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The Oxford Team Christmas reading list

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019Oxford English Team
figure reading a book with a drink: illustrating our Christmas reading blog

This much-anticipated holiday is the ideal time to make a start on reading your To Be Read pile! Members of the Oxford English and Secondary Schools marketing team share what they will be reading this festive period. Kirsty: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, this Pulitzer Prize winning novel tells the story of Cora and […]

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