
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
Works In Progress – Prose Open Mic Evening
Join us at Caper for the seventh (first 2026 edition) of our monthly spoken-word open mic nights. These evenings are run by local authors (a...
Expiry
11/02/2026

Event
Oxford Contemporary Music Listening Party #16: Love Stories
Oxford Contemporary Music present Listening Party #16: Love Stories. Share your favourite tracks, discover new music, and help us build a pl...
Expiry
12/02/2026

Event
Caper Junior Book Club – No.9
Caper's' Junior Book Club will take place later this month where we will discuss Sword of Fire by Federico Ivanier. Book your place today - ...
Expiry
28/02/2026

Event
How To Live Like A Stoic with Tom Hodgkinson
Join us to discover how there’s more to Stoicism than shrugging your shoulders and getting on with it. This is a jaunty guide to the thinkin...
Expiry
03/03/2026

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