Edinburgh International Book festival: day 14 bulletin

As the festival enters its final weekend, Charlotte Square is gearing up to greet a host of stellar authors, including Zadie Smith , tomorrow. Today's programme, meanwhile, is poetry-tastic, with appearances from poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy , Simon Armitage and James Carter, with young bards Sean Borodale and William Letford appearing in this evening's Skinny event. There's a few events on Iran too, culminating in a debate between the Economist's Christopher de Ballaigue and Israeli historian Ilan Pappe in the Guardian Spiegeltent tonight. Elsewhere, Booker-winner Howard Jacobson will be talking to Rodge Glass and Alistair Darling chatting with James Naughtie. The BBC's Mark Easton is due to discuss ideas of Britishness with Ruth Wishart, and Stefan Collini will be explaining his new book, What Are Universities For? As of this morning, tickets are still available for: 13.30: Michael Meacher 14.00: Jonathan Fenby & Dilip Hiro 14.00: Susan Fletcher & Liam Hearn 15.00: Howard Jacobson 15.30: Bryan Talbot & Mary M Talbot 16.30: Carol Ann Duffy 18.30: Mark Easton 20.30: Sean Borodale & William Letford 21.30: Mark Billingham & Christopher Brookmyre Tonight's Unbound promises to be a treat, with Mark Haddon taking centre stage. And the Amnesty International Imprisoned Writers Series will feature readings from Ron Butlin, Emylia Hall and Jane Rogers. In the signing tent today, you'll find: You can catch up with all our festival coverage online, featuring interviews with László Krasznahorkai , and Frank Westerman and Vic Armstrong . Look out for new interviews with Claire Kilroy, Junot Diaz and James Gleick throughout the day too.