On this page
you can access our coverage of some of the best bits of the Oxford Literary
Festival 2004 that took place 23 -28 March 2004.
Veron
God Little
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre won the Mann Booker prize in 2003,
Neil Dyson finds out more.
Gareth
Southgate and Andy Woodman
Mark Urso-Cale tells us more
about best friends, Gareth Southgate and Andy Woodman.
Sioned
Davies
Andrea MacDonald
finds out more
on An Arthurian Story from The Mabinogion.
Lynne
Truss
Neil Dyson undertakes the brave task of writing about a book
on grammar.
Will
Self
Jon Surtees gets an audience with the grumpy old man himself.
David
Starkey David
Starkey brings the six wives of Henry VIII back to life.
Alastair
Campbell
Listen to an interview and read the report of his talk at the Sheldonian.
The
Grand Critic
Our critic went to provide a critique of four other critics talking
about literary criticism - how profound!
Alexei
Sayle
Matilda Maxwell hears about the first novel from the comedian.
Joan
Bakewell
Andrea MacDonald reviews the talk by the broadcaster Joan Bakewell
as you tracks her life.
From
Page to Screen: Turning Fiction into Film Is a big screen adaptation of a book
always an inferior product? Luci Cummings went to debate the
issue.
Writing
for Children, Writing for Adults? Luci
Cummings went to discover what, if anything divided writing
for different ages.
Joanne
Harris
Luci Cummings listens to the authour Joanne Harris talking about her
collection of short stories.
Clive
James
TV presenter Clive James sticks to books as Stephen Briggs finds
out.
Mark
Haddon Jon Surtees
is at the last lecture of the festival with the Whitbread Book of
the Year winner Mark
Haddon.
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