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Sunday 26 March

Jem Poster and Sarah Burton

Creative Writing Course. A Sense of Place
Wadham College: Locke Access Centre 9:30am Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Alex Larman Interviewed by Suzi Feay

The Windsors at War: The Royals and the Nazis
Weston Lecture Theatre 10:00am Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Anthony Horowitz Interviewed by Amanda Craig

Thrills and Spills: From the Diamond Brothers to Alex Rider
Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Sun 26 Sunday, 26 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
Thomas Mogford

The Plant Hunter
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 12:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Nigel Biggar

Colonialism, A Moral Reckoning SOLD OUT
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm 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
Colin Grant and Yomi Ṣode Chaired by Miles Young

Writing about the Black British Experience
Exeter College: Marquee 12:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Michael Morpurgo

Tales from the Farm: Writing about Nature, Animals and the Landscape
Sheldonian Theatre 12:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Jack Parlett Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen

Fire Island: Love, Loss and Liberation in an American Paradise
Blackwell’s bookshop 12:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Bodleian Guides

Children’s Stories Walking Tour
Weston Library Steps 1:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Paul Corthorn

Enoch Powell: Politics and Ideas in Modern Britain
Blackwell’s bookshop 2:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Toby Wilkinson

Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects SOLD OUT
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 2:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Andrew Logan

Reflections
Weston Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Richard Ellis

When Galaxies were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 2:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Alastair Lack

Oxford Poets with Alastair Lack SOLD OUT
St John’s College 2:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Cressida Cowell

Which Way to Anywhere
Sheldonian Theatre 2:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Greg Jenner

Unforgettable History Lessons SOLD OUT
Exeter College: Marquee 2:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Jonathan Romain

The Naked Rabbi: His Colourful Life, Campaigns and Controversies
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Nedum Onuoha by Jerome Sale

Kicking Back
Exeter College: Marquee 4:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Farah Karim-Cooper and Chris Laoutaris Chaired by Ben Higgins

Shakespeare Past and Present: Perspectives on the Bard SOLD OUT
Blackwell’s bookshop 4:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Sophie White and Nicole Flattery Chaired by Triona Adams

Irish Voices: Where I End and Nothing Special
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 4:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Chris Riddell

The Cloud Horse Chronicles
Weston Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
Anthony Horowitz Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen

The Twist of a Knife and a Writing Life
Sheldonian Theatre 4:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event
John Banville, John Boyne and Neil Jordan Chaired by Claire Armitstead

Voices of Ireland: Literature, History and Nation
Sheldonian Theatre 6:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event

Festival information:

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.