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Abbreviation | OLF |
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Named after | Oxford |
Formation | 2001 |
Founded at | Oxford |
Type | Nonprofit |
Registration no. | Charity number: 1128820 |
Legal status | charity |
Purpose | literary festival |
Headquarters | Oxford |
Location |
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Coordinates | 51°45′01″N1°15′21″W / 51.75034°N 1.25586°W |
Region served | United Kingdom |
Products | books |
Services | talks |
Official language | English |
Affiliations | The Sunday Times The Telegraph |
Funding | entrance tickets |
Website | oxfordliteraryfestival |
Formerly called | Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival |
The Oxford Literary Festival (OLF) is an annual literary festival held in Oxford, England. [1] [2]
The festival events take place in venues across central Oxford, such as Blackwell's bookshop, the Bodleian Library, the Sheldonian Theatre, [3] the Weston Library, and Oxford colleges such as Christ Church and Worcester College. [4] The festival includes international authors, journalists, intellectuals, historians, and poets. [5] OLF is a registered charity is the Charity Commission for England and Wales. [6]
In January 2016, the Oxford novelist Philip Pullman resigned as a patron of the Oxford Literary Festival in support of the Society of Authors' campaign for writers to be paid fees at literary festivals. [7] The Bodley Medal, the highest honour issued by the Bodleian Library in Oxford, is awarded at the festival. In 2024, it was awarded to Philip Pullman. [8]
The festival has previously been associated with The Sunday Times [9] and Financial Times newspapers, but now partners with The Telegraph .