THE BALTIC

30 JULY-11 AUGUST 2010: THE MARCO POLO

Five talks on a cruise of the Baltic from Tilbury via the Kiel Canal - Erskine Childers, be my guide.

EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL

14 - 30 AUGUST 2010

I'll be chairing:

SATURDAY 14 AUGUST: 11am IAN GLYNN; 2.30pm ALLAN BROWN

SUNDAY 15 AUGUST: 11am PHILIP BALL; 2.30pm JAKE ARNOTT & PHILIP BARUTH

MONDAY 16 AUGUST: 4pm MICHAEL DILLON & FRANCIS PIKE; 6.30pm IAN BLAIR

TUESDAY 17 AUGUST: 6.45pm JIM BAGGOTT

WEDNESDAY 18 AUGUST: 6pm OLGA TOKARCZUK

THURSDAY 19 AUGUST: 2pm ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH & MARK VERNON; 4pm JOHN HOLLOWAY & DAVID SMITH; 6.45pm SJ PARRIS & ANNABEL LYON

SATURDAY 21 AUGUST: 12.30PM MATTHEW KELLY & JEN WONG

SUNDAY 22 AUGUST: 11am MAGGIE HUMM & LESLEY MCDOWELL; 7.30pm JAMES MILLER & OLGA SLAVNIKOVA

MONDAY 23 AUGUST: 11am GWYNNE DYAS; 2.30pm BRIAN DILLON; 7.30pm ALEX CAPUS & CARSTEN JENSEN

TUESDAY 24 AUGUST: 12noon NORMAN DRUMMOND

WEDNESDAY 25 AUGUST: 3pm MARK BILLINGHAM

THURSDAY 26 AUGUST: 2.30PM RACHEL POLONSKY & FRANCIS SPUFFORD; 5.00pm OLIVER CHITTENDEN; 8pm JOHN SIMPSON

FRIDAY 27 AUGUST: 2.30pm PHILIP GOLUB & OSCAR GUARDIOLA-RIVERA

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST: 12.30pm HA-JOON CHANG & ANATOLE KALETSKY; 4pm FRANK CLOSE & IAN SEMPLE; 6.45pm MICHAEL RIDPATH & MARTIN WALKER

SUNDAY 29 AUGUST: 12 noon MATT RIDLEY & STUART SIM

READING CRIME FESTIVAL

17-19 SEPTEMBER 2010

Friday 17 September 12.30pm:

CLASSIC CRIME with BARRY FORSHAW, JILL PATON WALSH, DAVID ROBERTS, NICOLA UPSON

Saturday 18 September 4.00pm:

COMEDY CRIME with M C BEATON, MIKE RIPLEY, CHRISTOPHER FOWLER, MALCOLM PRYCE

CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL

8-17 OCTOBER 2010

This just in – the events I’m booked to do in Cheltenham.

Friday 8 October: 3.15pm chairing Heroes of War - Michael Ashcroft, Nigel Steel

Saturday 9 October: 2pm Fantastic Fictions - Alberto Manguel, China Miéville, Maggie Gee

8pm Classic Chills - Nicholas Royle, Martin Jarvis, Andrew Lycett

Sunday 10 October 4pm How was it for you? - Simon Hoggart, Lembit Oepik, Peter Hennessy, Emily Maitlis & Nick Robinson

8pm Quentin Letts & Lembit Oepik

Tuesday 12 October: 6.30pm GCHQ in Focus - David Pepper, Sir David Omand & Richard Aldrich

Wednesday 13 October : 12 noon The Forgotten Highlander - Alistair Urquhart (To be confirmed)

Thursday 14 October: 8.45pm Jo Nesbo & Stuart MacBride

Friday 15 October: 7pm - Ann Cleeves & Andrea Maria Schenkel

Saturday 16 October: 10-1pm Crime Writing Workshop – moi

8.45pm Chris Evans

Sunday 17 October: 6pm Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci

8pm Stephen Frears & Posy Simmonds

GUILDFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL

15-24 OCTOBER 2010

Chairing details to follow but so far:

TUESDAY 19 OCTOBER: 8.30pm PETER JAMES