MONDAY, MARCH 31

John Carey, Sebastian Faulks and Philip Pullman

TUESDAY, APRIL 1

James Naughtie, Roy Strong, Justin Cartwright, Clarissa Eden, Ben Okri and David Kynaston

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

Colin Dexter, Adam Zamoyski, Charles Jencks, Tom Paulin, Tony Benn, Alastair Campbell, Jonathan Powell, Fay Weldon, Mark Haddon and Charlie Higson

THURSDAY, APRIL 3

Peter Jones, William Boyd, Jonathan Sacks, Mark Tully, Mary Warnock, Joanne Harris, Bill Emmott, Sally Brampton, Lisa Appignanesi, Justine Picardie and Marcus du Sautoy

FRIDAY, APRIL 4

Adam Hart-Davis, Alison Weir, Roy Hattersley, Diana Athill, Richard Dawkins, Oona King, Stephen Poliakoff, Libby Purves, Max Hastings, Robert Macfarlane, Misha Glenny, Michael Wood, Michael Holroyd, Maggie Gee, Monty Don, Martin Bell, Lisa Jardine and Hanif Kureishi

SATURDAY, APRIL 5

Patrick French, Louis de Bernières, Philip Hensher, Douglas Hurd, Michael Burleigh, Geoffrey Hill, Helen Dunmore, Mark Urban, Melvyn Bragg, Linda Grant, Gyles Brandreth and Richard Mabey

SUNDAY, APRIL 6

Ma Jian, Rory MacLean, Tom Stoppard, Michael Billington, Steven Berkoff, Karen Armstrong, Shirley Hughes, Robert Peston, John Simpson, Julian Barnes and David Crystal

OXFORD: WHERE TO STAY AND HOW TO BOOK

This year’s Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival runs at Christ Church from Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 6. To get a flavour of the festival, and to immerse yourself fully in the atmosphere of Christ Church, you can stay at the college, either by booking individual rooms for a starting price of £53 per night, B&B, or by taking advantage of our two-night festival packages, available exclusively to Sunday Times readers:

March 31-April 1: accommodation and breakfast at Christ Church, plus tickets to see Sebastian Faulks, Clarissa Eden, Oliver James and Rita Carter. Prices from £130.

April 2-3: accommodation and breakfast at Christ Church, plus tickets to see Seamus Murphy discussing Afghanistan with Anthony Loyd; the Penguin readers’ evening with Catherine Bailey, Jane Johnson and Jeremy Page; Dragons’ Den judge Peter Jones; Mark Tully; and Adam Mars-Jones talking to Margaret Drabble. Prices from £137.

To book your stay, call 01865 286848/286877 or e-mail festival@chch.ox.ac.uk.

BOOKING TICKETS

To book tickets for events at the festival, go online at www.ticketsoxford.com (24hr booking until March 31 at 10am) or telephone 0870 343 1001.

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