TOP WRITERS have been lined up to appear at the Examiner Literary Lunch.

The event is on Tuesday, October 18, at Huddersfield's Galpharm Stadium.

On the bill are Nadeem Aslam, Anna Pavord, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall and Lesley Pearse.

Nadeem , 36, lives in London but spent much of his life in Lockwood after moving there from Pakistan in 1982.

His second book, Maps For Lost Lovers, took 11 years to write.

It's a tragic tale of pain, love and honour killing.

Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall is the mother of TV cook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Her book, The Good Granny Guide, has become an instant hit.

When her first grandchild was born she was eager to do everything right. She searched childcare manuals - to no real avail.

So Jane decided to write a helpful book herself.

She says: "In Britain today there are 16.5m grandparents and one in every two people is a grandparent by the age of 54.

"I'm not a childcare expert or a psychologist, but I'm an enthusiastic and loving grandmother to four children."

Jane got in touch with more than 200 grandmothers during the research for her handbook, covering everything from childcare troubleshooting to what NOT to say to your daughter- in-law.

Award-winning gardening author Anna Pavord is the best-selling author of The Tulip.

Her new book, The Naming Of Names, is about the naming of plants over 2,000 years.

She says: "We take so much for granted now. We look at a daisy or a daffodil and call them by their names without really recognising there was a time when they didn't have any."

Novelist Lesley Pearse will also appear.

She's one of the UK's best-loved writers, with fans across the globe and sales of more than 2m copies of her books to date.

Her latest is A Lesser Evil and is published this month.

Tickets cost £18.95 and are now available from the Lawrence Batley Theatre box office - not the Examiner front counter, as in previous years.

Guests should arrive at 11.45am for a 12.30pm start.

The ticket price includes a three-course lunch.

The chairman of the organisers Huddersfield Arts Council, Christopher England, says: "I'm very pleased that we have four interesting authors lined up, with such a wide-ranging appeal."

And Examiner editor Roy Wright said: "Once again, this event should be really special."