AT LEAST WORTH A SELFIE - MARCH 8 - 10.08AM
Smart, funny events for inspiring tomorrow’s writers
As promised, here’s another brief glimpse at just what this year’s Lit Fest has in store for those who, hell...in just a decade or so will hopefully be changing and maybe even running the world!
Alex Rider: Never Say Die
Anthony Horowitz Interviewed by Nicolette Jones
Saturday, 17 March 2018
10:00am, Sheldonian Theatre, £8 - £15
Fans were thrilled last year when bestselling author Anthony Horowitz suddenly announced a new episode in the adrenaline-fuelled Alex Rider series, and Never Say Die is pure diamond Horowitz.
Horowitz is author of the highly popular Alex Rider series, which was later made into a movie, and a writer of screenplays for tv crime seriessuch as Poirot and Midsomer Murders.
A Poem for Every Day of the Year
Allie Esiri, Alexander Armstrong, Samuel West, Gina Bellman and Ronni Ancona
Saturday, 17 March 2018
4:00pm, Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre, £8
Join Allie Esiri - the creator of the hugely successful iF Poems app - and her special guests, actor, singer,comedian and and presenter of Pointless Alexander Armstrong, film and stage star Samuel West, actress Gina Bellman and impressionist Ronni Ancona, for an inspiring hour of readings.
Stories for Our Time
Sarah Crossan and Kwame Alexander Chaired by Kate Clanchy
Saturday, 24 March 2018
6:00pm, Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room, £8
This transatlantic event brings together stars of young adult fiction Sarah Crossan and Kwame Alexander. Crossan is the multi-award-winning author of powerful, thought-provoking novels including One and Moonrise while Alexander’s novels include Booked and The Crossover.