Tuesday, March 20

Griff Rhys Jones looks back on the suburban childhood evoked in his memoir SemiDetached, 6pm

Will Self discusses his dystopian novel The Book of Dave, 8pm

Wednesday, March 21

Rageh Omaar talks about Only Half of Me, his account of being a Muslim in Britain, 12.30pm

Penelope Hobhouse goes in search of the perfect garden, 2.30pm

Colin Thubron takes us on a journey along the Silk Road, 4pm

Antonia Fraser on Louis XIV and his lovers, 6.30pm

Iain Banks talks about his new novel, The Steep Approach to Garbadale, 7.30pm

Thursday, March 22

Lunch with Joanne Harris in the Hall at Christ Church, 12pm

Niall Ferguson explores the violent history of the 20th century, 12.30pm

Peter Godwin talks about his memoir When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, 12.30pm

Hermione Lee discusses her life of Edith Wharton, 2.30pm

AA Gill on the art of travel writing, 2.30pm

Blake Morrison introduces his new novel South of the River, 2.30pm

Claire Tomalin explores the life and literary achievements of Thomas Hardy, 4.30pm

Jung Chang tells the untold story of Mao Tse-tung, 6.30pm

CJ Sansom discusses his crime novel, Sovereign, 6.30pm

Mark Haddon on his novel, A Spot of Bother, 7.30pm

Friday, March 23

Ruth Rendell talks to Sunday Times fiction editor Peter Kemp about her life in crime, 10am

Alexander McCall Smith discusses his fiction with James Naughtie, 12pm

Matt Ridley on his biography of Francis Crick, 2.30pm

Richard Dawkins discusses religious belief with Rod Liddle, 8pm

Saturday, March 24

Jeremy Paxman analyses the role of the royal family, 2pm

John Lanchester and Andrew O’Hagan discuss their new books with Sunday Times literary editor Susannah Herbert, 2pm

Edna O’Brien on her novel, The Light of Evening, 4pm

Terence Blacker reveals the disgraceful life of Willie Donaldson, 4pm

Festival literary dinner in the Hall at Christ Church with PD James and David Starkey, 7pm

Sunday, March 25

Bryan Appleyard explores man’s fevered search for immortality, 10am

Michael Mansfield explores Blair’s legal legacy, 12pm

Maggi Hambling talks to Frank Whitford about her life and work, 4pm

Crime writer Donna Leon is in conversation with Peter Kemp, 4pm

Miranda Seymour discusses her powerful memoir about her father, 4pm

Sarah Waters talks about her Man Booker-shortlisted novel The Night Watch, 6pm

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL

Wednesday, March 21

Anthony Horowitz on Nightrise, the third book in his Power of Five saga, 9-plus, 4.30pm

Saturday, March 24

Ian Beck talks about his novel, The Secret History of Tom Trueheart, 6-plus, 10am

Geraldine McCaughrean discusses Peter Pan in Scarlet, 10-plus, 10am

Alexander McCall Smith introduces his children’s tale Akimbo and the Snakes, 7-9 years, 12pm

Sunday, March 25

James Carter reads from Hey Little Bug: Poems for Little Creatures, 3-6 years, 1.30pm and 2.30pm

Korky Paul on his popular character Winnie the Witch, 5-8 years, 4.30pm

Kevin Crossley-Holland talks about his book Gatty’s Tale, 10-plus, 5.30pm

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