 | Sat 20, 10am-4pm: Pulp.Net Story Cafe Take a break from the whirl of the festival to write a one-page story. Prizes galore. Free to enter, all ages. Time estimate: from 20 minutes to two hours. October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, WC1N 3AL |
 | Sat 20,11.30am-12.30: Nii Ayikwei Parkes: storytelling Nii’s session for children and adults combines a Ghanaian storytelling with a participatory session. Nii’s poetry and stories are widely published and he is an experienced workshop leader. Mary Ward Centre, 42 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AQ |
 | Sat 20, 5pm-6pm: Lane Ashfeldt & Disinformation Live reading with sounds, in collaboration with sound art project Disinformation, of Lane’s story ‘Dancing on Canvey’. The Artworkers Guild, 6 Queen’s Square, London WC1N 3AR |
 | Sat 20, 6pm-7pm: Katy Darby and Alan McCormick Local writers’ and actors’ collective Liars League presents actors readings new stories by Katy and Alan. The Lamb, 94 Lamb’s Conduit Street, WC1N 3LZ (upstairs) |
 | Sunday 21, 1pm-2pm: Shaun Levin (repeats 3pm) Shaun Levin reads 'Mark Gertler in 13 sketches, his prizewinning story about a Jewish artist on the periphery of the Bloomsbury Set, Mark Gertler. Start times 1pm and 3pm. Gay’s the Word, 66 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AB |
 | Sunday 21, 2.30pm, Short story prizegiving Festival director Roma Backhouse and author Linda Leatherbarrow read one-page pieces written by the public in the Story Cafe, and present awards to winners of the Pulp Net Bloomsbury Prize. Brunswick Square, the Marquee Bloomsbury Festival is from 19-21 October 2007. |