Which literary novels should daredevil film directors adapt next?
John Dugdale: The same daredevil spirit that has informed many an apparently insane film or TV version over the past decade has seen adaptations of literary novels
Art of fear: which are the best books inspired by the second world war?
Sam Jordison: As a weekend of talks and music at the Southbank Centre explores our cultural debt to the 1940s conflict, we ask which other great works were born on the battlefield
Stuart: A Life Backwards adaptation to launch new Edinburgh venue at Fringe
Staging of Alexander Masters' award-winning debut novel to premiere at new 200-seat Underbelly theatre Topside
Tony Harrison to headline Leeds literature festival the Big Bookend
Celebration of city's cultural heritage will ask the question: where is Leeds 25 years after Harrison's poem V?
Was Stephen King right to hate Stanley Kubrick’s Shining?
Hollywood has always played fast and loose with novels – risking the author's wrath by changing plot and characters. Joe Dunthorne looks back on some memorable film cheats
What to see: Lyn Gardner’s theatre tips
Lyn Gardner: Simon Callow plays Jesus in Belfast, the National Theatre of Scotland's Black Watch marches back to Glasgow, and the Spill festival makes a splash in London
The Rest Is Noise festival explores American literature 1900-1950
Sam Jordison: The Southbank Centre's festival of music turns its thoughts to the great American writers of the early 20th-century. Who would you include on an ideal programme?
Nottingham travel tips: Southwell, good for Lord Byron bad for Charles I
Southwell Minster commands the view in this Nottinghamshire town but it also features a rich artistic and historical heritage
Adelaide festival 2013: week one
The Adelaide festival is in full swing. Join us to learn about key events and to meet all the writers, musicians and performers. Get a flavour of what people are talking about and tell us what you think
Manchester International Festival: Shelley, Macbeth and Massive Attack
Biennial festival's premieres include Maxine Peake reciting The Masque of Anarchy and Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare role
Brighton festival 2013 takes off, with Michael Rosen at helm
Programme for May's three-week arts celebration – released today – will feature Emil and the Detectives, Judith Kerr and Michael Rosen's orchestral work for kids, The Great Enormo
Tuning up for the Adelaide festival – the Edinburgh of Australia
David Sefton, Adelaide's new artistic director, was hired to overhaul its programming. And he started by reuniting one of his favourite bands: industrial stalwarts Severed Heads. Interview by Alison Rourke