Saturday morning of science storytelling in which authors read from their books and talk about the ideas behind them, part of the Oxford Science and Ideas Festival.
Curious Minds: science story Saturdays is at Caper Bookshop on Saturday 17 October, a morning of science storytelling in the heart of Oxford. The format is straightforward: authors read from their books and talk through the ideas behind them, so you get a bit of the writing and a bit of the thinking that went into it.
It's part of the 2026 Oxford Science and Ideas Festival, a programme the organisers describe as comprising more than 100 events and activities across the city. This particular session sits on the storytelling end of that, with the authors reading aloud rather than giving a formal lecture. If you're into science writing, it's a good way to hear a book read by the person who wrote it, and to get a sense of how they work through their ideas.
Because it's a morning session, it's one of those things you can fit in before the rest of your Saturday gets away from you. It's held at Caper, a bookshop, which fits the whole thing — authors reading from their books, surrounded by books, with a bit of talking in between. It's a quiet way to spend a few hours on a Saturday morning, especially if you've got a thing for science and the way it gets told.
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It all goes down on Saturday 17 October at Caper Bookshop in Oxford, as part of the 2026 Oxford Science and Ideas Festival.
