Literary-art Events in Oxford

Check out happening literary-art events all around Oxford, EN

Oxford Maths Festival

 Sun, 10 May at 10:00 am Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford Free

'The Girl from Woolwich: A Creative Life' with Bernardine Evaristo

 Wed, 06 May at 05:30 pm The Sheldonian Theatre Free

Brandon Sanderson delivers the 2026 Tolkien Lecture

 Tue, 19 May at 06:00 pm Oxford Town Hall GBP 0 to 50

Jackie Morris & Robert Macfarlane THE BOOK OF BIRDS

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm The Sheldonian Theatre GBP 10 to 40

Smart Ageing Summit 2026- Diet & Longevity

 Sat, 09 May at 09:00 am Rhodes House GBP 108 to 201

Francis Fukuyama IN THE REALM OF THE LAST MAN

 Fri, 04 Sep at 07:00 pm Examination Schools, University of Oxford GBP 12 to 30

British Decades

 Mon, 27 Apr at 07:00 pm Magdalen College Free

Marina Hyde: What a Time to Be Alive!

 Mon, 21 Sep at 07:00 pm The Sheldonian Theatre GBP 22 to 56

Maria Semple GO GENTLE with Viv Groskop

 Tue, 26 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 20

Rowan Williams with Philip Goff WHY?

 Mon, 07 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 8

Frank Cottrell-Boyce A BRITISH CHILDHOOD

 Wed, 10 Jun The Sheldonian Theatre GBP 10 to 22

Claire Fuller HUNGER AND THIRST with Lucy Atkins

 Mon, 11 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 19

London’s burning! Is climate resilience the new goldmine?

 Thu, 07 May at 05:00 pm Mathematical Institute, L2 Free

Calleva Lecture 2026: Jamie Susskind on The Digital Republic

 Thu, 14 May at 05:00 pm Magdalen College Free

Future Thinking and Making

 Fri, 01 May at 03:30 pm The Nest, Saïd Business School - Park End Street Free

SJC Literary Festival: Puppet storytelling with Emma Boor

 Sat, 23 May at 10:00 am Garden Quad Reception Room - St John's College Free

Connecting Creatives in Oxford

 Tue, 26 May at 06:00 pm Little Clarendon Street GBP 14 to 20

Oxford-BNU Creative Writing Award Ceremony 2026

 Thu, 14 May at 12:30 pm The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

15th International Conference on Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE)

 Mon, 10 Aug at 08:30 am Saïd Business School (Park End Street) (University of Oxford) GBP 250 to 430

YA Thrills: Four Bold Voices on Magic, Mayhem and M**der

 Thu, 28 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5

SJC Literary Festival: In Conversation with Simon Mason

 Sun, 24 May at 03:00 pm Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College Free

Sophia Smith Galer HOW TO K*ll A LANGUAGE

 Mon, 18 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

SJC Literary Festival: Professor Lady Sue Black 'An Expert Witness'

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College Free

The Tempest | Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert

 Wed, 03 Jun at 07:00 pm Holywell Music Room GBP 10 to 25

Charles Foster THE EDGES OF THE WORLD

 Mon, 01 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

M. John Harrison THE END OF EVERYTHING with Ben Pester

 Mon, 15 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 17

Alison Light RED, RED ROBIN with Lyndal Roper

 Fri, 15 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

Hernan Diaz PLY

 Mon, 19 Oct at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 20

Andrea Bajani THE ANNIVERSARY with Sam Knight

 Thu, 02 Jul at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 13

Gwyneth Lewis NIGHTSHADE MOTHER with Kate Kennedy

 Wed, 29 Jul at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 11

Christie Watson KILLING ME SOFTLY with Rachel Clarke

 Wed, 01 Jul at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 20

Erin Maglaque PRESENCE with Alison Light

 Thu, 10 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Julian Evans UNDEFEATABLE with Luke Harding

 Thu, 24 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 13

AI Tools for Historical Research

 Thu, 14 May at 05:00 pm Jesus College Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub Free

Film 'The Metamorphosis' (based on Kafka's novella)

 Sat, 02 May at 02:00 pm The Ultimate Picture Palace GBP 6

Zakia Sewell FINDING ALBION

 Wed, 09 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Jonn Elledge 35 INVENTIONS THAT BUILT OUR WORLD

 Fri, 09 Oct at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Peter Jones SELF HELP FROM THE MIDDLE AGES with Helen Carr

 Tue, 23 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 20

Olivia Plender in Conversation with Dr Kathryn Murphy

 Sat, 23 May at 02:00 pm Modern Art Oxford Free

The Beating Heart: The Art & Science of Our Most Vital Organ

Thu, 14 May at 05:30 pm Broad Street, OX1 3AZ Oxford, United Kingdom

Michael Robb and Evan Friss BOOK MAKERS AND BOOKSELLERS

 Thu, 21 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6

TEACH THE WORD 2026

 Sat, 27 Jun at 10:00 am The King's Centre GBP 0 to 28

SJC Literary Festival: Storytelling with Adam and Charlotte Guillain

 Sun, 24 May at 10:30 am Garden Quad Reception Room - St John's College Free

Reading the signs: Conference at Kellogg college

 Fri, 29 May at 09:30 am The hub, Kellogg College GBP 33

REGGAE-DUB-CULTURE-UNITY & LIBERATION

 Sat, 30 May at 03:00 pm Florence Park CC GBP 8

WHITE MOSS A Panel Discussion

 Fri, 08 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6

Unravelling History & The Material of Living

 Sat, 23 May at 07:00 pm The Community Works GBP 3 to 12

Khushwant Singh Literary Festival Oxford 2026

 Tue, 02 Jun at 03:00 pm St Antony's College Free

Amber Husain TELL ME HOW YOU EAT with Eleanor Penny

 Tue, 02 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 19

Sally Bayley WORM IN THE BUD with Elisabeth Gray

 Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Sacred Arts 2026: Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Artistic Expression

 Sat, 16 May at 10:00 am St Anne's College GBP 109 to 196

Grains of … Sound

 Mon, 29 Jun at 07:30 pm Jacqueline du Pré Music Building (St Hilda's College) GBP 22

2026

 Thu, 10 Sep at 09:00 am Mansfield College GBP 30 to 100

Managing Behaviour and Workload with Sue Cowley

 Fri, 03 Jul at 09:00 am Unipart conference centre GBP 70 to 100

Missing Soul #6: THE Platform for YOU!

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Curio Bookshop, downstairs at Common Ground GBP 4 to 7

Encounters with Landscapes

 Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm Oxford Friends Meeting House GBP 10 to 15

Naples in the Novels of Elena Ferrante

 Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm Il Corno - Panuozzo Bar Free

100 years of These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer 18th Century Ball @ the Divinity School with Follia

 Sun, 04 Oct at 06:30 pm Oxford Divinity School

After Hours: Connect

 Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm Modern Art Oxford GBP 8 to 12

Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference 2026

 Mon, 07 Sep at 12:00 pm New College GBP 0 to 445

Urmila Seshagiri THE LIFE OF VIOLET with David James

 Tue, 30 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 17

Binsey Whimsy Walk

 Sun, 03 May at 02:00 pm St Margaret of Antioch, Church GBP 14

Fundraiser for Diamond: Major! Film Night and Poetry Reading

 Thu, 07 May at 06:30 pm St Catherine's College GBP 0 to 6

Literary Escape Festival - `Oxford

 Sat, 12 Sep at 10:00 am West Oxford Community Centre GBP 0 to 12

Summer School Oxford- GreenEconomics & Green Finance in the Current Age

 Sun, 23 Aug at 09:00 am The H B Allen Centre GBP 11 to 120

Participatory Biography: Adaptable Creative Writing Pedagogy of/for Crisis

 Thu, 21 May at 12:30 pm Rewley House Free

Snarks, Rhymes and Riddles

 Sun, 05 Jul at 02:00 pm St Margaret of Antioch, Church Free

July's Book Club: Fantasy

 Tue, 07 Jul at 06:30 pm Curzon Oxford Free

Archiving Machines: From Punch Cards to Platforms

 Mon, 18 May at 02:30 pm Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

Writing Workshop with Author Mara Gold at Oxford Westgate Library.

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Oxford Westgate Library Free

Lamorna Ash DON'T FORGET WE'RE HERE FOREVER

 Tue, 15 Sep at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6

David Kynaston DEEP INTO THE SIXTIES

 Fri, 02 Oct at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 35

Amanda Golden THE POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH with Erica McAlpine

 Mon, 06 Jul at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 40

Improv in 6 Acts June - July 2026

 Mon, 01 Jun at 07:00 pm The Oak Room, The Old Schoolhouse GBP 90 to 180

Writing Picture Books Course with Anna Kemp

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm St Margaret's Institute GBP 198

SJC Literary Festival: Junior Book Club (age 8+)

 Sat, 23 May at 02:00 pm Garden Quad Reception Room - St John's College Free

Book Launch: What is Political Theology?

 Thu, 21 May at 04:00 pm Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre, Christ Church Free

After Hours: Connect - 30th July

 Thu, 30 Jul at 06:00 pm Modern Art Oxford GBP 8 to 12

The Art of Storytelling: Archetypes in Focus

 Sat, 30 May at 09:30 am St Anne's College GBP 25 to 196

Major Parish Churches - place, people, building?

 Tue, 26 May at 10:30 am St John the Evangelist Church Free

Hybrid: Code Smells: Human-Written vs LLM Generated Programs

 Tue, 19 May at 07:30 pm Rewley House Free

Frankenstein’s Dream

 Fri, 12 Jun at 05:30 pm Mansfield College Free

Michael Bond ANIMATE with Niall Munro

 Wed, 08 Jul at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 22

Kellogg College Creative Writing Competition Final

 Thu, 25 Jun at 05:00 pm The Hub, Kellogg College Free

Poetry Workshop with T.S. Eliot Prize Winner George Szirtes

 Tue, 12 May at 03:00 pm Keble College GBP 28

Papercraft Poetry

 Sat, 08 Aug at 01:30 am 21 Park End St GBP 3 to 12

HUMOUR | AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM

 Fri, 29 May at 10:00 am Learning Centre Free

August's Book Club: Beach Read

 Tue, 04 Aug at 06:30 pm Curzon Oxford Free

After Hours: Book Club - 20th August

 Thu, 20 Aug at 06:00 pm Modern Art Oxford GBP 9 to 15

September's Book Club: Science Fiction

 Tue, 01 Sep at 06:30 pm Curzon Oxford Free

Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize Short List Readings and Prize-Giving

 Sat, 13 Jun at 06:15 pm St Anne’s College, Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre Free

The Spiritual Narratives of Generation Z: Book Launch and Story Workshop

 Fri, 22 May at 04:30 pm Blackfriars Hall Free

Talk and Discussion on Analysis on The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer with use of Data Science

 Wed, 20 May at 08:15 pm St Peter's Church, Wolvercote

Write Space

 Fri, 17 Jan at 01:30 pm The Community Works Free

Talk and Discussion on Devils Cub by Georgette Heyer led by Susan Koffler-Sluijter

Wed, 08 Jul at 08:15 pm St Peter's Church, Wolvercote

Historic Oxford Writers Tour

 Fri, 24 Apr at 10:00 am University of Oxford GBP 13 to 25

Talk and Discussion on An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer led by Dr Helen Davidge

 Wed, 09 Sep at 08:15 pm St Peter's Church, Wolvercote

Talk and Discussion on Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer led by Chris Ashbolt

 Wed, 12 Aug at 08:15 pm St Peter's Church, Wolvercote

Talk and Discussion on These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer led by Nicholas Walker

 Wed, 10 Jun at 08:15 pm St Peter's Church, Wolvercote

Sagill the Idol God of Fear - Cognitive Positioning Systems & Atlas ONLINE

 Wed, 22 Jan at 11:00 am OX1 4AU GBP 0 to 80