RADIO 4 stand-up poet Kate Fox is appearing at the Sefton Celebrates Writing Festival tonight.

Dubbed a “Northern Pam Ayres for the Facebook age”, she brings her new show, 21st Century Fox, to The Civic in Crosby.

Tickets to the event, with includes a Q&A session with the audience and a book signing, are half price for Daily Post readers – £4 (£3 concs) instead of £8 (£6 concs) – on a first come first served basis.

Book on 0151 928 1919 or online at www.seftonarts.co.uk

Away from the festival, there are a few tickets left for an evening with international best-selling author Maggie Stiefvater, whose soon-to-be-released film Shiver is has been billed as the next Twilight.

She will be in Gourmet Coffee, Exchange Flags, Liverpool city centre, on Saturday for a book signing and Q&A session to promote her new book The Scorpio Races.

Tickets are priced £10 and include a copy of The Scorpio Rises from 01704 830130 or 0151 236 5266.