The Oxford Literary Festival is back. Founder Sally Dunsmore picks the TOP 15 events...
With 300 authors and 250 events to host at this years Oxford Literary Festival, founder Sally Dunsmore is understandably busy.
Delighted the festival is back at full strength...
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Raymond Blanc, his apples and the case of the eternally curious...
“The first time I tried a Bramley apple I screamed,” Raymond Blanc says, reliving the moment. “My eyes and nose were running…… it was inedible… it was...
Heard the one about the journalist, taxi driver and The Great Post Office Scandal?...
"I just felt that if I didn't do something then no one else would." So speaks Nick Wallis, the journalist who helped expose one of the biggest...
‘You’ve got to be brave, haven’t you?’ Famous author Kate Mosse brings one woman...
Famous author Kate Mosse has decided that now is the perfect time to launch her first one woman show Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also)...
“Fiction is a very powerful tool.” Famous writers Patrick Gale and David Constantine on...
“The first time I did one of these was especially poignant because my subject was sat there in the front row, which moved me to tears.”
When author...
His Dark Materials trilogy sparks ‘Lyra’s World’ in Oxford museums as final TV...
Fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials can now view the actual props, costumes and artefacts used in the famous trilogy in Oxford's museums.
The new collaborative exhibition...
St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend promises to be “most exciting and inclusive yet!”
Featuring an all-star line-up, this year's annual St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend (August 12-14) promises to be the most exciting and inclusive event yet, with 2022's guest of honour,...
EXCLUSIVE: Prof Suzannah Lipscomb on student life in Oxford, the Tudors, giving women a...
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb has got so many letters after her name it's hard to get to the heart of the matter, ie her many achievements.
To summarise then...
Always wanted to run your own bookshop? Now’s your chance as the beloved Woodstock...
The Woodstock Bookshop is up for sale, which will come as a huge blow for its endless loyal customers and fans across the country, while offering an...
Catch top Oxford writers Mick Herron, Philip Pullman, Cara Hunter, Barbara Trapido and more...
Daunt Books is introducing its first ever Summertown Day Festival with an extraordinary line-up of top writers, award winning authors, events and even a Sherlock Holmes performance...













