MONDAY oPoetry reading: Paul Muldoon reads from and discusses The End of the Poem: Oxford Lectures, plus his new collection Horse Latitudes. Oxford University Poetry Society.

oBook signing: Ex-Big Brother housemate George Galloway MP launches his new book The Fidel Castro Handbook. 6pm, Borders, Magdalen Street, Oxford, followed by discussion, 8.30pm, Oxford Union, Frewin Court, St Michael's Street (tickets, £3, from Blackwell Customer Services 01865 333623 or email customers.ox@blackwell.co.uk).

THURSDAY oTalk: Sophie Grigson will talk about Vegetables, and will sign copies. 7pm, Mostly Books, Stert Street, Abingdon. Tickets £3, redeemable against a purchase.

oBook signing: Ian Rankin signs copies of his new book The Naming of the Dead. 6.30pm, Borders, Magdalen Street, Oxford.

Talk: Sam Jordison, author of Bad Dates, talks about Love and Hate in the Internet Age. QI Club, Turl Street, Oxford.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 oPoetry reading: An evening of readings from Does Nothing Rhyme With Charlbury (Wychwood Press, £8.99). 7.30pm, Charlbury Memorial Hall.

Details of book-related events can be sent to Maggie Hartford at The Oxford Times, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0EJ, or emailed to maggie.hartford@nqo.com