Comedians and former drummer set for city festival

Author Abi Daré will be among those taking part in the Wolverhampton Literature Festival

Actors, comedians, authors and a former rock drummer are set to be among the main attractions at a city's literature festival later this month.

Al Murray, Jassa Ahluwalia and former member of The Jam, Rick Buckler, will take part in the Wolverhampton Literature Festival from 31 January.

Ahluwalia will discuss his book Both Not Half in a pre-festival event exploring his mixed-race identity with writer Sathnam Sanghera on 25 January.

Wolverhampton comedian Rob Manuel will also appear in a pre-festival show to present his book Fesshole on 30 January.

Murray will take part in the first day, talking about his book Arnhem: Black Tuesday at the city's art gallery, while Buckler will be at the Robin 2, sharing stories from his musical career.

On 1 February, Nigerian author Abi Daré will be at the art gallery discussing her second novel And So I Roar.

The final day of of the festival will see one half of British hip-hop duo Rizzle Kicks, Jordan Stephens, discussing fame, ADHD and modern masculinity.