About

The Oxford Review of Books (ORB) is a cultural magazine based at Oxford University. It was founded in Spring 2017 , and publishes one issue every Oxford term. The most recent issue was published in June 2021.

The ORB is home to long-form book reviews and essays, as well as diary pieces, interviews and poetry. It has conducted interviews with politicians, actors, philosophers, historians, poets, classicists and activists.

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The latest issue of the ORB can be purchased at Blackwell's Bookshop (Broad Street, Oxford), Daunt Books Summertown, and newsagents across the UK and Ireland. See here for a full list of our current stockists.

Pitches for our Winter 2021 issue will open later in the summer. Pitches, letters, and enquiries can be sent to . Poetry submissions can be sent to . More information and news can be found at www.facebook.com/this.is.the.orb and www.twitter.com/OxReviewofBooks. Our Instagram is www.instagram.com/oxfordreviewofbooks/.

Please email us before sending physical review copies in the post.

Our articles of incorporation can be found here. 

Editors

Becky Clark

Elizabeth Murphy

Chee Gee Ren

Eleanor Hallesy