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Science facility supports Oxford’s World Book Capital bid

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Congrats Port Harcourt- see our FB page for more on the decision and thanks for all your support! http://t.co/FG8b4P7d via @wordpressdotcom Posted around 316 days ago

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And the winner is…

Port Harcourt in Nigeria. Many congratulations to them. It’s the first time the title has gone to sub-Saharan Africa and it’s a splendid achievement. Eleven cities put in bids for the 2014 title, compared with three for the 2004 title ten years ago. Whichever way you look at it, books and reading, and UNESCO’s promotion … Read more

Match point

Wimbledon is upon us. So what links Andy Murray with Lewis Carroll and George W. Bush? The magic of Oxford as World Book Capital (keep your fingers crossed!) could bring them together. Carroll was a significant Oxford mathematician and he noticed that in a normal tennis tournament the prizes don’t always go to the best. … Read more

Dangerous Books

Oxford Playhouse will produce between six and twelve dramatic adaptations of books championing radical thinking especially for the World Book Capital year.

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Date: April 2014 - March 2015
Location:
Oxford Playhouse
Booking:
For more information please visit www.oxfordplayhouse.co.uk