There is something for everyone at this year's Folkestone Literary festival, with a mix of comedy, sport and even live music on the menu for November.

Yvette Illsley, from organisers The Creative Foundation, said: “The Literary Festival is not just for bookworms and you don’t need to have read the books – it’s a festival week for Folkestone where you can go and see famous authors and be entertained.

“There’s music night, there’s a 1940s ball, it’s more than just literature.

“It’s putting the town on the map and carrying on where the Triennial left off.”

For the first time, the festival features a comedy double-bill, of Alex Horne and Dan Antopolski.

Perrier nominee Alex Horne will be performing his show Wordwatching, following his three-year attempt to create a new word. While the show will be a multi-media insight into how he went about it, he is also in the process of turning it into a book. Meanwhile Dan Antopolski’s stand-up will feature home-made raps, but don’t let that put you off.

Rusell Kane will be presenting Fakespeare: The Lamentable Tragedie of Yates’s Wine Lodge. Kane, the host of Radio 2’s Out to Lunch, wrote Fakespeare after having a brainwave and wondering what life would be like in Southend should everyone start speaking as if they were in a play from the 1500s. It’s all love and tragedie in Southend these days.

It’s happening on Monday, November 3 at the Leas Club, while the comedy double takes place at the same location the following day.

Miss Illsley added: “We’ve got comedy, but we also have more than comedy this year, it’s more diverse. There’s also cookery, and even sport with Les Scott talking about his book on football, End to End Stuff.”

For more details on the festival, which runs from November 1 to 9, check out www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk or pick up a programme from around the town or the Creative Foundation in Tontine Street.

The box office is on 01303 842192.