front right. They are pictured with staff members from the museum (Image: Archant 2021)