Photo credit: KT Bruce
Photo credit: KT Bruce
Photo credit: KT BruceOxford Literary Festival 2016
Latest News
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Children’s holiday events and Story Museum Animal exhibition offer
Children's holiday events and Story Museum Animal exhibition offer
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BBC World Service to broadcast live from this year’s festival
BBC events include Ian McKellen, Elif Shafak and Garry Kasparov
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Classicist Mary Beard and ex-President of Ireland Mary McAleese confirmed
Britain’s best known classicist Mary Beard is to speak at festival
25 / Feb / 2016 Read on →
Featured Events
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A C Grayling
Progress in Troubled Times: Learning from The Age of Genius
6:00pm | Saturday 2 April 2016 | Philosophy
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Levison Wood
Walking the Himalayas
6:00pm | Thursday 14 April 2016 | Exploration, Travel & Travel History
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David Baddiel
The Person Controller
12:00pm | Saturday 2 April 2016 | Children and Young People
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Jacqueline Wilson
An Afternoon with Jacqueline Wilson
2:00pm | Saturday 2 April 2016 | Children and Young People
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Julian Clary and David Roberts
The Bolds to the Rescue
2:00pm | Sunday 3 April 2016 | Children and Young People
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Liz Pichon
Tom Gates: Top of the Class
2:00pm | Saturday 9 April 2016 | Children and Young People
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Simon Sebag Montefiore Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
The Romanovs 1613-1918
10:00am | Sunday 10 April 2016 | History
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Alan Ayckbourn Interviewed by Paul Allen
Festival Honorary Fellowship: A Life in Theatre
12:00pm | Sunday 10 April 2016 | Biography & Memoir
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Joan Bakewell
Stop the Clocks: Thoughts on What I Leave Behind SOLD OUT
4:00pm | Friday 8 April 2016 | Biography & Memoir
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Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong
The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life SOLD OUT
6:00pm | Saturday 9 April 2016 | Science and Natural History
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Chris Riddell
Ask the Laureate
4:00pm | Saturday 9 April 2016 | Children and Young People
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Lucy Worsley
Eliza Rose, Maid of Honour at the Court of Henry VIII
12:00pm | Saturday 9 April 2016 | Children and Young People
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Ian Goldin and Christopher Kutarna
Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance
12:00pm | Thursday 7 April 2016 | Contemporary Society
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James Naughtie
An Audience with James Naughtie SOLD OUT
2:00pm | Thursday 7 April 2016 | Current Affairs
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Garry Kasparov Introduced by John Thornhill
Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must be Stopped
4:00pm | Sunday 3 April 2016 | Politics & Memoirs
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Maureen Lipman, Jeremy Robson , Jacqui Dankworth , Charlie Wood , Julian Siegel Oli Hayhurst
Blues in the Park: Poetry, Humour, and Jazz Songs to Mark 20 Years of Oxford Literary Festival
6:30pm | Sunday 10 April 2016 | Music
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Ian McKellen Interviewed by Jonathan Bate
Worcester College Provost’s Lecture: Lives in Shakespeare SOLD OUT
6:00pm | Sunday 3 April 2016 | Language & Literature
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Jonathan Meades Interviewed by Paul Blezard
BBC Four Premiere: Benbuilding – Mussolini, Monuments, Modernism and Marble SOLD OUT
4:00pm | Sunday 10 April 2016 | Art, Architecture and Design
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Joanne Harris
Different Class
6:00pm | Friday 8 April 2016 | Fiction
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Ken Hom
Festival Closing Dinner
8:30pm | Sunday 10 April 2016 | Food and Drink
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Peter Frankopan, Itamar Srulovich , Sarit Packer and Juliet Sear Introduced by Francesca McDonagh
20th Anniversary Dinner: Hosted by Francesca McDonagh of HSBC – Honey & Co on the Silk Roads
7:30pm | Saturday 9 April 2016 | Dinners
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Margaret Rayman and Lawrence Whalley Chaired by Joan Bakewell
Dementia: How can we Protect Ourselves
4:00pm | Thursday 7 April 2016 | Contemporary Society
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Michael Moritz Interviewed by John Thornhill
Sir Alex Ferguson and Leading to Success CANCELLED
12:00pm | Sunday 3 April 2016 | Contemporary Society
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Mary Beard Interviewed by Richard Ovenden
Bodley Lecture: A Don’s Life and Award of Bodley Medal
6:00pm | Tuesday 5 April 2016 | Biography & Memoir
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Richard Dunwoody, Jonny Bealby and Christina Lamb Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen
Exploring the Danger Zones
2:00pm | Sunday 10 April 2016 | Exploration, Travel & Travel History
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Thank you for your support of the 2016 FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival. The 2017 festival takes place between Saturday March 25 and Sunday April 2.
