Literary-art Events in Oxford

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

Aisling Bea Live in Oxford

Thu, 26 Mar at 08:00 pm New Theatre Oxford

Suzanne Simard WHEN THE FOREST BREATHES

Fri, 17 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 8 to 25

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

A Moral Reimagination of Big Tech and AI

Tue, 10 Mar at 05:00 pm Saïd Business School (Park End Street) (University of Oxford) Free

Tim Minshall YOUR LIFE IS MANUFACTURED

Sat, 07 Feb at 03:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 11

Peter Case & Sid Griffin - Oxford

Sun, 15 Feb at 07:00 pm The Jericho Tavern

PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Manon Garcia

Sat, 14 Feb at 03:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

The Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture: Our accidental universe

Fri, 20 Feb at 05:30 pm Mansfield Road, OX1 3 Oxford, United Kingdom

Grow your own love poem

Fri, 13 Feb at 05:30 pm Mansfield College Free

Divine Schism: Lande Hekt

Sat, 25 Apr at 02:00 pm The Bullingdon

Songmaking to Socrates: Armand d'Angour - New Light on Ancient Classics

Mon, 02 Feb at 05:00 pm Oxford, Noel Salter Room, New College Holywell Street, OX1 3BN

Lara Feigel CUSTODY with Sophie Ratcliffe

Tue, 03 Feb at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

Alyn Shipton - “Gerry Mulligan” quartet

Sat, 21 Mar at 07:30 pm St Giles' Church, Oxford GBP 12 to 25

Nicola Kelly ANYWHERE BUT HERE

Thu, 16 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6

Sophia Smith Galer HOW TO K*ll A LANGUAGE

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

Outside of Eden

Sat, 07 Feb at 08:00 pm Christ Church Cathedral

Writing in the Museum

Tue, 24 Feb at 06:00 pm Broad Street, OX1 3AZ Oxford, United Kingdom

Book launch of Modern Spiritualism in Italian Literature and Culture

Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Il Corno - Panuozzo Bar Free

The Dragon Has Two Tongues: Celebrating Welsh Broadcasting Innovation

Fri, 27 Feb at 03:00 pm Jesus College Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub Free

Korea Day at Kellogg

Tue, 03 Feb at 04:00 pm The Hub, Kellogg College Free

Writing Talk with Ti Mikkel: From House of the Dragon to The Archivist

Sat, 07 Feb at 01:45 pm Cohen Quadrangle B&B, Exeter College GBP 14

Claire Fuller HUNGER AND THIRST with Lucy Atkins

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

Workshop with House of the Dragon writer and The Archivist author Ti Mikkel

Sat, 07 Feb at 11:00 am St John's College, Oxford GBP 20

Archilochus' Fragments

Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Jacqueline du Pré Music Building (St Hilda's College) GBP 5 to 15

Missing Soul #4: THE Platform for Amateur Artists!

Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Curio Bookshop, downstairs at Common Ground GBP 5 to 7

PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP What Is?

Sat, 07 Feb at 11:00 am Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Danny Bate WHY Q NEEDS U with Susie Dent

Tue, 10 Feb at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 15

PUTTING PHILOSOPHY ON THE TELLY with Andy West

Sat, 21 Feb at 11:00 am Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Robert Newman INTELLIGENCE

Wed, 04 Mar at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 17

Writing Women: Workshop and Discussion Group on International Women’s Day

Sun, 08 Mar at 02:00 pm The H B Allen Centre GBP 6

The Mighty Goddess by Sally Pomme Clayton

Thu, 26 Mar at 07:30 pm The Story Museum

Book at Lunchtime: Rethinking Conscientious Objection in Health Care

Wed, 18 Feb at 12:30 pm Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

Introduction to Shakespeare - Creation Theatre 1-Day Masterclass for ages 7-11

Tue, 17 Feb at 09:00 am St Andrew's Church, Oxford

PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Anthony Gottlieb

Sat, 14 Mar at 11:00 am Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Divine Schism: The Leaf Library + Fuzzy Lights

Wed, 01 Apr at 07:45 pm Common Ground, 37-38 Little Clarendon St, Oxford, OX1 2HU

Anna Brook-Mitchell MOTHERFAKER

Tue, 24 Feb at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 17

Lynda La Plante SACRIFICE with Triona Adams

Fri, 13 Mar at 06:00 pm The Sheldonian Theatre GBP 10 to 30

Nicholas Allen LATE HEANEY

Thu, 05 Mar at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 20

Modernism Remodelled 2026

Sat, 28 Feb at 09:00 am St Anne's College GBP 109 to 196

Managing Behaviour and Workload with Sue Cowley

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

Michael Robb and Evan Friss BOOK MAKERS AND BOOKSELLERS

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

Tidy (February Half Term)

Tue, 17 Feb at 11:00 am The North Wall, Oxford

After Hours: Connect

Thu, 19 Feb at 06:00 pm 30 Pembroke Street, OX1 1BP Oxford, United Kingdom

Alexander Larman LAZARUS with Philip Clark

Wed, 11 Feb at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

The Good Foot Poetry Readings

Thu, 12 Mar at 07:00 pm Old Fire Station GBP 9

Sara Wheeler JAN MORRIS : A LIFE

Wed, 15 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 25

The Healing Page: Creative Writing Workshops

Sun, 08 Feb at 02:00 pm The Retreat Room, Oxford Friends Meeting House GBP 20

The Healing Page: Creative Writing Workshops

Sun, 15 Feb at 02:00 pm The Retreat Room, Oxford Friends Meeting House GBP 20

BOOK OF THE MONTH Danielle Giles MERE

Wed, 04 Feb at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 10

Francesca Wade and James Bailey ON SPARK AND STEIN

Mon, 27 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6

Charlotte Cross THE BRIDES

Wed, 29 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 3

Book at Lunchtime: Southern Imagining

Wed, 04 Mar at 12:30 pm Seminar Room 63, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

Unravelling History & The Material of Living

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

Evening with M.H. Ayinde

Fri, 06 Feb at 08:00 pm Trinity College Free

Katherine Priddy | Holywell Music Room, Oxford | 28.4.26

Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm Holywell Music Room

Hidden Voices of WW1

Mon, 16 Feb at 11:00 am Museum of Oxford GBP 6

The Creative Meetup (Oxford)

Thu, 19 Mar at 09:30 am George Street Social GBP 0 to 6

The Why and How of Digital Multimodal Scholarship

Wed, 11 Feb at 01:30 pm St Antony's College Free

WHITE MOSS A Panel Discussion

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

Improv in 6 Acts Feb-March 2026

Mon, 23 Feb at 07:00 pm The Oak Room, The Old Schoolhouse GBP 90 to 180

Jill Dawson PIXIE

Mon, 09 Mar at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 17

CONVERSATIONS DAY 2026 BEING THE PEOPLE OF GOD

Tue, 17 Mar at 10:30 am Church Mission Society (CMS) Free

CPM Annual Lecture 2026

Tue, 28 Apr at 05:30 pm Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford Free

Improv in 6 Acts June - July 2026

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

Lifting the Curtain

Thu, 12 Feb at 04:00 pm Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

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

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

EXILE for voices, playback and audio piano

Tue, 03 Feb at 05:30 pm St. Hugh’s College 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

Oxford Plough Reader Meetup

Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm The Rickety Press

James Tilley - Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain

Tue, 10 Feb at 05:00 pm Buchanan Tower Room Free

The Eras Tour - Nineties and Noughties

Mon, 19 Jan at 07:00 pm Magdalen College Free

Write Space

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

Armand d'Angour - Songmaking to Socrates: New Light on Ancient Classics

Mon, 02 Feb at 05:00 pm Noel Salter Room, New College Free

Tom Lutz 1925 : A LITERARY ENCYCLOPEDIA

Fri, 10 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6