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2015 / 2016

Events for Children & Young Adults Sheldonian Events
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Events for Children & Young Adults

  • Sally Nicholls

    Sally Nicholls Interviewed by Tony Bradman

    An Island of our Own

    9:00am | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Caroline Lawrence

    Caroline Lawrence and Emer Stamp

    Bookworm: the Game of Reading and Remembering

    1:00pm | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Christopher William Hill

    Christopher William Hill

    Grim and Gruesome Fun

    3:00pm | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Korky Paul

    Korky Paul

    Magical Moments with Winnie the Witch

    9:00am | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Caroline Lawrence

    Caroline Lawrence

    The Roman and P K Pinkerton Western Mysteries

    9:00am | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Adèle Geras

    Adèle Geras and Geraldine McCaughrean

    Bookworm: the Game of Reading and Remembering

    11:00am | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Matt Brown

    Matt Brown

    Compton Valance: The Most Powerful Boy in the Universe

    9:00am | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Jack Gantos

    Jack Gantos and Phil Earle

    Joey Pigza and Being Billy

    11:00am | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • James Mayhew

    James Mayhew

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Live storytelling, Art and Music

    4:00pm | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Frank Cottrell Boyce

    Frank Cottrell Boyce Interviewed by Philip Ardagh

    The Astounding Broccoli Boy

    9:00am | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • FyreUK - Matt Needler and Phil Southam

    FyreUK - Matt Needler and Phil Southam

    The Minecraft Construction Handbook SOLD OUT

    11:00am | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Steve Cole

    Steve Cole and Andrew Lane Chaired by Tony Bradman

    Sherlock Holmes Versus James Bond

    3:30pm | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Kate Saunders

    Kate Saunders and Hilary McKay Chaired by Amanda Craig

    Favourite Books and New Adventures

    3:00pm | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Cressida Cowell

    Cressida Cowell Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    How to Train Your Dragon

    11:00am | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Jonny Duddle

    Jonny Duddle

    The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon

    1:00pm | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Dave Shelton

    Dave Shelton and Jonathan Stroud Chaired by Amanda Mitchison

    Don’t Give Up the Ghost: Writing Seriously Scary Books

    3:00pm | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Leigh Hobbs

    Leigh Hobbs

    Creating and Drawing Characters

    9:00am | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Judith Kerr

    Judith Kerr

    When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

    1:00pm | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Catherine Doyle

    Catherine Doyle, Melinda Salisbury and Lisa Williamson Chaired by Caroline Sanderson

    Young Adult Rising Stars

    5:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Daniel Hahn

    Daniel Hahn, Kevin Crossley-Holland , Simeon Courtie and Siobhan Moore

    A Good Read: Celebrating the Best Children’s Literature

    11:00am | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Mary Hoffman

    Mary Hoffman

    Bookworm: the Game of Reading and Remembering

    9:00am | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Peter Worley

    Peter Worley

    Once Upon an If: Philosophy Adventures for Children SOLD OUT

    11:00am | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • D D  Everest

    D D Everest

    Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret

    9:00am | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Little Star

    Little Star

    Little Star Writing Workshop SOLD OUT

    1:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Workshop

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  • Paul Stickland

    Paul Stickland

    Come and Draw with Dinosaur ROAR SOLD OUT

    11:00am | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Gill Lewis

    Gill Lewis and Tom Moorhouse Chaired by Caroline Sanderson

    Wild Places and Wild Animals: An Inspiration

    3:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Anthony Browne

    Anthony Browne Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    Gorilla, Willy the Wimp and the Shape Game

    1:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • John Dougherty

    John Dougherty

    Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face

    1:00pm | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Holly Smale

    Holly Smale

    Geek Girl All That Glitters

    3:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Harry Potter

    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter: Celebrating the Magic

    1:00pm | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    His Dark Materials

    11:00am | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Welcome to Wonderland

    Welcome to Wonderland , Ashley Wass and Matthew Trusler

    Welcome to Wonderland

    4:00pm | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Language & Literature

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  • Emer Stamp

    Emer Stamp

    The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig

    11:00am | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Petr Horácĕk

    Petr Horácĕk

    Storytelling with Petr Horácek

    1:00pm | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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Featured Events

  • Cressida Cowell

    Cressida Cowell Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    How to Train Your Dragon

    11:00am | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Karen Armstrong

    Karen Armstrong

    A History of God

    11:00am | Wednesday 25 March 2015 | Faith and Religion

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  • Nicholas Hytner

    Nicholas Hytner Interviewed by Alan Bennett

    Bodley Lecture: A Life in Theatre, Film and Opera and Award of Bodley Medal SOLD OUT

    5:00pm | Thursday 26 March 2015 | Language & Literature

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  • Elif Shafak

    Elif Shafak Interviewed by Rebecca Abrams

    The Architect’s Apprentice

    5:00pm | Thursday 26 March 2015 | Fiction

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  • Welcome to Wonderland

    Welcome to Wonderland , Ashley Wass and Matthew Trusler

    Welcome to Wonderland

    4:00pm | Sunday 29 March 2015 | Language & Literature

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  • George Carey

    George Carey and Alister McGrath

    Warfare or Mutual Enrichment? Ways of Thinking about the Relation of Science and Faith

    4:00pm | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Faith and Religion

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  • Diarmaid MacCulloch

    Diarmaid MacCulloch

    Closing Dinner: Hosted by Antonio Simoes, HSBC. Guest Speaker Diarmaid MacCulloch – Sex and the West

    6:30pm | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Dinners

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  • Gill Lewis

    Gill Lewis and Tom Moorhouse Chaired by Caroline Sanderson

    Wild Places and Wild Animals: An Inspiration

    3:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Jessye Norman

    Jessye Norman Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    Life’s memories to The Music of the Orchestra of St John’s Conducted by John Lubbock

    5:00pm | Friday 27 March 2015 | Biography & Memoir

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  • Mary Portas

    Mary Portas

    Mary Portas: Shop Girl

    9:00am | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Biography & Memoir

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  • Will Hutton

    Will Hutton Introduced by Jonathan Fenby

    How Good We Can Be: Ending the Mercenary Society and Building a Great Country

    1:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Contemporary Society

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  • Jancis Robinson

    Jancis Robinson Interviewed by Sheila Dillon

    The Oxford Companion to Wine and A Tasting

    3:00pm | Wednesday 25 March 2015 | Food and Drink

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  • Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

    His Dark Materials

    11:00am | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Simon Schama

    Simon Schama Introduced by Caroline Daniel

    Lunch with the FT: Simon Schama

    11:30am | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Dinners

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  • Paul Heiney

    Paul Heiney

    One Wild Song: One Man’s Quest to Find his Son’s Voice at Sea

    1:00pm | Friday 27 March 2015 | Biography & Memoir

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  • Korky Paul

    Korky Paul

    Magical Moments with Winnie the Witch

    9:00am | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • David Crystal

    David Crystal and Ben Crystal

    The Shakespeare Dictionary

    5:00pm | Tuesday 24 March 2015 | Language & Literature

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  • David Lodge

    David Lodge Interviewed by

    Quite a Good Time to be Born

    11:00am | Friday 27 March 2015 | Fiction

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  • Melvyn Bragg

    Melvyn Bragg Interviewed by Paula Byrne

    The Healing Power of Literature

    5:00pm | Thursday 26 March 2015 | Language & Literature

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  • Celia Imrie

    Celia Imrie Interviewed by Paul Blezard

    Not Quite Nice: A Debut Novel

    5:00pm | Tuesday 24 March 2015 | Fiction

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  • Karen Armstrong

    Karen Armstrong

    Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence

    1:00pm | Thursday 26 March 2015 | Faith and Religion

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  • Madhur Jaffrey

    Madhur Jaffrey and Prajwal Parajuly

    Family, Place and Culture in Fiction and Food

    3:00pm | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Food and Drink

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  • Diana Gabaldon

    Diana Gabaldon Introduced by Jewell Parker Rhodes

    The Arizona State University Lecture: Outlander: Sci-fi Adventure-Romance

    11:00am | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Fiction

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  • Harry Potter

    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter: Celebrating the Magic

    1:00pm | Sunday 22 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Christopher Frayling

    Christopher Frayling

    The Yellow Peril: Dr Fu Manchu & the Rise of Chinaphobia

    3:00pm | Friday 27 March 2015 | Contemporary Society

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  • Princess Michael of Kent

    Princess Michael of Kent

    Agnès Sorel Mistress of Beauty

    3:00pm | Wednesday 25 March 2015 | History

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  • Tony Hawks

    Tony Hawks

    Once Upon a Time in the West . . . Country

    5:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Comedy

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  • Anita Anand

    Anita Anand

    Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary

    9:00am | Thursday 26 March 2015 | Biography & Memoir

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  • Joanne Harris

    Joanne Harris and Christopher Fowler

    Thriller Writing: Blueeyedboy and The Burning Man

    5:00pm | Friday 27 March 2015 | Fiction

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  • Steve Cole

    Steve Cole and Andrew Lane Chaired by Tony Bradman

    Sherlock Holmes Versus James Bond

    3:30pm | Saturday 28 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Jack Gantos

    Jack Gantos and Phil Earle

    Joey Pigza and Being Billy

    11:00am | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Children and Young People

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  • Amitav Ghosh

    Amitav Ghosh Interviewed by Chris Clark

    Chancellor’s Lecture: History and Fiction – a Conversation

    5:00pm | Monday 23 March 2015 | Fiction

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  • Philip Sheldrake

    Philip Sheldrake

    Spirituality: A Very Short Introduction

    4:15pm | Tuesday 24 March 2015 | Very Short Introductions

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  • David Clark

    David Clark

    Thrive: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies

    12:59pm | Monday 23 March 2015 | Science

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  • Jon  Ronson

    Jon Ronson

    So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed SOLD OUT

    5:00pm | Saturday 21 March 2015 | Contemporary Society

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  • Dan Mulhall

    Dan Mulhall

    WB Yeats and the Ireland of his Time

    1:00pm | Monday 23 March 2015 | Biography & Memoir

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