Catch it while you can (0131-624 5050; www.edbookfest.co.uk).

The Sting in the Tale Festival of Stories, August 20-29

Storytelling in a variety of spectacular locations in Christchurch and east Dorset (01202 639012).

3:AM Party, August 20

The authors Cathi Unsworth and Danny King read from their crime books at the fab litblog’s London Crime-themed summer party at, appropriately, Filthy McNasty’s, Amwell Street, London EC1 (020-7837 6067).

Carolyn Cooper, August 23

Literary prof from the University of the West Indies talks about her latest book, Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large, with Linton Kwesi Johnson at the George Padmore Institute, London N4 (020-7272 4889).

Pawel Huelle, August 23

The Polish author reads from his latest novel, Mercedes- Benz, at the Polish Cultural Institute, Portland Place, London W1 (0870 7742900).

Edmund White, August 24

The bestselling author of A Boy’s Own Story signs copies of and reads from his new novel, My Lives, at the Vanbrugh Theatre, Malet Street, London WC1 (0845 4569876).

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