TOP PICKS: Children’s Oxford Literary Festival line up boasts big names from Michael Rosen...
Children and young people are in for a treat as Oxford Literary Festival prepares to kick off on Saturday with an extensive programme of famous authors and...
‘I still love sitting at my kitchen table making stuff up’ Crime writer Ann...
Ann Cleeves is chatting to me from her kitchen table in Northumberland's Whitley Bay where she writes her famous novels Vera, Shetland and more recently The Long...
TOP 10: Who’s at 2024’s Ox Lit Fest? From footballers to Buddhist monks, children’s...
Visitors will be descending on Oxford next month in their thousands to take part in 2024's Oxford Literary Festival, another huge celebration of literature, culture and debate,...
Oxford crime writer Simon Mason on new book ‘Lost And Never Found’, plans for...
Crime novelist Simon Mason looks right at home in Brown's Cafe in the Covered Market, surrounded by an eclectic mix of Oxford's town and gown tucking into...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’ve always felt like an outsider’ Famous Oxford author Barbara Trapido on her...
It takes Barbara Trapidido a while to open the front door of her Oxford home. She's looking after a friend's Romanian rescue dog who is desperately trying...
Don’t have time to read? Want to join Oxford’s newest book club, run by...
Famous local author Simon Mason is starting a new book club in Oxford city centre with a difference - no prep or homework, and it's open to...
Big names Val McDermid, Robert Goddard, Richard Osman and more celebrate St Hilda’s Crime...
St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend is celebrating in stye with some massive names from the literary world congregating in Oxford, and the fun starts today.
To mark its...
INTERVIEW: ‘It was such fun to write’ Best-selling author Kate Mosse on new book...
Life on the High Seas, pirates, gold, adventures, lust, double-crossing, forbidden love, revenge, stolen fortunes and hidden secrets - it's all going on in Kate Mosse's...
EXCLUSIVE: Oxford’s Cara Hunter on new crime thriller Murder In The Family, two TV...
Cara Hunter is killing it at the moment with her new crime thriller Murder In The Family whose TV rights were instantly snapped up by Sam Mendes'...
EXCLUSIVE: NEW BOOK ALERT – We talk to Oxford author Lucy Atkins about Windmill...
Meeting Lucy Atkins for lunch in Gees seems the perfect location for the Oxford based author, both such quintessential characters in the local landscape.
After all, Lucy's last,...