Oxford Literary Festival

The Oxford Literary Festival (OLF) is an annual literary festival held in Oxford, England.^[1][2]

Philip Pullman signing a copy of Lyra's Oxford at the 2005 festival

Oxford Literary Festival

The festival in 2011
Abbreviation	OLF
Named after	Oxford
Formation	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Founded at	Oxford
Type	Nonprofit
Registration no.	Charity number: 1128820
Legal status	charity
Purpose	literary festival
Headquarters	Oxford
Location	Oxford, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.75034°N 1.25586°W / 51.75034; -1.25586
Region served	United Kingdom
Products	books
Services	talks
Official language	English
Affiliations	The Sunday Times The Telegraph
Funding	entrance tickets
Website	oxfordliteraryfestival.org
Formerly called	Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

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.