BOOKS / Events

The Poets Live festival continues at Cambridge with Paul Durcan & Roger McGough (today, 8pm, ADC Theatre), Ken Smith & Lavinia Greenlaw (Mon 28 March, 8pm, The Boathouse Pub) & Roger McGough (Mon, 8pm, Angles Centre, Wisbech). 0223-356838.

Peter Didsbury and W N Herbert read their poems at The South Bank, Tues 29 March, 7.30pm, The Voice Box, Royal Festival Hall, London SE1, 071-928 8800. pounds 2.50 (conc pounds 1.50).

Is This the American Century? Tom Paulin, Jo Shapcott and others consider the impact of American writing on UK poetry, Tues 29 March, 7.30pm, at the ICA, The Mall, London SW1, 071- 930 3647. pounds 5.50 (conc pounds 4.50).

Dily Rose reads from her short story collection Our Lady of the Pickpockets, Wed 30 March, 7.30pm, at The Voice Box, Royal Festival Hall, London SE1, 071-928 8800. pounds 2.50 (conc pounds 1.50).

A dialogue on Steinbeck between his wife Elaine Steinbeck and his biographer Jay Parini, Wed 30 March, 6pm, National Theatre, London SE1, 071- 928 2252. pounds 3.50 (conc pounds 2).

The Poets on Poets series continues with Simon Armitage on Robert Lowell and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill on John Berryman, Thur 31 March, 7.45pm, at The Hawth, Hawth Ave, Crawley, 0293-553636. pounds 3.50 (conc pounds 3.00).