Jackie Kay
Time: 10.30 am
Venue: Scarborough Library Concert Hall
Running Time: 60 minutes
Price: £6

Brighten your day with Jackie Kay MBE! This humorous Scottish poet is tipped to be the first female Poet Laureate. She has published prize-winning collections of poetry for adults and children. Her first novel, Trumpet, won numerous awards including the Guardian Fiction Prize. This warm and witty performer will touch the parts other poets cannot reach!

Literary Lunch with Victoria Glendinning
Time: 12 noon
Venue: The Crescent Hotel, Scarborough
Running Time: 2½ hours
Price: £17.50

We are delighted to welcome biographer and novelist, Victoria Glendinning. This accomplished writer's work has ranged from studies of Edith Sitwell to Vita Sackville-West. Her new book Love's Civil War is an exposé of the love letters between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and her Canadian lover Charles Ritchie. An event to make your taste buds tingle! A ticket for this event includes a 3 course lunch with coffee/tea to follow. Please be seated by 11-45 am.

Thrilled to meet… Lee Child, David Hewson and Graham Hurley hosted by Peter Guttridge
Time: 12 noon
Venue: Scarborough Library Concert Hall
Running Time: 60 minutes
Price: £7

Lee was born in Coventry and after studying law, he pursued a successful career in television as a presentation director until he was fired at the age of 40. Lee decided to take up writing and his first Jack Reacher novel Killing Floor was an immediate success. His novel Gone Tomorrow is the latest in this best selling series. Don't miss this rare chance to see Lee on tour. David has created a much-loved Italian Detective character, Nic Costa. Dante's Numbers is the seventh novel in the atmospheric and addictive Rome series. His first four thrillers set in Rome and Venice have now sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. Graham spent 20 happy years in TV as an award winning documentary director before turning to writing. He has written thrillers and non fiction as well as his best selling crime novels featuring the enigmatic DI Joe Faraday. Graham's latest book featuring Faraday is No Lovelier Death.

Kate Atkinson hosted by Peter Guttridge
Time:3.30 pm
Venue: Scarborough Library Concert Hall
Running Time: 60 minutes
Price: £6

Your Friday afternoon must-see! Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Kate has written novels and short stories and her success continues within the crime genre. Her fans will be familiar with private investigator Jackson Brodie who first appeared in 2004. This critically acclaimed series continues with When Will There Be Good News? Come and listen to Kate in conversation with Peter Guttridge and learn more about this talented author. Peter Guttridge is a novelist, teacher and the Observer's crime critic. We are delighted to welcome him to the festival.

Partners in Crime… Simon Kernick and Stuart Pawson hosted by Peter Guttridge
Time: 5.30 pm
Venue: Scarborough Library Concert Hall
Running Time: 60 minutes
Price: £7

The research for Simon's novels is what makes them so authentic. He is the author of Relentless, the biggest thriller of 2007. This novel was selected as a Richard and Judy Summer Read. He is a regular reviewer on the Simon Mayo book show on Radio 5 Live. Former mining engineer and probation officer Stuart is now a full time writer. Grief Encounters is number twelve in his series featuring happy-go-lucky Detective Inspector Charlie Priest. Stuart lives in Yorkshire and when not hunched over his computer likes nothing more than tramping across the moors that form a backdrop to his stories.

On the Obama Campaign Trail Author Niall Stanage in conversation with Peter Guttridge
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Scarborough Library Concert Hall
Running Time: 60 minutes
Price: £5

Niall Stanage was the only Irish journalist - and one of only a handful of non-US journalists - to travel on board Obama's campaign jet. Redemption Song draws on his experiences covering the Obama campaign from its earliest days through to its historic conclusion, and also includes interviews with Obama's closest advisor and oldest friends. Come along to this Friday night scoop and experience a unique 'take' on Obama and American politics. Ticket includes complimentary glass of wine.