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Samuel Ramani

Putin’s War on Ukraine: Russiaʼs Campaign for Global Counter-Revolution SOLD OUT
Weston Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Sat 25 Saturday, 25 March 2023 See this event
Tom Fletcher Interviewed by Peter Guttridge

The Ambassador
Lincoln College: Oakeshott Room 12:00pm Mon 27 Monday, 27 March 2023 See this event
Jeremy Bowen Interviewed by Mary Hockaday

The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Mon 27 Monday, 27 March 2023 See this event
Sherine Tadros Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen

Taking Sides: A Memoir about Love, War and Changing the World
Bodleian: Divinity School 4:00pm Mon 27 Monday, 27 March 2023 See this event
Phil Tinline

The Death of Consensus: 100 Years of British Political Nightmares
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Tue 28 Tuesday, 28 March 2023 See this event
Ian Fraser

Shredded: Inside RBS, The Bank that Broke Britain
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Wed 29 Wednesday, 29 March 2023 See this event
Gary Younge, Deborah Meaden, Kenan Malik and David Starkey Chaired by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Oxford Debate: You Ask the Questions
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Wed 29 Wednesday, 29 March 2023 See this event
Michael Cockerell

Unmasking our Leaders: Confessions of a Political Documentary-Maker SOLD OUT
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Wed 29 Wednesday, 29 March 2023 See this event
Juliet Davenport, Gary Younge and Madeleine Bunting Chaired by Stephen Law

Oxford Debate. Poverty and Inequality: The Cost-of-Living Crisis
Exeter College: Marquee 4:00pm Wed 29 Wednesday, 29 March 2023 See this event
Yeva Skalietska

You Don’t Know What War Is: The diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine SOLD OUT
Lincoln College: Oakeshott Room 4:00pm Wed 29 Wednesday, 29 March 2023 See this event
Georg Steinhauser Chaired by Stephen Law

The Fallout from Nuclear Catastrophes: Facts and Myths about Chernobyl and Fukushima
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Wed 29 Wednesday, 29 March 2023 See this event
Simon McDonald Interviewed by Nick Higham

Leadership: Lessons for Running a Better Government
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this event
Tim Marshall

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space will Change our World SOLD OUT
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this event
Edward Stourton Interviewed by Susannah Jowitt

Confessions: Life Re-examined
Exeter College: Marquee 4:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this event
Eric Heinze

The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech Is Everything
Exeter College: Marquee 6:00pm Thu 30 Thursday, 30 March 2023 See this event
Catherine Ashton

Voices of Europe. And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event
Nicola Rollock Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen

The Racial Code: Tales of Resistance and Survival
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event
Kate Bingham and Tim Hames

The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event
Justin Schlosberg, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Iain Dale Chaired by Stephen Law

Oxford Debate. Is Our Press Free . . . To Lie and Manipulate? SOLD OUT
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event
Nick Wallis Interviewed by Nick Higham

The Great Post Office Scandal
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event
Gary Francione Interviewed by Tilda Storey Law

The Meat Paradox
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sat 1 Saturday, 1 April 2023 See this event
Thomas Simpson, Alice Sherwood and Marina Purkiss Chaired by Stephen Law

Oxford Debate. Trust, Corruption, and Politicians
Randolph Hotel: Ballroom 4:00pm Sat 1 Saturday, 1 April 2023 See this event
Bleddyn Bowen and Lucas Kello Chaired by Stephen Law

Oxford Debate. The Future of War
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 6:00pm Sat 1 Saturday, 1 April 2023 See this event
Anne Katrin Schlag and Alex Stevens Chaired by Stephen Law

Oxford Debate. Drug Policy: Are Politicians Following the Evidence or Ignoring It?
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sun 2 Sunday, 2 April 2023 See this event
Jordan Peterson

Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life SOLD OUT
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Sun 2 Sunday, 2 April 2023 See this event

Festival information:

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

Every literary festival stays in an author’s mind for slightly individual reasons. I shall remember the Oxford festival for: - the size of the audience: at the top end of the range - their intelligence – this makes a huge difference for a speaker. In the Oxford audience I encountered many experts in the field my book covered and even one of the ambassadors I’d quoted - the beauty and the grace of the place itself – incomparable - the willingness of my hearers to buy books afterwards; I’ve never sold more.

The Oxford Literary Festival is intellectual Viagra.

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 festival is the most elegant and atmospheric of literary festivals. It’s a pleasure to both attend and perform there.

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.

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.