Dark thoughts
	4:12pm Thu 15 May 08
	The hardback version of the story, which has been snipped for paperback About four years ago, two Oxford authors met over a cream tea at the Old Parsonage Hotel and the plot thickened.

	Ten of the very best
	3:47pm Thu 17 Apr 08
	Oxford Mail books editor Andrew Ffrench picks some great Oxford authors Lewis Carroll: When the Rev Charles Dodgson took young Alice Liddell and friends on a boat trip and started telling them bizarre stories, he didn't realise he was launching a fantasy tradition in Oxford that is still going strong more than 150 years later.

	Its in-spire-ational
	12:42pm Fri 11 Apr 08
	Oxford has acted as a muse for many writers. Consider Alice in Wonderland, much of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and Dorothy Sayer's Gaudy Night.

	Back in action
	4:32pm Thu 13 Mar 08
	Philip Pullman fans across Oxfordshire are counting the days until the publication of his new book, Once Upon a Time in the North.

	Get hooked on reading with our club
	4:25pm Thu 13 Mar 08
	After the launch of our new Book Club last week, Waterstones in Oxford and Witney have both reported a significant surge in sales of our first Book of The Month, Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon.

	My Top 10
	11:32am Mon 3 Mar 08
	Andrew Ffrench chooses 10 of his favourite books - a tough challenge for the Page Turner to limit himself to just 10