The Oxford Literary Festival is back! Having started on Saturday (16th March) it will continue until Sunday (24th March). Over 350 writers will converge for a week of talks, debates and discussions.
There will be writers and panellists from over 20 countries. Joining them are some of the greatest writers in English of our age, including Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney and Booker prize winners Hilary Mantel, Julian Barnes and Ben Okri.
The festival, takes places across Oxford University venues, including the magnificent surroundings of the Sheldonian Theatre, the Divinity School and the Bodleian Library. Christ Church and its Great Hall will remain the base for many festival events.
Food, and particularly Indian food, is a major theme, with appearances by Madhur Jaffrey and the Nearly Naked Chef Hardeep Singh Kohli, and a talk by chef Atul Kochhar to coincide with the first award of the £7,500 Jeremy Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing. The Festival attracts many well know figures including Sue Townsend, Philip Pullman, Lord Ashdown, Jack Straw to name a few.
Festival director Sally Dunsmore said she was "delighted" to be "welcoming so many international authors".
"We look forward to inspiring debate with a truly global feel at this year's festival," she said.
Visit the Festival's website to find out more about the events taking place every day this week, get booking!
There will be writers and panellists from over 20 countries. Joining them are some of the greatest writers in English of our age, including Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney and Booker prize winners Hilary Mantel, Julian Barnes and Ben Okri.
The festival, takes places across Oxford University venues, including the magnificent surroundings of the Sheldonian Theatre, the Divinity School and the Bodleian Library. Christ Church and its Great Hall will remain the base for many festival events.
Food, and particularly Indian food, is a major theme, with appearances by Madhur Jaffrey and the Nearly Naked Chef Hardeep Singh Kohli, and a talk by chef Atul Kochhar to coincide with the first award of the £7,500 Jeremy Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing. The Festival attracts many well know figures including Sue Townsend, Philip Pullman, Lord Ashdown, Jack Straw to name a few.
Festival director Sally Dunsmore said she was "delighted" to be "welcoming so many international authors".
"We look forward to inspiring debate with a truly global feel at this year's festival," she said.
Visit the Festival's website to find out more about the events taking place every day this week, get booking!
