The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival - "Some 250 writers will descend on Christ Church to debate, discuss ideas and share their passion for their subject. Julian Barnes, William Boyd, Melvyn Bragg, Mavis Cheek, Monty Don, Sebastian Faulks, Adam Hart-Davis, Douglas Hurd, Joanne Harris, Roy Hattersley, Lisa Jardine, Peter Jones, Hanif Kureishi, Oona King, James Naughtie, Philip Pullman, Libby Purves, Ben Okri, Jonathan Sacks, John Simpson, Roy Strong, and many more are all coming to this year's festival. Our panel discussions will take on major issues affecting our lives and ask pointed questions about global politics, climate change, science and much more. For addicts of heated debate, our discussions on the future of Palestine, the solace of nature writing, the threat to our oceans and the rubbish that passes itself off as 'news', will all be irresistible draws" - 31 March to 6 April 2008