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Whatever your reading style, there’s a feast of books, authors and reading to soak up at upcoming literary festivals and events in Yorkshire

Our books editor Zoe West gives us her favourite picks for the month

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue: Roy Harper . Since the mid-60s, the progressive folk singer-songwriter has enjoyed a successful solo career that’s also found him collaborating with everyone from Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel to Kate Bush and Ian Anderson. But he’s never quite reached the commercial heights of his peers. As his Final Tour: Part Two fast approaches, he looks back over highlights from his career so far and teases a brand-new album.

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Best books… Thomasina Miers

Crime authors can be a solitary lot, hiding away like hedgehogs, plotting murder and mayhem in the shadows. So when they get together and drink is taken, it can get a little crazy. (Though some crime