Books: Events

Kicking daffodils: a weekend festival of women's poetry with Michele Roberts, Jackie Kay, Eavan Boland and Jean Binta Breeeze; ends today at Oxford Brookes University and the Pegasus Theatre, Magdalen Road, Oxford. All information: 0865-483570.

Scottish writer Liz Lochhead begins a series of readings and conversations with Francis Donnelly in Suffolk: Tues 12 April in Bungay; Weds 13 April in Haverhill; Thurs 14 April in Lowestoft. All at 7.30pm; pounds 2.50. Information: 0379-75345

Alan Jenkins reads his poems at the Turret Bookshop, London WC2; Tues 12 April; 7pm.

A Bit of Lip: live events by Northern writers continue at venues throughout Newcastle, including Ten Years of 'Panurge', at Morden Tower, Back Stowell St, on Fri 15 April at 8pm; pounds 2 (concs pounds 1). Details from 091-281 7701.

Stephen Fry in London: at Victoria Station, Wed 13 April, 6.30pm; at Bell's Bookshop, Putney, 14 April, 6.30pm; at Dillons, King's Road, 15 April, 7pm.

Fatal Attraction: Fear and Fiction is a new season at the South Bank - Brian Moore and Tim Krabbe read on Mon 11 April at 7.30pm; Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London SW1. pounds 6 (concs pounds 3.50). 071-928 8800.