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Exeter
Witness over 300 masterpieces, including instantly-recognizable classics such as “The Starry Night”, “Sunflowers” and “Café Terrace at Night”, now freed from their frames. Van Gogh’s art comes to life by appearing and disappearing, flowing across…
Exeter
Exeter Cathedral's popular Christmas Market is back for 2025, from Thursday 20 November – Friday 19 December.
Taking place on Exeter's Cathedral Green, the Cathedral Christmas Market is wonderfully atmospheric, set among a labyrinth of winding…
Tiverton
Participants will learn how to upcycle pre-loved T shirts to create a brand new garment.
Great Torrington
This October Half Term you can discover the secret life of pumpkins - a spooky, hands-on adventure the whole family can get their claws into.
Step into the world of pumpkins and discover amazing seasonal surprises dotted around the garden on a…
Exeter
Exeter’s poetry platform presented by Alasdair Paterson and Liz Adams.
Each month we host a new headlining poet.
Exeter
Join us for a fun and hand on animation workshops, you'll be guided on how to make your own short stop frame animated film using the free app Aardman Animator.
- Create your characters
- Plan your story
- Prepare your set
- Animate!
An Aardman…
Exeter
Join us for a fun and hands on Clay model making session. You'll be able to get creative with clay and make a Gromit or Feathers to take home with you. The session will be run by an expert model maker, who has worked on some of Aardman's best loved…
Cathedral Close, Exeter
Exon Domesday is the oldest of the three original manuscripts surviving from William the Conquerors Domesday Survey of 1086. It was long recognised as connected with Domesday Book, but its importance has not been fully appreciated until very…
Crediton
This half term, The Bookery invites children and families to a magical Halloween workshop with beloved author and illustrator Claire Barker, creator of H ettie Nettles Handbook for Hedgewitches.
Join us on Thursday 30th October from 2.30 to 4.30pm…
Exeter
Join us for a creative evening at The Picture House as we ditch the carving knives for brushes and blooms. In this relaxed one-hour workshop, you'll paint and decorate your own pumpkin. No experience needed, just bring your imagination!
We'll get…
Exeter
Chris will share his narrative song-cycle, developed over the course of his residency, telling tales from Exeters Quay. We're also delighted that Chris will be joined on stage by renowned historian of Exeter's past Professor Mark Stoyle, who will…
Exeter
For anyone who loves to read and write!
This is a relaxed, welcoming space for writers, readers, storytellers, and anyone interested in writing as a form of exploration, reflection, and creative connection. Whether you're working on a novel,…
Crediton
Join us for an inspiring evening with acclaimed historian, broadcaster and author James Fox, as he discusses his latest book Craftland: A Journey Through Britains Lost Arts and Vanishing Trade s in conversation with Camilla HampshireMBE,newly…
Haven Road, Exeter
Cost: Free to attend (bring your own book!)
Location: Upstairs Bar, Topsham Brewery, EX2 8GR
As of September 2025, Silent Book Club in Exeter now happens twice a month at Topsham Brewery! Silent Book Club takes place on the first Wednesday and…
Exeter
Are you a writer for performance based in or around Exeter? Join us on the first Thursday (7-9om) of each month for the Exeter Playwrights Cafe.
These informal sessions are a space where you can share extracts of your work, receive feedback,…
Exeter
It's time for the UNESCO Cities of Literature to put forward their finest selected slam poet to represent them in the Slamovision Grand Finale!
18 Cities of Literature - including Exeter - are participating in Slamovision 2025: Bremen, Dublin,…
Crediton
The Bookery is delighted to welcome back local author and good friend of the bookshop,Stephanie Austin, for a special book signing event celebrating the launch of her latest cosy crime novel, How to Get Murdered in Devon.
Taking place onSaturday…
Cathedral Close, Exeter
In this practical session, you will explore remarkable early printed books in the Cathedral Library to discover clues to how books were printed, sewn and bound in the hand-press period.
Places are limited; booking is essential.
Exeter
Join the University of Exeter Special Collections and Elisabeth Gifford, author of The Mischief Makers (2024), for a discussion about how she used Daphne du Maurier's archive to inform and inspire her work.
The Mischief Makers is a fictionalised…
Exeter
We're really pleased to welcome Michael to Exeter to talk to us about Late Light - winner of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2024. Late Light combines natural history with memoir in the story of Michael's journey as an Indonesian…
Crediton
Join us for a captivating evening exploring the deep connections between birds, place, and the stories we tell about the natural world. Michael J. Warren will discuss his new book, T he Cuckoos Lea: The Forgotten History of Birds and Place , in…
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