Still time to enjoy Warwick literature festival

Organisers decided to celebrate the festival’s tenth anniversary by publishing a compilation of selected short stories and poems penned by children and adults who entered a competition held earlier this year.

On Saturday festival patron and well-known scriptwriter Andrew Davies joined them at St Nicholas church in Warwick to launch the book and the nine-day event, which goes on until Sunday and has so far featured high profile figures including Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, bestselling writer Pam Ayres, war reporter Martin Bell and historian and BBC presenter Melvynn Bragg.

Highlights this weekend include Walking with the Wounded, a talk by some of the war-wounded amputees who journeyed to the North Pole (Bridge House Theatre, tonight 8pm); The King’s Speech, an afternoon with Mark Logue, grandson of King George’s speech therapist Lionel Logue, and writer Peter Conradi, who will talk about the true story behind the Oscar-winning film (Bridge House Theatre, tomorrow 1.30pm); and An Evening With Stuart Maconie, the UK’s best-selling travel writer (Bridge House Theatre, Sunday 7.30pm).

There may still be tickets available. Call 776438 or go online.