Recorded on the 3rd of November 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman hosts this episode of Ex Libris Live! where he is joined author and television writer Jenny Colgan, author Ali Shaw, podcaster and author Jamie Morton and author, barrister and traveler Charles Foster. In this episode, the […]

Recorded on the 22nd of September 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman hosts this episode of Ex Libris After Dark where he is joined author, actor and television presenter Robert Llewellyn, authors Jodi Taylor and Paul Burston and  editor of Books and Arts for the Economist and 1843 […]

Recorded on the 20th of October 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman hosts this episode of Ex Libris Live! where he is joined author, actor and television presenter Robert Llewellyn, authors Jodi Taylor and Paul Burston and  editor of Books and Arts for the Economist and 1843 Fiammetta […]

Recorded on the 22nd of September 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman hosts this episode of Ex Libris After Dark where he is joined by award winning comedian, author and holder of several world records Tim FitzHigham, Graphic artist, animator and author Sydney Padua,  Comedian, author, podcaster and […]

Recorded on the 22nd of September 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman hosts this episode of Ex Libris Live! where he is joined by award winning comedian, author and holder of several world records Tim FitzHigham, Graphic artist, animator and author Sydney Padua,  Comedian, author, podcaster and QI […]

Whilst we’re away on our summer holiday we thought we’d go through the archive and bring you the pilot episode of Ex Libris Live recorded at Corpus Christi College Oxford on the 27th of March 2015. Our host David Freeman is joined by Craig Brown, Alex Bellos, John Lloyd and Helen Zaltzman In this episode, […]

Recorded on the 19th of July 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman talks to Producer, writer and presenter John Lloyd  best known for iconic shows such as; Spitting Image, Blackadder, QI, and author of The Meaning of Liff. His books are available here. Award winning literary historian Robert […]

Recorded on the 19th of July 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman hosts this episode of Ex Libris Live! where he is joined by producer, writer and presenter John Lloyd, award winning literary historian Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, artist, author and QI Elf Stevyn Colgan and author and science editor […]

Recorded on the 23rd of June 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman talks to Barbara Trapido about her book ‘Sex and Stravinsky’ which is available here. Andrew Crofts about his book ‘Confessions of a Ghostwriter’ which is available here. Andrew Billen about his book ‘Man who Invented Christmas: […]

Recorded on the 23rd of June 2016 in front of a live audience in Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford. David Freeman hosts this episode of Ex Libris Live! where he is joined by authors Barbara Trapido & Andrew Billen, ghostwriter Andrew Crofts and head of events at Blackwell’s Oxford Sylvia Warren. In this episode, the contestants write […]