The 2025 Oxford Literary Festival takes place between Saturday 29 March and Sunday 6 April
Festival media partner
Supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the UK
Supporter of the festival's Voices of Europe programme
International radio partner
Supporter of programme of science and medicine and annual science and innovation award
Festival cultural partner
Festival ideas partner
The Spanish Embassy: supporters of the programme of Spanish literature and culture
The Cervantes Institute, London
The Italian Embassy: supporter of the programme of Italian literature and culture
Festival London hotel partner
Festival literary heritage partner
Festival on-site and online bookseller
Festival hotel
Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection
Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection
Patron donor for the programme of Irish literature and culture
CEO of Project People
Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture
Exeter College: college home of the festival. Founded 1314
New College founded 1379
Worcester College founded 1714
Lincoln College founded 1427
St Cross College founded 1965
Trinity College founded 1555
Magdalen College founded 1458
Accountants to the festival
Wines of the Douro Valley
Prestige publishing partner. Celebrating 25 years in Europe in 2024
Sponsor of the EBRD Literature Prize since 2018
Georgia's leading lifestyle hotel brand since 2012. Supporters of the programme of Georgian literature and culture
Partner of Oxford Literary Festival
Oxford International Centre for Publishing
Festival academic partner
Olive oil from Sicily
Local radio partner
Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design
Alumni Office
Oxford University Images
Supporter of the programme of Georgian literature and culture
Corporate communications
K T Bruce Photography
Sheldonian Events
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Michael Rosen
The Incredible Adventures of Gaston Le Dog SOLD OUT
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sat 16 Mar Saturday, 16 March 2024 See this event -
Danny Robins, Christopher French and Deborah Hyde chaired by Stephen Law
Into the Uncanny
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sat 16 Mar Saturday, 16 March 2024 See this event -
Mike Brearley in conversation with Nick Higham
Turning over the Pebbles: A Life in Cricket and in the Mind
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sat 16 Mar Saturday, 16 March 2024 See this event -
Amir Khan interviewed by Philip Lymbery
Transforming Food Production: The Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Sat 16 Mar Saturday, 16 March 2024 See this event -
Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves chaired by Alan Johnson
Some Places Cry out for Murder
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Sat 16 Mar Saturday, 16 March 2024 See this event -
Paul Lynch interviewed by Jake Kerridge
Prophet Song
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sun 17 Mar Sunday, 17 March 2024 See this event -
Chris Bryant interviewed by David Isaac
Provost of Worcester College Lecture: A Westminster Life and a Writing Life
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sun 17 Mar Sunday, 17 March 2024 See this event -
Grace Blakeley, Liam Fox, Hardeep Matharu and Peter Oborne chaired by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Oxford Debate: You Ask The Questions
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Sun 17 Mar Sunday, 17 March 2024 See this event -
Katie Melua, Aka Morchiladze and Dato Turashvili chaired by Maya Jaggi
Out of Stalin’s Shadow: Writing the New Georgia
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Sun 17 Mar Sunday, 17 March 2024 See this event -
Pedro Serrano, Justin Schlosberg and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown chaired by Stephen Law
Oxford Debate. Fog Of War: Who Can We Trust, And Why, When Conflicts Arise?
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Mon 18 Mar Monday, 18 March 2024 See this event -
Ruby Wax and Gelong Thubten chaired by Mick Brown
Hard Times and Fearless Living
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Mon 18 Mar Monday, 18 March 2024 See this event -
A C Grayling
Who Owns the Moon? In Defence of Humanity’s Common Interests in Space
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Mon 18 Mar Monday, 18 March 2024 See this event -
Chris Patten in conversation with Tom Fletcher
Chancellor’s Lecture. From China to the Middle East and Ukraine: A World in Turmoil
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Mon 18 Mar Monday, 18 March 2024 See this event -
Sharron Davies interviewed by Andrew Billen
Unfair Play: The Battle for Women’s Sport
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Thu 21 Mar Thursday, 21 March 2024 See this event -
Ali Smith interviewed by Richard Ovenden
The Bodley Lecture and Award of the Bodley Medal: Life and Work
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Thu 21 Mar Thursday, 21 March 2024 See this event -
Will Hutton talks to Ian Goldin
This Time No Mistakes: How to Remake Britain
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Fri 22 Mar Friday, 22 March 2024 See this event -
Wendy Buffrey, Nick Wallis, Ian Henderson and Richard Moorhead
Exposing the Post Office Horizon Scandal
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Fri 22 Mar Friday, 22 March 2024 See this event -
Michael Wood talks to
Felicity Bryan Tribute Conversation. In the Footsteps of Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Fri 22 Mar Friday, 22 March 2024 See this event -
Ian Goldin and Hein de Haas chaired by Stephen Law
Oxford Debate: How Does Migration Really Work?
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Fri 22 Mar Friday, 22 March 2024 See this event -
Paul Nurse interviewed by Nick Higham
Science and Innovation Award: Understanding Life
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Fri 22 Mar Friday, 22 March 2024 See this event -
Jacqueline Wilson
The Girl Who Wasn’t There
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sun 24 Mar Sunday, 24 March 2024 See this event -
Tom Holland Nicolette Jones
The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods: a Tale of the Persian Wars
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sun 24 Mar Sunday, 24 March 2024 See this event -
Josephine Quinn Peter Frankopan
How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sun 24 Mar Sunday, 24 March 2024 See this event -
William Hague interviewed by Dinah Rose
President of Magdalen Lecture: A Political Life
Sheldonian Theatre 5:00pm Sun 24 Mar Sunday, 24 March 2024 See this event -
Alan Hollinghurst
Our Evenings
Sheldonian Theatre 6:30pm Tue 1 Oct Tuesday, 1 October 2024 See this event