Events for all ages and interests

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SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2017

Martyn Waites

Monday 20 February 00:00 – 00:00

Competition closes at 12 midnight GMT

£5.00 each

adult

Sponsor:
pennyshorts Website

Desert Island Books

Armando Iannucci

Thursday 06 April 19:45 – 20:45

In Conversation with Will Gompertz

SOLD OUT

£12.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Flock Comedy Website

Poetry Competition Awards 2017

Author details soon

Wednesday 26 April 15:45 – 16:45

no ticket required

FREE

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

adult

talk

SCHOOLS WORKSHOPS 2017

Jo Cotterill John Dougherty Abi Elphinstone Candy Gourlay Swapna Haddow Joshua Khan Tanya Landman Stewart Ross Adam Stower Steve Tasane

Thursday 27 April 09:00 – 15:00

FREE

Chipping Norton Schools Partnership

workshop

schools

Sponsor:
Oxfordshire Community Foundation Website

Bringing in the Sheaves

The Reverend Richard Coles

Thursday 27 April 20:00 – 21:00

SOLD OUT

£12.50 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Wise Investment Website

Love in a Bookshop

Stephanie Butland Veronica Henry

Thursday 27 April 20:00 – 21:00

Ticket price includes a glass of wine

£8.50 each

Jaffé & Neale

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Nutmeg Website

Trade Secrets 2017

Hannah Kohler Mick Herron Caroline Wood

Friday 28 April 10:00 – 17:30

Ticket price includes lunch with the authors and morning and afternoon refreshments

£85.00 each

St Mary's Parish Rooms

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
pennyshorts Website

Where Poppies Blow

John Lewis-Stempel

Friday 28 April 18:00 – 19:00 £8.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Sally Logan

I See You

Clare Mackintosh

Friday 28 April 20:00 – 21:00

In Conversation with Sharon Bolton

£10.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Compare Caravan Insurance Website

You Took the Last Bus Home

Brian ​Bilston

Friday 28 April 20:00 – 21:00

SOLD OUT

£5.00 each

The Chequers

adult

talk

Sponsor:
PorcuPine Website

Client Earth

James Thornton Martin Goodman

Friday 28 April 20:00 – 21:00 £8.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Cotswold Family Law Website

The Children's Laureate

Chris Riddell

Saturday 29 April 10:00 – 11:00 £7.50 each

The Theatre

children-and-young-people

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Archivist Press Website

New Voices 2017

Abir Mukherjee Harriet Cummings Wyl Menmuir

Saturday 29 April 10:00 – 11:00 £8.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Cotswold Lettings and Sales Website

Dinosaurs and Dinner Ladies

John Dougherty

Saturday 29 April 10:00 – 11:00 £2.00 each

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

talk

Writers' Workshop: playwriting

Clare Bayley

Saturday 29 April 10:30 – 12:00 £18.00 each

St Mary's Parish Rooms

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
AUTHORS' LICENSING AND COLLECTING SOCIETY Website

Very Short Introduction to Animal Behaviour

Tristram Wyatt

Saturday 29 April 11:15 – 11:45

No ticket required

FREE

The Chequers

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Oxford University Press Website

Rather Be the Devil

Ian Rankin

Saturday 29 April 12:00 – 13:00

In Conversation with Mark Billingham SOLD OUT

£12.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
The Real Wood Furniture Company Website

Mad Girl

Bryony Gordon

Saturday 29 April 12:00 – 13:00

In Conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink 

£10.00 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

talk

Sponsor:
The Old School Website

Superhero brothers and alien gym teachers

David Solomons

Saturday 29 April 12:00 – 13:00 £2.00 each

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

talk

Bengali Cooking with Saira

Saira Hamilton

Saturday 29 April 13:00 – 14:00

SOLD OUT 

£15.00 each

Chipping Norton Lower Town Hall

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
The Midcounties Co-operative Website

Writers' Workshop: writing crime

Sharon Bolton

Saturday 29 April 13:30 – 15:00 £18.00 each

St Mary's Parish Rooms

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
AUTHORS' LICENSING AND COLLECTING SOCIETY Website

The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters

Nadiya Hussain

Saturday 29 April 14:00 – 15:00 £12.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Bronsens Website

Unbroken Voices

Julie Mayhew Keith Stuart Kit de Waal

Saturday 29 April 14:00 – 15:00 £8.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Rafiki Thabo Website

The Emergency Zoo

Miriam Halahmy

Saturday 29 April 14:00 – 15:00 £2.00 each

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

talk

Writers' Workshop: Writing Comedy

David Quantick

Saturday 29 April 15:30 – 17:00

SOLD OUT

£18.00 each

St Mary's Parish Rooms

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
AUTHORS' LICENSING AND COLLECTING SOCIETY Website

A History of Britain in 21 Women

Jenni Murray

Saturday 29 April 16:00 – 17:00

SOLD OUT

£12.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

talk

Sponsor:
The Chipping Norton Tea-Set Website

Behind the Screen

Sarah Phelps

Saturday 29 April 16:00 – 17:00 £10.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
The Phone Co-op Website

The Bumblebear

Nadia Shireen

Saturday 29 April 16:00 – 17:00 £2.00 each

The Library

children-and-young-people

talk

Cream Buns and Crime

Robin Stevens

Saturday 29 April 16:00 – 17:00 £2.00 each

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

talk

Very Short Introduction to Navigation

Jim Bennett

Saturday 29 April 15:15 – 15:45

no ticket required

FREE

The Chequers

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Oxford University Press Website

Guy Parker-Rees creates a live window display

Guy Parker-Rees

Saturday 29 April 16:00 – 17:30

FREE

Jaffé & Neale

children-and-young-people

adult

workshop

The Magic of Running

Vybarr Cregan-Reid

Saturday 29 April 17:15 – 17:45

SOLD OUT

£5.00 each

The Chequers

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Positive Reflexions Website

City of Friends

Joanna Trollope

Saturday 29 April 18:00 – 19:00 £10.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Shaw Gibbs Website

LIVEwire

Salena Godden

Saturday 29 April 18:00 – 19:00

SOLD OUT

£5.00 each

The Chequers

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Experience Chipping Norton Website

ChipLit Quiz

Mark Billingham

Saturday 29 April 19:45 – 20:45

SOLD OUT

£8.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

Sponsor:
Hook Norton Brewery Website

The A - Z of Eating

Felicity Cloake

Sunday 30 April 10:30 – 11:30

SOLD OUT

£15.00 each

Wild Thyme

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
Wild Thyme Website

From Stone Age to Phone Age

Greg Jenner

Sunday 30 April 11:00 – 12:00 £7.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

children-and-young-people

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Sibford School Website

Sir Charlie Stinky Socks

Kristina Stephenson

Sunday 30 April 10:00 – 11:00 £2.00 each

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

talk

The Making Of The British Landscape

Nicholas Crane Mary-Ann Ochota

Sunday 30 April 11:00 – 12:00 £10.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Owen Mumford Website

The January Man

Christopher Somerville

Sunday 30 April 11:00 – 12:00 £8.50 each

Penhurst Gardens

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Walkopedia Website

Writers' Workshop: How to Sparkle in the Slush

Jo Unwin

Sunday 30 April 11:00 – 12:00

SOLD OUT

£10.00 each

The Chequers

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
AUTHORS' LICENSING AND COLLECTING SOCIETY Website

George's Amazing Adventures

Adam and Charlotte Guillain

Sunday 30 April 12:00 – 13:00 £2.00 each

The Library

children-and-young-people

talk

Tanglewood Animal Park

Tamsyn Murray

Sunday 30 April 12:00 – 13:00 £2.00 each

Chipping Norton Lower Town Hall

children-and-young-people

talk

How to Make Awesome Comics

Neill Cameron

Sunday 30 April 12:00 – 13:00 £5.00 each

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

workshop

No Cunning Plan

Tony Robinson

Sunday 30 April 13:00 – 14:00

SOLD OUT

£12.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
The Burnside Partnership Website

The Life of Beatrix Potter

Matthew Dennison

Sunday 30 April 13:00 – 14:00 £8.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Pulham & Sons Coaches Website

Writers' Workshop: Crafting Character

Emily Barr

Sunday 30 April 13:00 – 14:30 £18.00 each

St Mary's Parish Rooms

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
AUTHORS' LICENSING AND COLLECTING SOCIETY Website

Football and Aliens

Bali Rai

Sunday 30 April 14:00 – 15:00 £2.00 each

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

talk

Illustrate a Dog Day

Emily Rand

Sunday 30 April 14:00 – 15:00

SOLD OUT

£2.50 each

The Library

children-and-young-people

workshop

Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now?

Ian Dunt

Sunday 30 April 15:00 – 16:00 £8.50 each

Chipping Norton Town Hall

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Conker Statistics Website

Writers' Workshop: Crowdfund your book with Unbound

John Mitchinson Suzie Wilde

Sunday 30 April 15:00 – 16:00 £10.00 each

St Mary's Parish Rooms

adult

workshop

Sponsor:
AUTHORS' LICENSING AND COLLECTING SOCIETY Website

The Summer Seaside Kitchen

Jenny Colgan

Sunday 30 April 15:00 – 16:00

CANCELLED

£10.00 each

The Theatre

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Land Rover Website

Very Short Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

Richard Passingham

Sunday 30 April 15:15 – 15:45

no ticket required

FREE

The Chequers

adult

talk

Sponsor:
Oxford University Press Website

Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space

Cavan Scott Tom Huddleston

Sunday 30 April 15:30 – 16:30 £5.00 each

The Crown and Cushion Hotel

children-and-young-people

talk