The Edinburgh International Book Festival is staging an event featuring one of the world's leading novelists, Kazuo Ishiguro.
On March 5, Ishiguro will be in Edinburgh to talk about his first novel in ten years, The Buried Giant.
The event is being held at the Royal Lyceum Theatre on March 5.
The story follows "Axl and Beatrice as they journey across a land of mist and rain in the hope of finding the son they have not seen for years."
Ishiguro's seven previous books have been translated into over forty languages.
The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go were adapted into highly acclaimed films.
The event takes place at 5.15pm.
www.lyceum.org.uk/whats-on
Jack Docherty's Radio 4 sitcom, Stop/Start, is set to debut on television as part of the BBC Comedy Playhouse Brand.
After two series' on Radio 4, BBC One have commissioned a TV pilot of the sitcom from BBC Scotland's Comedy Department.
The live studio recording takes place on March 12 in BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay Studios in Glasgow.
Writer Jack Docherty also stars in the sitcom about three marriages in various stages of disrepair.
The show has been commissioned by Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning and Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One.
If you are interested in being a part of the audience for the TV recording, it is advised to apply via the BBC's web portal here.
www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/stop_start_12mar15
Scottish opera is launching KidO after the success of BabyO and Sensory O, their successful productions for babies and toddlers.
KidO is for an audience of 3 and 4 year olds.
The show features a mix of live singing, opera and specially written music, using vocal and body percussion to create rhythms and build up words.
It is directed by children's theatre director Lu Kemp, with music by Katy Lavinia Cooper.
The performers are Frances Morrison-Allen, Stuart Semple and Andrew McTaggart.
The first performance is at The Newlands Centre, Peebleshire on March 15 at 2pm.
www.scottishopera.org.uk
A concert of jazz, folk, classical and Scottish music will be held from 1pm on February 28 to celebrate music at the Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen.
The free concert will be the last of the Lunchbreak series to be held in the venue until winter 2017 while work goes ahead on the redevelopment of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Cowdray Hall.
The redevelopment work will see Aberdeen Art Gallery and Cowdray Hall close from March 2.
Performers include Harlaw Academy Jazz Band, Lisa Abraham, Isabella Clapperton, Roger B. Williams, Margaret Preston, Nicola Auchnie, Alison Kinnaird, Joseph Long, Paul Tierney and Frank Robb and Friends.
Cowdray Hall is one of the city's most popular concert venues.
During the building work at Aberdeen Art Gallery and Cowdray Hall there will be a continuing programme of art and music at Aberdeen Maritime Museum and The Tolbooth Museum.
The Cowdray Hall's Lunchbreak concerts will have a new temporary home at the Aberdeen Citadel, with several concerts also taking place at St. Andrews Cathedral.
The first concert at Aberdeen Citadel will be a performance by The Libertadores String Quartet from Venezuela on March 5.
www.aagm.co.uk
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