Caper
Unit A, 74-77 Magdalen Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 1RE
Accepts Gift Cards
Accepts Paper Vouchers
Accepts E-Gift Vouchers
Coffee shop adjacent / shared
Web: https://caper.fun
Bookshop Description
A new, independent family bookshop with an attached community activity space.
Children’s books & gifts, some cookbooks for grown-ups and activities for kids form the basis of the core product.
Caper offers a wide range of books for children, a small selection of quality toys, there will be selected bestsellers, and a great selection of cookery books for grown-ups.
The activity and events space at Caper is focussed on local, community activities, mainly for children. We aim to be a space for the neighbourhood.
Opening hours
Mon - Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 10-4 (closed Wed)
Specialisms
Children's
What's on at Caper
Event
Kids' Art Session - Mark Making (ages 2-5) @10.30am
An art session for toddlers and parents designed to encourage creativity (for ages 2-5). Explore colour and printing to create a creative a...
Expiry
16/09/2024
Event
Chasing Fog: Finding Enchantment in a Cloud: Laura Pashby talks to Miranda Ward
Join us for a talk with author Laura Pashby about her beautiful new book Chasing Fog. Far from being just a meteorological condition, fog i...
Expiry
17/09/2024
Event
Older Kids' Cookery Class (Ages 6-12) @3.45pm
Fun and informative cooking activities for primary age children to get creative learning about cooking and food. Children will gain confiden...
Expiry
19/09/2024
Event
Kids' Cookery Class (ages 2-5) @10am
Fun and informative cooking activities for young children to get creative learning about cooking and food. Children will gain confidence in ...
Expiry
19/09/2024
Event
Kids' Art Session - Mark Making (ages 2-5) @10.30am
An art session for toddlers and parents designed to encourage creativity (for ages 2-5). Explore colour and printing to create a creative a...
Expiry
20/09/2024
Event
Kids' Art Session - Mark Making (ages 2-5) @10.30am
An art session for toddlers and parents designed to encourage creativity (for ages 2-5). Explore colour and printing to create a creative a...
Expiry
23/09/2024
Event
Smartphones & Kids – Dr Carmen Chan and Dr Mat Lister
Join Dr Matthew Lister & Dr Carmen Chan, Consultant Clinical Psychologists who work with children and young people, in a conversation about ...
Expiry
24/09/2024
Event
Art Class Book Club: All The Beauty In The World (7.30pm)
Part art appreciation session, part book club, part practical art workshop, enjoy an evening of discussion and guided drawing over a glass o...
Expiry
25/09/2024
Event
Kids' Cookery Class (ages 2-5) @10am
Fun and informative cooking activities for young children to get creative learning about cooking and food. Children will gain confidence in ...
Expiry
26/09/2024
Event
Kids' Cookery Class (ages 2-5) @10am
Fun and informative cooking activities for young children to get creative learning about cooking and food. Children will gain confidence in ...
Expiry
26/09/2024
Event
Older Kids' Cookery Class (ages 6-12) @3.45pm
Fun and informative cooking activities for young children to get creative learning about cooking and food. Children will gain confidence in ...
Expiry
26/09/2024
Event
Kids' Art Session - Mark Making (ages 2-5) @10.30am
An art session for toddlers and parents designed to encourage creativity (for ages 2-5). Explore colour and printing to create a creative a...
Expiry
27/09/2024
Event
Asylum Welcome & Donnington Doorstep Benefit Concert 7.30pm
A bookshop concert in aid of two brilliant local charities, featuring Sam Twigg and the Sometimes Band, Lou Lyne and the Blue Almond Project...
Expiry
28/09/2024
Event
What Happened to YOU? and other stories about children and disability.
PART OF TINY IDEAS FESTIVAL 2024 Local literary agent and author James Catchpole reads his bestselling picturebook What Happened to You? ab...
Expiry
29/09/2024
Event
Kids' Art Session - Mark Making (ages 2-5) @10.30am
An art session for toddlers and parents designed to encourage creativity (for ages 2-5). Explore colour and printing to create a creative a...
Expiry
30/09/2024
Event
Good Time Cooking: Show Stopping Menus for Easy Entertaining – Rosie Mackean (7.30pm)
Join us for a talk with acclaimed chef, food writer and Instagram pasta queen Rosie MacKean about her new book, Good Time Cooking. In what i...
Expiry
01/10/2024
Event
Daybreak in Gaza – Matthew Teller & Mahmoud Muna in Conversation at 5.30pm
Daybreak in Gaza weaves together four thousand years of this extraordinary place and people, showcasing the illustrious achievements of the ...
Expiry
06/10/2024
Event
Life, Almost and Strange Bodies: Jennie Agg and Tom de Freston in conversation (7.30pm)
Join us for a very special conversation about fertility, pregnancy loss, grief, love and parenthood between authors Jennie Agg and Tom de Fr...
Expiry
08/10/2024
Event
The Twirly Wiggly Dance – FREE children's activity session with author Farrah Riaz at 11am
On Bookshop Day 2024, come and join children's author Farrah Riaz for an interactive story time, some henna-inspired drawing, a bit of danci...
Expiry
12/10/2024
Event
Books & Booze: Late Opening Evening (Celebrating Bookshop Day)
Come along for some grown-up book browsing. To celebrate Bookshop Day, 12th October, come join us for late opening and a glass of something...
Expiry
12/10/2024
Event
The Hotel: Daisy Johnson in conversation at 7.30pm
Join us for Booker shortlisted author Daisy Johnson in conversation, about her new book The Hotel. A triumph of contemporary horror from th...
Expiry
15/10/2024
Event
Narciso Coronado Vacuna & Alan Ereira – Climate change & the place of gold: Ancient wisdom & the warnings. 7.30pm
Narciso Coronado Vacuna, a Kogi from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia in conversation with Alan Ereira. In conjunction with the p...
Expiry
17/10/2024
Event
A Man With No Title – Xavier Le Clerc in conversation with Elizabeth Garner 7.30pm
Mohand-Said Ait-Taleb is an enigma. Living in France but ravaged by memories of the war in Algeria, he has withdrawn into his own world, awa...
Expiry
22/10/2024
Event
Wild Boor Presents: The Elves & The Shoemaker Workshop at 2pm
Wild Boor are running a free childrens' workshop as a part of their upcoming production of The Elves and the Shoemaker. A FREE storytime, so...
Expiry
28/10/2024
Event
Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode with Jen Calleja
Join us with Jen Calleja – punk-rocker, celebrated translator, and author of Goblins, Vehicle and Dust Sucker. Calleja's latest book is a se...
Expiry
29/10/2024
