Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.

Jun 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm St Cross College
This one-day workshop with St Cross College Professional in Residence David Scrymgeour covers the steps towards building a successful organisation, from designing, starting, and growing, to managing, changing, fixing, and evolving. The workshop will be[...]
Jun 24 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Cross College
In this lecture, entrepreneur David Scrymgeour will talk about developing an entrepreneurial mindset, sharing best practice and words of wisdom gleaned from a career in business. About David Scrymgeour: David Scrymgeour has worked as an[...]
Jul 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Join us as Gail Simmons explores her journey in ‘The Country of Larks’ as part of our Travel Series events taking place in July. ‘In the Footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson and the Footprint of[...]
Jul 8 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Saïd Business School
The art market is one of the most visible, yet least understood industries in the world. And it is in the midst of a digital transformation that is redefining what and how art is transacts[...]
Jul 12 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
As part of our Travel Series Talks this July, we are delighted to welcome Jonathan Lorie to discuss his new book ‘The Travel Writer’s Way’ and share an insider’s tips on how to write travel.[...]
Jul 13 @ 11:30 am – 6:30 pm The Jam Factory
For this event, 12 artists from all over the country will be presenting work that they have been making as part of the Sound Diaries open call. The presenting artists are: Richard Bentley, Hannah Dargavel-Leafe,[...]
Jul 15 @ 1:03 pm – 2:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
As part of our Let’s Discuss series, we’re proud to be welcoming international speaker, change-maker and global Sharing Economy expert, Benita Matofska and photographer with purpose Sophie Sheinwald, to Oxford for the launch of their[...]
Aug 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s is pleased to be hosting the launch of Lisa Cybaniak’s, Survivor to Warrior. Synopsis As a survivor of ten years of child abuse, Lisa gently walks you through effective strategies to help you reframe[...]
Sep 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Sheldonian Theatre
Blackwell’s are delighted to be hosting a very special event at the Sheldonian Theatre with Alain de Botton on The School of Life: An Emotional Education. We spend years in school learning facts and figures[...]
Sep 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to announce that poet and author Lemn Sissay will be with us, in conversation with Derek Owusu, to discuss his new memoir, My Name is Why. How does a government steal a[...]
Sep 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Short Stories Aloud is back for the autumn! Listen to actors read short stories read by our guest authors. This month we are joined by Joanna Kavenna, author of Zed, and Brian Catling, the Vorrh[...]
Sep 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to be hosting economics commentator Grace Blakeley, in conversation with Aaron Bastani, on her new book Stolen, a readable polemic on the growing dominance of the finance industry over the UK economy,[...]
Sep 22 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of humanity first landing on the moon. To celebrate this Oliver Morton will be here at Blackwell’s, in conversation with Caspar Henderson, to discuss his new book, The Moon:[...]
Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Lady Margaret Hall and Blackwell’s: Celebrating 140 years Blackwell’s opened its doors on January 1st 1879 on Broad Street, Oxford and have been trading continuously from there ever since. Since then they have grown to[...]
Sep 28 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
As part of our 140th Anniversary celebrations, Blackwell’s are delighted to be joined by Mark Williams and Danny Penman to discuss Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World, a book which[...]
Oct 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to welcome to the shop Joanna Cannon who will be in conversation with Lucy Atkins on her new memoir Breaking and Mending: A junior doctor’s stories of compassion and burnout. The unforgettable[...]
Oct 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Wolfson College - Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
Tenor Mark Padmore is preparing to take on the role of Aschenbach in David McVicar’s production of Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice at the Royal Opera House. Join Mark and a panel of experts, including[...]
Oct 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
In this book talk the Author, Carl Benedikt Frey, will discuss how the Industrial Revolution was a defining moment in history, but how few grasped its enormous consequences at the time. Now that we are[...]
Oct 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Wolfson College - Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Brazilian composer Claudio Santoro (1919-1989), one of the major figures in twentieth-century Brazilian music. His musical legacy includes nearly five hundred compositions. Among them there are fourteen symphonies,[...]
Oct 15 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Magdalen College Auditorium
Edward Higginbottom was Director of Music at New College from 1976 – 2014. In a talk for Oxford Civic Society he reflects on music making in the University and how, sometimes in spite of itself,[...]
Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Data-driven micro-targeted campaigns have become a main stable of political strategy. As personal and societal data becomes more accessible, we need to understand how it can be used and mis-used in political campaigns and whether[...]
Oct 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Waterstones Bookshop
Award-winning sustainability journalist Tim Smedley has travelled the world to major cities dealing with severe air pollution problems including Delhi, Beijing and Paris, interviewing scientists and politicians to discover the full story of air pollution.[...]
Oct 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm New Road Baptist Church
From the geological component of a life-supporting planet, to changing how we made tools or helping your body survive every day, iron plays an important part in being human. But which of iron’s roles is[...]
Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s are delighted to be hosting a celebration in honour of the launch of Matthew Rice’s beautiful new book, Oxford. Oxford is one of the jewels of European architecture, much loved and much visited. The[...]
Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Waterstones Bookshop
Marking the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, Kit Chapman reveals the incredible and often surprising stories behind the discovery of the superheavy elements; how they have shaped the world today and where they will[...]
Nov 1 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm St Cross College
The AfOx insaka is a gathering for sharing ideas and knowledge about Africa-focused research with speakers from diverse and varied academic disciplines. There are two events each term. Speakers for the first AfOx insaka in[...]
Nov 2 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
‘Philosophy in the Bookshop’ is our free monthly event that takes place on the first Saturday of the month and features Nigel Warburton interviewing a different author around their specialist subject. This month, Nigel will[...]
Nov 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Join us for a special ‘Let’s Discuss’ event where we will be warmly welcoming Lynn Enright, to explore Women’s Health and her book ‘Vagina: A Re-Education’. After the talk there will be an opportunity to[...]
Nov 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Register Event Information ‘Heroes or Villains? The Blair Government Reconsidered’ with Jon Davis & John Rentoul, as part of the Oxford Think Festival. About this Event Saturday 9th – Thursday 21st November Oxford University Press[...]
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Blackwell’s is thrilled to be welcoming Erling Kagge to discuss his new book ‘Philosophy for Polar Explorers’. Synopsis Erling Kagge was the first man in history to reach all of the Earth’s poles by foot[...]