Writing Events in Oxford

Check out happening writing events all around Oxford, EN

'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

British Decades

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

Maria Semple GO GENTLE with Viv Groskop

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

Katja Hoyer WEIMAR

 Wed, 06 May at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 30

Claire Fuller HUNGER AND THIRST with Lucy Atkins

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

Future Thinking and Making

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

Daisuke Yomsumi LET GO

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop Free

Oxford-BNU Creative Writing Award Ceremony 2026

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

Connecting Creatives in Oxford

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

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

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

AfOx Dissertation Writing Workshop May 2026

 Wed, 06 May at 05:00 pm School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford Free

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

Christie Watson KILLING ME SOFTLY with Rachel Clarke

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

Gwyneth Lewis NIGHTSHADE MOTHER with Kate Kennedy

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

Midnight in Oxford: A Magazine and Small Press Mixer

 Fri, 22 May at 07:00 pm Lincoln College GBP 13

Olivia Plender in Conversation with Dr Kathryn Murphy

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

REGGAE-DUB-CULTURE-UNITY & LIBERATION

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

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

Encounters with Landscapes

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

The Healing Page: Writing Workshops

 Sun, 22 Mar The Retreat Room, Oxford Friends Meeting House GBP 20

After Hours: Connect

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

Peter Fiennes EN ROUTE

 Thu, 25 Jun at 05:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 6 to 19

Urmila Seshagiri THE LIFE OF VIOLET with David James

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

Trees and Stories

 Thu, 21 May at 01:00 pm New Road Baptist Church GBP 0 to 5

Participatory Biography: Adaptable Creative Writing Pedagogy of/for Crisis

 Thu, 21 May at 12:30 pm Rewley House 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

Amanda Golden THE POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH with Erica McAlpine

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

Writing Picture Books Course with Anna Kemp

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

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

Kira Freije in Conversation with Jennifer Higgie

 Sat, 13 Jun at 02:00 pm Modern Art Oxford Free

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

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

Write Space

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

Historic Oxford Writers Tour

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