Saturday 9 April

Jem Poster, Louis de Bernières , Joanne Harris and D J Taylor

The Writer’s Art

Cerrie Burnell

Harper and the Secret Umbrella

Ingrid Seward

The Queen’s Speech

Jonathan Stroud, Chris Riddell , Abi Elphinstone and Alex Wheatle

The Great British Creative Challenge SOLD OUT

Patti Boulaye Interviewed by Paul Blezard

The Faith of a Child: The Autobiography of Patti Boulaye

D J Taylor

The Prose Factory: Literary Life in Britain Since 1918 SOLD OUT

Christopher Lloyd

Magna Carta: 800 Years in the Fight for Rights and Freedoms

Calgary Avansino, Madeleine Shaw and Nick Barnard

Eating your Way to Health and Wellbeing

William Chislett

Should Turkey join the European Union?

Yang-May Ooi

Bound Feet Blues – Doing the Unimaginable SOLD OUT

Margaret Willes

The Grace of Plants: Shakespeare and Botany

John Kay and Joris Luyendijk Chaired by Alec Russell

Heart of the City: What is Really Wrong with our Financial System SOLD OUT

Lucy Worsley

Eliza Rose, Maid of Honour at the Court of Henry VIII

Antonia Hodgson, Robyn Young and Jason Hewitt Chaired by Paul Blezard

Three Writers Talk About Their Work

Stephen Smith

Taxation: A Very Short Introduction

Adam Sisman Interviewed by Paul Blezard

John Le Carré: The Biography SOLD OUT

Liz Pichon

Tom Gates: Top of the Class

Kevin Crossley-Holland, Jane Ray and Flavia Hirte

Heartsong: A Storybook Duet

Rebecca Abrams

Finding your Story, The Art of Narrative In Business

Nicholas Parsons

How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear

Alastair Lack

Literary Oxford with Alastair Lack SOLD OUT

Christopher Lloyd

Best Moments in British History from Dinosaurs to Present Day

Helen Simpson, Frances Leviston and Kirsty Gunn Chaired by Claire Armitstead

The Art of the Short Story SOLD OUT

Martin Scurr and Cosmo Scurr Chaired by Jane Haynes

Doctors Dissected

Tours of Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

Gordon Corera

Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spies SOLD OUT

John Harris

Gin and Tonic Tasting SOLD OUT

Chris Riddell

Ask the Laureate

Boyd Tonkin Introduced by Samantha Sacramento

Gibraltar Lecture: Gibraltar in Literature and Poetry

Stephen Harris

Plants and Civilization

Claudia Roden Interviewed by Donald Sloan

A Musical Menu: Memories of a Lifetime in Food

Hannah Rothschild Interviewed by Nicolette Jones

The Improbability of Love

Frederic Raphael Interviewed by David Pryce-Jones

Anti-Semitism

Ritchie Robertson

Goethe: A Very Short Introduction

Daisy Dunn

Catullus’s Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet

Eve Ainsworth, Nicole Burstein and C J Skuse Chaired by Geraldine Brennan

Rising Stars of Young Adult Fiction

Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong

The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life SOLD OUT

Andrew Gant

O Sing Unto the Lord: A History of English Church Music SOLD OUT

Arkady Ostrovsky and Luke Harding Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen

Post-Gorbachev Russia: Where is the Country Headed?

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