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

Lynda La Plante SACRIFICE with Triona Adams

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

Suzanne Simard WHEN THE FOREST BREATHES

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

Mind the Motherhood Gap

Thu, 19 Mar at 09:00 am Saïd Business School (Park End Street) (University of Oxford) Free

Jackie Morris & Robert Macfarlane THE BOOK OF BIRDS

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

Oxford China Forum -- Light Emerging from the Earth

Sun, 08 Mar at 09:30 am Saïd Business School (Park End Street) (University of Oxford) GBP 19 to 185

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

Talk with Henry Marsh: 34 Years of Brain Surgery in Ukraine

Tue, 24 Feb at 05:30 pm Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College Free

Divine Schism: Lande Hekt

Sat, 25 Apr at 02:00 pm The Bullingdon

Alyn Shipton - “Gerry Mulligan” quartet

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

The Oxford Quartet: Women Philosophers Against the Tide

Fri, 17 Apr at 06:30 pm Oxford Friends Meeting House Free

Nicola Kelly ANYWHERE BUT HERE

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

Sonya Walger WIFEHOUSE

Mon, 20 Apr at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 17

Claire Fuller HUNGER AND THIRST with Lucy Atkins

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

CPM Annual Lecture 2026

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

Sophia Smith Galer HOW TO K*ll A LANGUAGE

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

Gwyneth Lewis NIGHTSHADE MOTHER with Kate Kennedy

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

The Dragon Has Two Tongues: Celebrating Welsh Broadcasting Innovation

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

Oxford Poetry Circle presents: William Blake - Holy Thursday

Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

RSA Oxford Creativity & Social Change

Tue, 17 Mar at 06:00 pm Old Fire Station Free

Writing in the Museum

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

Charles Foster THE EDGES OF THE WORLD

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

Book at Lunchtime: Southern Imagining

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

Wood Engraving and the Story of Victorian Illustration

Wed, 04 Mar at 05:30 pm Christ Church Upper Library Free

Modernism Remodelled 2026

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

The Mighty Goddess by Sally Pomme Clayton

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

Alison Light RED, RED ROBIN with Lyndal Roper

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

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

PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Anthony Gottlieb

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

Jill Dawson PIXIE

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

The Good Foot Poetry Readings

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

Ladies Who Book and Brunch Oxford Book Club

Sun, 08 Mar at 10:45 am Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK

Book launch of Modern Spiritualism in Italian Literature and Culture

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

Archilochus' Fragments

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

Anna Brook-Mitchell MOTHERFAKER

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

Nicholas Allen LATE HEANEY

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

The OxStu and Bluestocking Presents: The Afterlives of Wuthering Heights

Thu, 26 Feb at 07:30 pm Mansfield College GBP 6

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

The Healing Page: Writing Workshops

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

The Neapolitan Enlightenment

Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm Il Corno - Panuozzo Bar Free

Reading the signs: Conference at Kellogg college

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

Michael Robb and Evan Friss BOOK MAKERS AND BOOKSELLERS

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

Managing Behaviour and Workload with Sue Cowley

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

TEACH THE WORD 2026

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

Amber Husain TELL ME HOW YOU EAT with Eleanor Penny

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

The Healing Page: Writing Workshops

Sun, 01 Mar at 02:00 pm The Retreat Room, Oxford Friends Meeting House GBP 20

Tom Lutz 1925 : A LITERARY ENCYCLOPEDIA

Fri, 10 Apr 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

Robert Newman INTELLIGENCE

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

Charlotte Cross THE BRIDES

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

Francesca Wade and James Bailey ON SPARK AND STEIN

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

WHITE MOSS A Panel Discussion

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

Rebel Book Club Oxford x SOBER

Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Gulp Fiction GBP 17

Mariusz Szczygieł and Antonia Lloyd-Jones with Linden Editions

Fri, 27 Feb at 05:00 pm St Anne's College, Seminar Room 10 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

Naples in the Novels of Elena Ferrante

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

Amanda Golden THE POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH with Erica McAlpine

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

Trans and Queer Voices in Performance Research: Publishing Workshop

Thu, 12 Mar at 02:30 pm Seminar Room 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

The Creative Meetup (Oxford)

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

CONVERSATIONS DAY 2026 BEING THE PEOPLE OF GOD

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

Rebel Book Club Oxford x AFRICA

Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm The Oxford Cinema & Cafe GBP 17

Caribbean Studies Network: A Caribbean Poet’s Travels

Mon, 09 Mar at 05:00 pm Seminar Room 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Free

Sara Wheeler JAN MORRIS : A LIFE

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

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

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

The History of Treasure Hunting

Thu, 16 Apr at 01:00 pm Museum of Oxford Free

Urmila Seshagiri THE LIFE OF VIOLET with David James

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

Improv in 6 Acts June - July 2026

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

Entering the Loophole: Surveying American Slavery in an English Village

Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm Old Fire Station Free

The Informal Sector in Johannesburg: Chaos Precinct or Thriving Entrepôt?

Thu, 12 Mar at 05:30 pm Mawby Room, Kellogg College Free

War of the Worlds: Fiction vs non-Fiction

Wed, 04 Mar at 12:45 pm Mawby Room, Kellogg 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

Major Parish Churches - place, people, building?

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

Katherine Priddy | Holywell Music Room, Oxford | 28.4.26

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

Devised and Drafted. Read, React and Write

Sat, 14 Mar at 10:00 am Old School House GBP 25 to 117

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

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

Stories of Oxford tours

Thu, 05 Dec at 01:00 pm Museum of Oxford GBP 3