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Exeter became the only UK destination in 2019 to be awarded UNESCO City of Literature status, and is now one of 66 cities internationally that have been added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
Exeter was recognised for its 1,000 year unbroken history of making books and popularising reading since the early 13th century. Today there are some fantastic literary hubs across the city, such as the Quay Words project, housed at Exeter’s Custom House and supported by Literature Works, where writers and performers are encouraged to try their hand at all kinds of writing or to experience and learn from others' work. Find out more about our UNESCO City of Literature status on our City of Literature blog post, or visit the Exeter City of Literature website.
Uncover Exeter's literary heritage and culture with the Exeter Literary Map. The map was designed by a local illustrator, to showcase the city’s famous literary figures, picturesque reading spots, independent bookshops, and literary landmarks.
See the list below for literary, poetry and spoken word events in Exeter.
A Penguin Books vending machine has been installed at Exeter St Davids train station!
2024 is the 5th anniversary of Exeter receiving its UNESCO recognition as a City of Literature, becoming part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
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Cathedral Close, Exeter
Sunday 9th June, your favourite smorgasbord of local literary loveliness will be returning to Exeter Cathedral, with more bookshops and activities than ever before!
Over the coming weeks we'll be revealing which beautiful bookshops from right…
Exeter
We’re delighted to welcome Katrina Naomi to Exeter Custom House for the launch of _Battery Rocks_.
Battery Rocks is Katrina's first full poetry collection since the critically acclaimed _Wild Persistence _(Seren) in 2020. _Battery Rocks_ is a…
Exeter
Join Jon Bell and The Custom House Crew to learn about Exeter's maritime history through a stories, songs, music and pictures.
This talk gives a lively introduction to Exeter's maritime history.
Archive photographs, music and song accompany…
Exeter
This June we welcome Joelle Taylor to the Custom House, for a reading from her debut novel The Night Alphabet followed by a Q&A.
About The Night Alphabet:
The tattoo was a reclamation, a flag we mounted in the centre of our own landscape.…
Cathedral Close, Exeter
Continuing our series, ‘In the Library with …’, join the Cathedral Librarian for a unique opportunity to experience Robert Hooke’s scientific best-seller, Micrographia.
An experimental scientist and member of the Royal Society, Robert Hooke…
Seaton
To raise funds for Seaton Cricket Club, Henry Blofeld has agreed to bring his My Dear Old Things stageshow to the Gateway Theatre in Seaton.
If a schoolboy Blowers had missed the Eton bus that knocked him off his bike, he might have gone on to a…
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Exeter became the only UK destination in 2019 to be awarded UNESCO City of Literature status, recognised for its 1,000 year unbroken history of making books and popularising reading since the early 13th century.
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