Wolv Lit Fest - Free Tickets for Talks and Workshops

Schedule

Sun, 28 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am

UTC+01:00
Location

Wolvercote Village Hall | Oxford, EN

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A - Sessions for adult readers and aspiring authors
1015-1125 - Getting Published (70 mins)
Exploring what’s involved, the main issues, and the pros and cons of the options available.
Chaired by Colin Wade, with Steve Sheppard, Mary McClarey and Andy Severn
1130-1155 – Launches & Promotions - Cathy Wield, Steve Sheppard and Peter Tickler (25 mins)
Chaired by Charles Boundy, with Cathy Wield, Steve Sheppard and Peter Tickler
1200-1255 - Shedding Light on a Contemporary World through Fiction (55 mins)
Why do literature and fiction matter in today’s world? Can we benefit from others’ perspectives on the problems and conflicts that beset us, and from sharing understanding and awareness across cultures? Stories do this and readers hardly notice because they are swept along in the narrative...
Chaired by Steve Lunn, with Sylvia Vetta, Iftikhar Malik and Linda Proud
B - Sessions for Children - As with all Wolvercote & Wytham Mid-Summer Festival events, children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Workshops are aimed at the primary and early secondary years.
1300-1355 – Step into the World of Story Writing with ARCh: An Interactive Story Writing Workshop! (55 mins)
Join a lively, heartwarming workshop celebrating the magic of reading and shared story writing. With games, audience participation and lots of laughter, we’ll create a simple story and build up to more imaginative worlds and scenarios. Participation is encouraged! Listen, play, create and discover the joy of story writing - together. Aimed at Primary-aged children.
[ARCh is Oxfordshire’s Assisted Reading for Children scheme]
1400-1455 - Children’s Drawing with fabulous illustrator Mario Coelho (55 mins)
Come along and draw with award-winning Oxford-based illustrator Mario Coelho – a drawing and painting workshop, creating drawings for your own story - or recreate some from your favourite picture book.
Free for all, materials provided - all you need to bring is creativity and imagination, and be ready to have fun.
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Wolvercote Village Hall, Oxford, United Kingdom

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