James Salter and George Saunders will be reading from, and discussing, their latest work.

During the many wars that he has lived through, Qais and his family travelled around their country in order to stay alive. Sometimes their intention was to leave their homeland; sometimes it was only to escape from the violence that broke out to safety nearby.

In these maps, you can see his home and the paths of his family's journeys.

James Salter will be discussing his latest novel, All That Is.

Sunjeev Sahota's first novel, Ours Are the Streets, was published by Picador in 2011. He is currently working on his second novel about a group of illegal immigrants living in Sheffield. 'I think – I hope – I’m around halfway through a first draft,' he says.

Here's his life in books.

Robin Robertson will be reading from his selected works alongside Frank McGuinness

Huge Kent Haruf fan and journalist Max Liu went out to Colorado Springs to meet the author and explore the world of his novels with him. Here, Max recounts his trip.