By way of celebrating the Oxford Literary Festival and to highlight the services of Oxford Central Library, 16 artists were invited to turn old books into works of art. The manner in which these artists have coped with this brief is ingenious. Each one of them has come up with an exciting interpretation of literature through other art forms, using old books selected at random.

Alan Franklin’s Kon-Tiki has created a copy of the raft used by Thor Heyerdahl to cross the Pacific Ocean in 1947 from one of his books, which he has placed on the second book, Engineering Mathematics. The sea green cover of the book represents the sea and the title of the book highlights the engineering required to make this raft.

Jim Le Fevre explores the meeting points of books and film by creating a film that incorporates scenes from his journey to the library in a flipbook style, which he has entitled 24pps. Joanna Gilmour's book was The Rough Guide to Hawaii, so she has made a model of a volcano from the pages, charring the pages that were left over to suggest volcanic ash. It’s a very imaginative piece, which she has named Pahoehoe hula. Rows of small jars filled with book pulp celebrate Diane Jones-Parry’s book, Vegetarian Baby.

These works and more can be seen at O3 Gallery, at Oxford Castle, until April 26.