Worcester College – a new home of Oxford Literary Festival
Worcester College will be at the centre of a thriving new hub
Worcester College will be at the centre of a thriving new hub for this year’s FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival.
The 18th-century college will host dozens of events, dinners, tours, a daily café, and an evening bar.
And festival-goers will have the opportunity to stay in college rooms, where many festival speakers will also be staying.
Festival-goers can:
book a Worcester College room through the festival website
enjoy tea, coffee, wine, cakes, snacks and light lunches in the buttery 10am-5pm every day of the festival
visit the college bar 5pm-10pm
enjoy a tour of the 18th-century library and its important 17th and 18th-century collections. Book through the festival website and box office
attend the many adult and children’s events at the college including appearances by booker winner Ben Okri, Spanish football writer Guillem Balagué and children’s author Derek Landy
take the festival’s one-day The Writer’s Art creative writing course with Louis de Bernières, Joanne Harris and D J Taylor
Worcester College was founded in 1714 and incorporates buildings from the medieval Gloucester College. It has magnificent ranges of Georgian buildings and 26 acres of beautiful gardens including woodlands and a lake.
The Oxford Literary Festival sponsors, donors & partners
Festival media partnerSupported by the Delegation of the European Union to the UKSupporter of the festival's Voices of Europe programmeInternational radio partnerSupporter of programme of science and medicine and annual science and innovation awardFestival cultural partnerFestival ideas partnerThe Spanish Embassy: supporters of the programme of Spanish literature and cultureThe Cervantes Institute, LondonThe Italian Embassy: supporter of the programme of Italian literature and cultureFestival London hotel partnerFestival literary heritage partnerFestival on-site and online booksellerFestival hotelFive-star hotel partners of The Oxford CollectionFive-star hotel partners of The Oxford CollectionPatron donor for the programme of Irish literature and cultureCEO of Project PeopleSupporters of the programme of American literature and cultureExeter College: college home of the festival. Founded 1314New College founded 1379Worcester College founded 1714Lincoln College founded 1427St Cross College founded 1965Trinity College founded 1555Magdalen College founded 1458Accountants to the festivalWines of the Douro ValleyPrestige publishing partner. Celebrating 25 years in Europe in 2024Sponsor of the EBRD Literature Prize since 2018Georgia's leading lifestyle hotel brand since 2012. Supporters of the programme of Georgian literature and culturePartner of Oxford Literary FestivalOxford International Centre for PublishingFestival academic partnerOlive oil from SicilyLocal radio partnerFestival Digital Strategy & Web DesignAlumni OfficeOxford University ImagesSupporter of the programme of Georgian literature and cultureCorporate communicationsK T Bruce Photography