TODAY Talk: Melanie King, author of The Dying Game, an account of attitudes towards death throughout history, will talk about the book and answer questions. 7.30pm, Woodstock Bookshop, Oxford Street, Woodstock.

TUESDAY Talk: Nicola Beauman, founder and head of Persephone Books will talk about the publishing house she founded and the enduring appeal of the books she keeps in print for ongoing generations to enjoy. 7.30pm, Mostly Books, Stert Street, Abingdon,

THURSDAY Discussion: Elizabeth Garner discusses her novel set in 18th-century Oxford, The Ingenious Edgar Jones, in conversation with John Mitchinson 6.30pm, Waterstones, Broad Street, Oxford.