Rebecca Solnit, June 19
The author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost discusses walking as man’s first mode of transport, at the ICA, London SW1 (020-7930 3647; www.ica.org.uk).
Althorp Literary Festival, June 17-18
Debates, talks and readings with authors such as Roger McGough and Simon Schama, at Althorp, Northamptonshire (01604 770107; www.althorp.com).
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The Word, June 17-18
Two days of readings, storytelling and workshops, with authors such as Jacqueline Wilson and Ian Beck, at the Polka Theatre, London SW1 (020-8543 4888; www.polkatheatre.com).
Poetry, June 21
David Constantine, Colette Bryce, Christopher Reid and Melissa Range read from their work in the gallery at Foyles, London WC2 (0870 4202600; www.foyles.co.uk).
Will Self, June 22,
talks about his novel The Book of Dave (see review) at the Battersea Arts Centre, London SW1 (020-7223 6557; www.bac.org.uk).
Scottish PEN, June 24
Zoë Strachan and Alison Miller discuss their writing and highlight the work of Scottish PEN, at Hillhead Library, Glasgow (0141-339 7223).
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The Taming of the Shrew, until September
An outdoors production of the Shakespearean comedy at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, London NW1 (08700 601811; www.openairtheatre.org).