Name: Launch of a crime thriller
Start: 2026-03-07T13:30:00+00:00
Location: Proof Social Bakery 68 Sandford Lane Industrial Estate, Kennington OX15RP

Bakes and Books
On Saturday March 7@ 1.30pm, Sylvia Vetta has a launch of her latest crime thriller. Reptiles is set in Thames Reach an alias for Kennington where she lives.
The venue is the fabulous Proof Social Bakery in Sandford Lane Industrial Estate close to the National Cycle Trail and Sandford Lock. Proof Social is an artisan bakery that provides ‘Criminally Good Bakes’ says Tess Taylor the co-founder and director ‘We’re part of the Tap Social Movement, a social enterprise offering paid training and employment to people currently serving and recently released from prison sentences.’ Sylvia was an early customer so the bakery has to appear in her books. Reptiles start with toad patrol which is currently in action near Bagley Woods. Sylvia does know that toads are amphibians!
Sylvia believes that her village is a delightful secret.
‘Because it is just beyond the Ring Road, Oxford residents thinks it is much too far even though my house is only 1.5 miles from Folly Bridge,’ says Sylvia.
Sylvia’s books have been endorsed by journalists including Yasmin Alibhai Brown and Shrenik Rao, academics including Professors Rana Mitter and Jane Spiro, poet Dr Jenny Lewis, charity founder Dr Nancy Mudenyo Hunt, local readers such as John Argyle the chair of FOKL and local crime writers such as Peter Tickler and Steve Lunn.
After launching her book, there will be a chance to find out more about Toad Patrol, now in full swing and the Friends of Radley Large Wood, who will share their programme for 2026. An optional extra is a walk led by Sylvia, weather permitting.
Proof Social Bakery, 68 Sandford Lane Industrial Estate, Kennington OX15RP