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Come and join the Creative List-Makers Workshop, a free session focusing on lists as a literary device and reflective practice. The workshop will feature a brief history of list-making in literature, an overview of list types, and a series of exercises in which you will create your own curious and creative lists. No list-making experience needed!
The workshop will be led by Jack Sanderson-Thwaite, our spring writer-in-residence. Jack's lists will be visible throughout the building as part of our Reflections exhibition.
About the writer
Jack is writer living in Bristol, using a framework of myth, ritual, the weird and the eerie to explore how we live now. He is the co-founder of Two Headed Alien, a games studio focused on narrative innovation, supported by the UK Games Fund and Creative Enterprise.
His audio drama The Flock was nominated for a British Podcast Award, chosen for Apple New & Noteworthy, reached the UK fiction top 10, and was a podcast pick in the Guardian, Daily Post, and PodBible.
He has been part of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme and Soho Theatre Young Company, and was selected as one of the Bristol Old Vic Open Session writers for 2017-18.
His debut show Our Blood Is An Ocean won a Toast of Plymouth Fringe award in 2020. His theatre work has been performed at Bristol Old Vic, the Tobacco Factory, Royal Court GRIT scratch night, Camden Peoples Theatre, at the Edinburgh Fringe, and with Lewisham Youth Theatre, among others.
The workshops will take place in historic rooms on the first floor of the building. There is step-free entry to the ground floor and a lift connects the ground and first floors. If you have particular access requirements please phone or email the Custom House Visitor Centre in advance of your visit.
There are five free disabled parking spaces for registered Blue Badge holders next to the Exeter Antiques Centre immediately in front of the Custom House. Maximum stay is three hours.
Please email Quay Words onquaywords@literatureworks.org.ukwith any accessibility enquiries.
We can accommodate free tickets for carers or personal assistants if needed just email us after booking to let us know.
| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
|---|---|
| Standard | £7.00 |
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
| Creative List-Makers Workshop with writer-in-residence Jack Sanderson-Thwaite (3 May 2026) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day | Times | |
| Sunday | 14:00 | |
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