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Thursday 6 June

Richard Burton Theatre at Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama, Cardiff £12 (£10) 029 2039 1391
The United Reform Church, Lutterworth Phone for prices 01455 203307
Manchester Jewish Museum £15 adv booking required 0161 834 9879
The Allen Gallery, Alton £4 inc refreshments 01420 82802
The Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington £1.50 01805 624624
Gallery Cafe at Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple £10; £8 adv (Children £5 under 25s; £5 under 25s; £5 under 25s) 01271 324242
Gosling Room at Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, London N6 Free 020 8340 3343
Topping & Co Booksellers, Bath £7; £6 adv 01225 428111
The Centre, Barnet £7 01707 335420
Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow £5 0141 357 4000

Part of West End Festival.

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Friday 7 June

Althorp, Northampton £15 Day Ticket (up to four events) £40, Two Day Ticket (up to four events each day) £65, Three Day Tickets (up to four events each day) £95 01604 770107
Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11 Phone for prices 020 7223 2223
Waterstones, Brighton Free 01273 206017
Clore Gamelan Room at LSO St Luke's, London EC1V Free, booking essential 020 7638 8891
Theatre Bar at Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Free 024 7652 4524
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes Free 01908 676900/558307
Room 12 at The National Gallery, London WC2N Free 020 7747 2885
BP Lecture Theatre at British Museum, London WC1B £5 adv booking required (£3 adv booking required; £3 adv booking required) 020 7323 8299
Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre at Victoria & Albert Museum, London SW7 £9 adv booking required (£6 adv booking required) 020 7942 2000
Simon Oldfield Gallery, London W1K Prices to be confirmed 020 7404 0884

This week it's Roshi Fernando, author of Homesick and shortlister for the EFG Sunday Times Short Story Prize, 2011.

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Westminster Abbey, London SW1P Free 020 7222 5152
Leicester Square Theatre, London WC2H £10 (£8) 0844 873 3433
The Limelight, Belfast £15 028 9032 5968
Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11 £5 7.15pm; £5 020 7223 2223
Rudolf Steiner House, London NW1 £3.50 (£1) 020 7723 4400
Galeri Caernarfon £10 (£8) 01286 685222
Studio Theatre at Norden Farm Centre For The Arts, Maidenhead £13 (£11) 01628 788997
Octagon Theatre, Yeovil £22 (£20.50; £19) 01935 422884
Darwin Suite at Derby Assembly Rooms £15 (£13) 01332 255800
Colston Hall, Bristol £18.50 0117 922 3686

With support from Keith Allen's Grow Up, Simon Day, Thea Gilmore and Mike Garry.

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Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh £8 (£6) 0131 556 9579
St Swithin's Church, Bath Prices to be confirmed
Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, Cobham £15 inc glass of wine 0870 084 2020
Topping & Co Booksellers, Bath £7; £6 adv 01225 428111
Artrix, Bromsgrove £12 ( £6) 01527 577330
Small World Centre, Cardigan £12.50 01239 615952
Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, Glasgow Free 0141 357 4524
Cafe Oto, London E8 £8; £7 adv 020 7923 1231
Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11 Inc tea, donations welcome 020 7223 2223
Gateshead Central Library Free 0191 433 8420
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Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow Free 0141 357 4000

Part of West End Festival.

Saturday 8 June

Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11 Phone for prices 020 7223 2223
Simon Oldfield Gallery, London W1K Prices to be confirmed 020 7404 0884

This week it's Roshi Fernando, author of Homesick and shortlister for the EFG Sunday Times Short Story Prize, 2011.

Studio at Rose Theatre, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk £4 (£2) 01695 584480
Leicester Square Theatre, London WC2H £10 (£8) 0844 873 3433
Port O'Leith, Edinburgh £5 (£4; Children free)

Part of Leith Festival.

Derby Theatre £12 01332 255800
Galeri Caernarfon £10 (£8) 01286 685222
Beck Theatre, Hayes £20 (£19) 020 8561 8371
Theatre Royal, Wakefield £20 01924 211311
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