#Twitterfiction festival 2014: what you are (and are not) missing
The second Twitter fiction festival is in full swing, but does the social media website's limit of 140 characters inspire good writing?
On my radar: Ruby Wax’s cultural highlights
The comedian and actor talks to Ben Marshall about Breaking Bad, Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem and the magic of Cape Town
Adelaide festival 2014: Saturday 8 March – as it happened
On today’s liveblog: we talk to Batsheva’s Ohad Naharin, report from Womadelaide, hear from festival director David Sefton on the podcast, and bring you video from the Adelaide Biennial. Plus reviews of Blackout, Unsound and Wil Anderson
Hannah Kent: Perth writers’ festival journal – Friday
The festival got off to a flying start with a sharp-witted and articulate opening address from US author Lionel Shriver
Thomas Keneally: ‘I hope no one says Australia was born at Gallipoli’
The Booker-prize winning author is still energised – about the spurious myths of the first world war, ‘racial hysteria’ over asylum seekers and the ‘transcendental joy’ of writing
Imagine festival site takeover!
As the Imagine children's festival gets into full swing for half term, the Imagine children's panel have taken over the Guardian Children's Books site for the weekend
A Long Way Down: Berlin 2014 – first look review
Nick Hornby's bittersweet four-hander about four would-be suicides is recalibrated into a genial, lightweight farce, with a perfectly cast Pierce Brosnan, writes Andrew Pulver
On my radar: Max Richter’s cultural highlights
Composer Max Richter talks to Leah Harper about Zadie Smith, the Edinburgh festival and why he has a soft spot for James Joyce's Ulysses
On my radar: Juliet Stevenson’s cultural highlights
Juliet Stevenson, star of films, stage and TV series such as The Politician's Wife, talks to Leah Harper about poetry, Iranian film and the magic of Mark Twain
Children take over the Southbank Centre for mass sleepover
The Imagine festival is back, putting children and storytelling centre stage on London's South Bank with a line-up of authors including Quentin Blake, Jacqueline Wilson and children's laureate Malorie Blackman
Perth festival: go west art lovers, for sensual reimagining
Shakespeare with puppets, a bouncy castle Stonehenge, and literally ground-breaking dance from China
Forget McDonald’s, it’s time to shout about Rochdale’s cultural heritage
Rochdale Ideas and Literature festival showcases the side of the town that doesn't fit the sneering national stereotype
Comic and graphic novel stars take over Kendal for new festival showcase
Lakes International comic art festival eschews superhero model to give women writers and artists equal billing, writes Laura Sneddon
Arts head: Jane Furze, Cheltenham Literature Festival
The director talks about putting rock stars on stage and why good fundraising is about strong and sustainable partnerships