Amanda Roberts Events
Author Talk, Wellford Gardens Care Home
Monday, 10 August 2026
2pm – 3pm
Wellford Gardens,
Park Hill,
Wheatley,
Oxford
OX33 1ND
Literary Escape Festival, Oxford
Saturday, 12 September 2026
10am – 2pm
West Oxford Community Centre,
Botley Road,
Oxford
OX2 0BT
Wallingford Literary Festival
Saturday, 3 October 2026
11.50am – 12.50pm
Methodist Church
St Leonard’s Square
Wallingford
OX10 0AS
Amanda will chair this session that will sift fact from myth in hisotrical writing – fiction and non-fiction, joined by authors Alex Proudfood, Charles Boundy and Carolyn Kirby.
Saturday, 3 October 2026
10am – 4pm
St Mary’s Church
Market Place
Wallingford
OX10 0EG
Author Talk, Berwick Literary Festival
Discovering Isabella’s Berwick: A “thievish and ill-behaved” place’
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
11am – 12 noon
The Straw Yard
The Barracks
Parade
Berwick-upon-Tweed
TD15 1DF
Author Talk, Chawley Grove Care Home
Friday, 16 October 2026
3pm – 4pm
Chawley Grove Care Home
195 Cumnor Hill
Cumnor
Oxford
OX2 9PJ
Didcot Christmas Fair
Saturday, 17 October 2026
10.30am – 4pm
Didcot Civic Hall,
Britwell Road,
Didcot
OX11 7HN
Headington Quarry Christmas Craft Fair
Sunday, 1 November 2026
11am – 6pm
Quarry Village Hall,
OX3 8NX
Friends of Kennington Library Authors & Artists Fair
Saturday, 7 November 2026
10.30am – 1.30pm
Kennington Village Centre
Kennington Road
Kennington
Oxford
OX1 5PG
Crafty Boaters Xmas Market
Saturday, 14 November 2026
10am – 6pm
Memorial Hall
Oak Street
Lechlade
GL7 3AY
Waddesdon Hall Christmas Craft Fair
Sunday, 15 November 2026
12 noon – 4pm
Waddesdon Village Hall,
High Street,
Waddesdon
HP18 0JE
Oxford Independent Book Fair
Sunday, 22 November 2026
11am – 4.30pm
Oxford Examination School,
High Street,
Oxford
OX1 4BG
Past Events
Oxford Independent Book Fair
Sunday, 12 July 2026
11am – 4.30pm
Magdalen College School,
Cowley Place,
Oxford
OX4 1DZ
ABBO Fest Weekender
Saturday, 11 July, 2026
3pm – 6pm
The Abingdon Arms
High Street
Beckley
Oxfordshire
OX39 9UU
Wolvercote Literary Festival
Sunday, 28 June 2026
10am – 4pm
Wolvercote Village Hall,
1 Wolvercote Green,
Oxford
OX2 8AB
Author Talk, Quarry WI
Independent Oxfordshire authors, Amanda Roberts & Colin Wade, join forces to talk about their books in the historical and crime genres and their publishing journeys.
Thursday, 21 May 2026
7pm – 9pm
Corpus Christi Church Hall
Margaret Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 8AJ
Didcot Girl Guide Fair
Monday, 4 May, 2026
10.30am – 5pm
Didcot Civic Hall
Britwell Road
Didcot
OX11 7HN
Author Talk, Bridge House Care Home
With fellow independent Oxfordshire author of historical and family saga fiction, Mary McClarey.
Friday, 24 April 2026
3pm – 4pm
Bridge House Care Home
Thames View
Abingdon
OX14 3UJ
World Book Night
Together with fellow Oxfordshire Independent author, Steve Lunn, Amanda will be joining World Book Night at Headington Library to celebrate all things books and writing. This is a drop-in event, free entry and open to all, with activities including a literary-themed quiz, creative writing workshop and plenty of book discussions.
Thursday, 23 April 2026
5pm – 6.30pm
Headington Library
Bury Knowle House
North Place
Headington
Oxford
OX3 9HY
Bury Knowle Library, Headington
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Bury Knowle House
North Place
Headington
OX3 9HY
Author Talk, Carterton U3A
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Starts at 2.15pm
Carterton Community Centre
Marigold Square
Shilton Park Estate
Carterton
OX18 1AX
Author Talk, Thame WI
Monday, 16 February 2026
2pm – 3pm
Thame Town Cricket Club
Church Meadow
Church Road
Thame
OX9 3AJ
Langel Probus Witney
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
10am – 11am
Upper Hall Methodist Church
40 High Street
Witney
OX28 6HG
Novels
This is one of those books I know I’ll read over and over again.