THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Reading: Ian McEwan reads from his new novel On Chesil Beach. 7pm, Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford.

Talk: James Delingpole talks about his book How To Be Right. Borders, Magdalen Street, Oxford, 7pm.

APRIL 20 Talk: Alan Lee, Oscar-winning designer of the Lord of the Rings films and illustrator for The Children of Hurin, talks about the book, restored and completed by Christopher Tolkien, son of J. J. R. Tolkien. 1pm, Borders, Magdalen Street, Oxford.

Details of book-related events can be sent to Maggie Hartford, The Oxford Times, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0EJ, or emailed to maggie.hartford@nqo.com.