Wildlife

Lucy Jones

Losing Eden: Why our Minds need the Wild
St Cross College 10:00am Sun 29 Sunday, 29 March 2020 See this event
Matthew Stadlen

How to see Birds: An Enthusiast’s Guide
St Cross College 2:00pm Sun 29 Sunday, 29 March 2020 See this event
Brigit Strawbridge Howard Interviewed by Gwenan Edwards

Dancing with Bees: A Journey back to Nature
St Cross College 4:00pm Sun 29 Sunday, 29 March 2020 See this event
Levison Wood

The Last Giants: Walking with the Elephants
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event
Errol Fuller

Elephant
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 4:00pm Wed 1 Wednesday, 1 April 2020 See this event

Festival information:

I loved the whole atmosphere of the Oxford Literary Festival. From breakfast, alongside some of the attendees, who were talking books with each other a mile a minute, to the public event at The Sheldonian where everyone was lively and engaged – I felt I had arrived in a kind of literary heaven.

The Oxford Literary Festival is intellectual Viagra.

I came away buzzing and reassured that we still have in this century a wide ranging community fascinated not just by famous authors (I’ve rarely seen so many concentrated in one place) but by challenging ideas and questions.

A stimulating and rewarding on-stage conversation; a lively informed and tolerant audience; privileged access to the great treasures of the Bodleian, and finally, wonderfully interesting dinner companions to help me conclude the best day I have enjoyed at any festival – anywhere.

The Oxford Literary Festival has in my mind become the leading literary festival of the year. The organisation, the roster of speakers, the ambience and the sheer quality of it all is superb. May it now go from strength to strength each year stretching its ambition more and more. I believe it will.

The night in Oxford was the most beautiful event I have ever done. Not just the spectacular setting (of the Sheldonian), but an unforgettable evening.

Often as an author, I only occasionally get to meet the public who buy and read my books. The Oxford Literary Festival was a special opportunity for me and certainly one of the highlights of my career – it was an honour I will never forget.