BOOKS: EVENTS
2 Bracknell: poet Sebastian Barker reads in the garden Room at South Hill Park; Sun 10, 12.30pm, pounds 3/pounds 2. 01344 484123
2 London: Jewish Book Week 10-17 March; includes daily book fair (free) at the Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, WC1. With Arnold Wesker, Chaim Potok, Mordechai Richler and Micheline Wandor; most events pounds 3/pounds 2. 0171 435 5008
Rehearsed reading of Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy, followed by a discussion chaired by Jon Snow ; Almeida Theatre, N1; Sun 10, 5pm, pounds 6/pounds 4. 0171 359 4404
International women's poetry festival with Elaine Feinstein, Mimi Khalvati, Shanta Acharya, Patricia Oxley: Jackson's Lane, N6; Sun 10, 7.30pm, pounds 5/pounds 3. 0181 341 4421
Wendy Cope reads at the Almeida, N1; Mon 11, 1.10pm, free. 0171 226 4001
Lyn Innes discusses African fiction and the work of Chinua Achebe at the Voice Box, Royal Festival Hall, SE1; Wed 13, 7.30pm, pounds 4/pounds 2.50. 0171 960 4242
P J Fahy performs songs and poetry for St Patrick's Night: Heather's Cafe-Bistro, 190 Trundley's Rd, SE8; Wed 13, 7.30pm, pounds 7.95 (inc Irish vegetarian buffet). 0171 639 9650
Interactive Book festival on Sat 17 features An Insider's Guide to Getting Published (pounds 15); History: Fact and Fiction (pounds 10); A Mind to Murder (pounds 10); plus readings and signings by Ben Okri, Martin Amis, Fay Weldon and Iain Banks (2-6pm, pounds 10). All in the Addison and Apex rooms at Olympia, W14. 01225 448831
2 Manchester: Irish Festival 10-17 March. Literary events include storytelling, poetry slam, talk on women writers, and a reading by Bernard O'Donoghue. 0161 234 3999
2 St Andrews: Dr Nicholas Roe lectures on Burns and other Romantics, Lower College Hall; Tue 12, 8pm, free. 01334 462666
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