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Henry Dimbleby Introduced by Philip Lymbery

Ravenous: How To Get Ourselves and Our Planet Into Shape
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sat 25 Saturday, 25 March 2023 See this event
Adam Alexander and Claire Ratinon Interviewed by Dan Saladino

Unearthing a History of Vegetables
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sat 25 Saturday, 25 March 2023 See this event
Jim Mellon

Moo’s Law: An Investor’s Guide to the New Agrarian Revolution
Exeter College: Marquee 10:00am Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Andrew Jenkinson Interviewed by Susannah Jowitt

Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite
Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Tom Symington

Symington Wine SOLD OUT
Lincoln College: Oakeshott Room 12:00pm Tue 28 Tuesday, 28 March 2023 See this event
Tom Symington

Symington Port SOLD OUT
Lincoln College: Oakeshott Room 4:00pm Tue 28 Tuesday, 28 March 2023 See this event
Mary Berry Interviewed by James Naughtie

Felicity Bryan Tribute Conversation: Cook and Share
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Tue 28 Tuesday, 28 March 2023 See this event
Skye McAlpine Interviewed by Gwenan Edwards

A Table Full of Love: Recipes to Comfort, Seduce, Celebrate and Everything Else in Between
Exeter College: Marquee 12:00pm Wed 29 Wednesday, 29 March 2023 See this event
Diane Purkiss

English Food: A Social History of England Told Through the Food on Its Tables
Exeter College: Marquee 10:00am Thu 30 Thursday, 30 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

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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.

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

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 Oxford Literary Festival is intellectual Viagra.

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

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.

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.