Shifting between three intertwining narratives, Mongrel reveals a tangled web of desire, isolation, belonging and ultimately, hope. An exquisite debut novel weaving together the voices of three young women in Japan and the UK as the threads of their lives twist and entangle in unexpected ways.

Caper will be selling books at this event organised by the RGS. In Wildly different, historian Sarah Lonsdale traces the lives of five women who fought for the right to work in, enjoy and help to save the earth’s wild places. Event at St. Margaret’s Institute, 30 Polstead Road, Oxford.

Bookshop Crawl exploring the brilliant bookshops of Oxford, meeting other book lovers and having the chance to chat, share book recommendations and buy books without judgement, with a few extra perks along the way...

Join two award-winning authors of the magical, fantastical and mysterious, Gareth Brown and Anne Corlett, as they discuss their latest novels with local, Sunday Times Bestselling-author Chris Sugden.

We all know our physical age, but what is our emotional age? Join us for a workshop with The School of Life. Most of us long to be more emotionally mature and better able to face life’s challenges with poise, confidence, kindness and good-natured intelligence. We want to be proper grown-ups. But to become so means, first and foremost, that we have to understand the many curious ways in which we might not currently be as mature as we would have hoped.

An evening in collaboration with Project PT looking at representation in literature around the world and why certain books are still being banned around the world. Richard Ovenden, author of Burning The Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge and Director of the Bodleian Libraries will chair a panel including local author Lanisha Butterfield, Kris Siosyte from Transactual UK, and Ajaye Phunn, director of Project PT.

Join us at Caper for an evening with Joanna Miller as we celebrate the release of her captivating debut novel, The Eights.

Join us at Caper as Granta debut novelist Issa Quincy talks to Tom de Freston about his book Absence. An elusive narrator is beguiled by a poem that returns to him in mysterious ways, echoing across the years.

Join us at Caper for our brand new, monthly, spoken-word open mic night! Run by local authors (and Caper staff), and designed to create an encouraging, creative, inclusive space for writers who want to share their prose works in progress – across all genres.

How do we think about the future? What are we worried about, what aren't we thinking about enough and what should we really be anxious about. Join us at Caper to launch Danny's newest book, The Next Crisis.

Come and join us at Caper as Anna Beer talks to Simon Mason about her new book, Death Of An Englishman. A quest for a valuable manuscript turns into a hunt for its author’s killer. Meet Oxford’s Eve Brook, literary detective, as she tackles her first mystery. David Morrow, Oxford don and controversial media pundit, is found dead in his college rooms.

Join three masterful authors of the strange — Helen Marshall, Sarah Brooks, and Malcolm Devlin — as they launch their latest works exploring the uncanny and the strange lurking beneath ordinary reality. Together, these writers craft narratives where boundaries blur, the impossible intrudes, and readers confront the weird spaces where reality unravels. Join us for an evening of readings, conversation, and a glimpse into three distinct visions of the strange.