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
Specialisms
Children's
What's on at Caper
Event
Dragonborn: Writing Workshop – Struan Murray & Katya Balen at 4pm
Join award-winning author Struan Murray as he takes you on an exciting adventure through his new dragon fantasy series, Dragonborn. In this ...
Expiry
02/05/2025
Event
Absence – Issa Quincy talks to Tom de Freston
Join us at Caper as debut novelist Issa Quincy talks to Tom de Freston about his book Absence. An elusive narrator is beguiled by a poem th...
Expiry
13/05/2025
Event
Works In Progress – Prose Open Mic Evening
Join us at Caper for our brand new, monthly, spoken-word open mic night! Run by local authors (and Caper staff), and designed to create an e...
Expiry
14/05/2025
Event
Danny Dorling – Book launch for The Next Crisis: What We Think About The Future
How do we think about the future? What are we worried about, what aren't we thinking about enough and what should we really be anxious about...
Expiry
21/05/2025
Event
Anna Beer talks to Simon Mason: Death of An Englishman – An Oxford Mystery
Come and join us at Caper as Anna Beer talks to Simon Mason about her new book, Death Of An Englishman. ?A quest for a valuable manuscript ...
Expiry
27/05/2025
Event
Anna Beer talks to Simon Mason: Death of An Englishman – An Oxford Mystery
Come and join us at Caper as Anna Beer talks to Simon Mason about her new book, Death Of An Englishman. ?A quest for a valuable manuscript ...
Expiry
27/05/2025
Event
Authors of the strange – Helen Marshall, Sarah Brooks, & Malcolm Devlin in conversation
Join three masterful authors of the strange — Helen Marshall, Sarah Brooks, and Malcolm Devlin — as they launch their latest works exploring...
Expiry
17/06/2025
Event
How Emotionally Mature Are You? A School of Life Workshop Event
We all know our physical age, but what is our emotional age? Most of us long to be more emotionally mature and better able to face life’s c...
Expiry
Ongoing
