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2014 / 2016

Events for Children & Young Adults Sheldonian Events
  • Mar 2014
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Events for Children & Young Adults

  • Pip Jones

    Pip Jones

    Squishy McFluff: The Invisible Cat

    1:00pm | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Tony Bradman

    Tony Bradman, Jamila Gavin , Marcia Williams and Bernard Ashley

    Stories of World War One

    3:00pm | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Philip Reeve

    Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre

    Oliver and the Seawigs

    11:00am | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Jonny Duddle

    Jonny Duddle

    The Pirates Next Door SOLD OUT

    9:00am | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Steven Butler

    Steven Butler

    The Diary of Dennis the Menace

    1:00pm | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Kevin Crossley-Holland

    Kevin Crossley-Holland Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    The History of the Wizard

    1:00pm | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Liz Pichon

    Liz Pichon

    Tom Gates SOLD OUT

    9:00am | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Kristina Stephenson

    Kristina Stephenson

    Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Tale of the Wizard’s Whisper

    11:00am | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Michael Morpurgo

    Michael Morpurgo

    The Mozart Question Concert

    11:00am | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Kate Edwards

    Kate Edwards and Alison Gwynn

    Enid Blyton: Mystery, Magic and Midnight Feasts

    11:00am | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Lucy Mangan

    Lucy Mangan and Philip Ardagh Chaired by Nicolette Jones

    Roald Dahl Mischief Mayhem and Music

    4:30pm | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Neill Cameron

    Neill Cameron

    The Phoenix Comic Workshop SOLD OUT

    1:00pm | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Honey Sandwiches with Winnie the Pooh SOLD OUT

    9:00am | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Robert Muchamore

    Robert Muchamore and Sophie McKenzie Chaired by Geraldine Brennan

    Excitement and Adventure: Rock War and Split Second

    1:00pm | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Martin Brown

    Martin Brown

    Horrible Histories SOLD OUT

    9:00am | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Lauren St John

    Lauren St John and Virginia McKenna Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    Born Free: The Animals That Inspire Us

    9:00am | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Miffy

    Miffy

    Happy Birthday Miffy SOLD OUT

    1:00pm | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Lauren Child

    Lauren Child Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    Ruby Redfort Catch Your Death

    3:30pm | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Adam and Charlotte Guillain

    Adam and Charlotte Guillain and Lee Wildish

    Spaghetti with the Yeti SOLD OUT

    9:00am | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Peter Worley

    Peter Worley

    Once Upon an If: Philosophy Workshop

    1:00pm | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Chris Jarvis

    Chris Jarvis

    Dinosaur Cove

    9:00am | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Meg Rosoff

    Meg Rosoff Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    How I Write Now

    3:00pm | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Korky Paul

    Korky Paul

    Winnie’s Pirate Adventure

    9:00am | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • David Almond

    David Almond Interviewed by Erica Wagner

    Skellig SOLD OUT

    5:00pm | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Chris Riddell

    Chris Riddell

    Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse SOLD OUT

    3:00pm | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Mary Hoffman

    Mary Hoffman, Penny Dolan , Celia Rees and Leslie Wilson

    Daughters of Time: Stories of Great Women from British History SOLD OUT

    1:00pm | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Malorie Blackman

    Malorie Blackman and Shami Chakrabarti

    Writing for Young People and Human Rights

    1:00pm | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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Featured Events

  • Madhur Jaffrey

    Madhur Jaffrey and Mark Tully

    The Magic of India

    5:00pm | Monday 24 March 2014 | Contemporary Society

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  • Anita Shreve

    Anita Shreve Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    The Lives of Stella Bain

    1:00pm | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman and John Lubbock Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    A Life’s Memories to the Music of the Orchestra of St John

    6:00pm | Wednesday 26 March 2014 | Music

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  • Eleanor Catton

    Eleanor Catton Interviewed by Natalie Haynes

    The Luminaries

    1:00pm | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Count Arthur Strong

    Count Arthur Strong Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    Through It All I’ve Always Laughed SOLD OUT

    1:00pm | Friday 28 March 2014 | Comedy

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  • John Julius Norwich

    John Julius Norwich Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    Darling Monster: Lady Diana Cooper’s Letters to her Son SOLD OUT

    1:00pm | Wednesday 26 March 2014 | Biography & Memoir

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  • Hanif Kureishi

    Hanif Kureishi Interviewed by David Freeman

    The Last Word

    5:00pm | Wednesday 26 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Ian McEwan

    Ian McEwan Interviewed by Richard Ovenden

    The 2014 Bodley Lecture and Award of Bodley Medal to Ian McEwan

    3:00pm | Thursday 27 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Brian Sewell

    Brian Sewell

    Sleeping with Dogs: A Peripheral Autobiography SOLD OUT

    3:00pm | Friday 28 March 2014 | Biography & Memoir

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  • Jancis Robinson

    Jancis Robinson Interviewed by Sheila Dillon

    World Atlas of Wine: A Talk and Tasting

    5:00pm | Monday 24 March 2014 | Food and Drink

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  • Robert Muchamore

    Robert Muchamore and Sophie McKenzie Chaired by Geraldine Brennan

    Excitement and Adventure: Rock War and Split Second

    1:00pm | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Gavin Hewitt

    Gavin Hewitt

    The Lost Continent: Europe’s Darkest Hour Since World War Two

    3:00pm | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Current Affairs

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  • A C Grayling

    A C Grayling

    Friendship

    11:00am | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Philosophy

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  • Alan Titchmarsh

    Alan Titchmarsh

    Bring Me Home

    11:00am | Thursday 27 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Jonathan Aitken

    Jonathan Aitken Interviewed by Stephen Glover

    Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality

    11:00am | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Politics & Memoirs

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  • Alexander McCall Smith

    Alexander McCall Smith Interviewed by Jan Dalley

    What W H Auden Can Do For You

    11:00am | Friday 28 March 2014 | Language & Literature

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  • Kirsty Wark

    Kirsty Wark Interviewed by Bidisha

    The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle

    1:00pm | Wednesday 26 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Jan Morris

    Jan Morris Interviewed by Kevin Crossley-Holland

    Jan Morris: Life and Work

    5:00pm | Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Exploration, Travel & Travel History

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  • Lauren St John

    Lauren St John and Virginia McKenna Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    Born Free: The Animals That Inspire Us

    9:00am | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Malorie Blackman

    Malorie Blackman and Shami Chakrabarti

    Writing for Young People and Human Rights

    1:00pm | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Kamila Shamsie

    Kamila Shamsie

    A God in Every Stone

    11:00am | Friday 28 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Jeremy Paxman

    Jeremy Paxman

    Great Britain’s Great War

    1:00pm | Thursday 27 March 2014 | History

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  • Joanne Harris

    Joanne Harris Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    The Gospel of Loki

    4:00pm | Friday 28 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Kevin Crossley-Holland

    Kevin Crossley-Holland Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    The History of the Wizard

    1:00pm | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Robert Harris

    Robert Harris Interviewed by John Gapper

    An Officer and a Spy

    5:00pm | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Korky Paul

    Korky Paul

    Winnie’s Pirate Adventure

    9:00am | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Edward Stourton

    Edward Stourton Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    Cruel Crossing: Escaping Hitler Across the Pyrenees

    9:00am | Thursday 27 March 2014 | History

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  • Lucy Mangan

    Lucy Mangan and Philip Ardagh Chaired by Nicolette Jones

    Roald Dahl Mischief Mayhem and Music

    4:30pm | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • Margaret Drabble

    Margaret Drabble

    The Life and Works of Jules Verne

    3:00pm | Friday 28 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Claudia Roden

    Claudia Roden Interviewed by Donald Sloan

    The Food of Italy

    9:00am | Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Food and Drink

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  • Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Atwood

    HSBC Closing Festival Dinner: Margaret Atwood

    6:30pm | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Dinners

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  • Melvyn Bragg

    Melvyn Bragg

    Grace and Mary

    1:00pm | Friday 28 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Michael Morpurgo

    Michael Morpurgo

    The Mozart Question Concert

    11:00am | Sunday 30 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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  • James Naughtie

    James Naughtie Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    The Madness of July

    11:00am | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Orhan Pamuk

    Orhan Pamuk Interviewed by

    Chancellor’s Lecture: Orhan Pamuk – Nobel Winner

    5:00pm | Saturday 29 March 2014 | Fiction

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  • Louis de Bernières

    Louis de Bernières Interviewed by Jem Poster

    Conversations with Poets: Imagining Alexandria

    1:00pm | Sunday 23 March 2014 | Poetry

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  • Graham Robb

    Graham Robb

    The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe

    5:00pm | Saturday 22 March 2014 | History

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  • Matthew Kneale

    Matthew Kneale

    An Atheist’s History of Belief SOLD OUT

    9:00am | Friday 28 March 2014 | Faith and Religion

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  • Mike Carson

    Mike Carson

    The Manager: Inside the Minds of Football’s Leaders

    11:00am | Wednesday 26 March 2014 | Sport

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  • Philip Reeve

    Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre

    Oliver and the Seawigs

    11:00am | Saturday 22 March 2014 | Children and Young People

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