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Budleigh Salterton
What will living on a warmer planet look like?
Within this century, a new era of extreme weather will threaten Indias ability to grow rice, make it impossible for southern Europes farms to supply the continent with fresh produce, and make building…
Budleigh Salterton
Do you find yourself saying yes when you really mean no?
Join the brilliant Bryony Gordon for a warm, funny and unflinchingly honest event celebrating her debut novel People Pleaser which blends her trademark wit with sharp insight into modern…
Budleigh Salterton
Fancy a fun night out with a bookish twist? Join quiz mistresses Cathy Rentzenbrink and Jennie Godfrey for the inaugural BudLitFest Book Quiz - an evening of lively rounds, literary brainteasers and plenty of laughs.
There are brilliant bookish…
Budleigh Salterton
How can the natural world help us find joy and connection in everyday life?
Join Caroline Quentin as she celebrates Drawn to Nature, an uplifting exploration of the outdoors. Blending personal reflections with stories from her life as an actor,…
Budleigh Salterton
What does it mean to translate Shakespeare? When we change all the poetry, all the wordplay, all the syntax - all the words - is it still Shakespeare? And is it still any good?
If you've wondered about how to rebuild a topical 400 year old joke in…
Budleigh Salterton
Look no further for your next page turner!
Emma Stonex, bestselling author of The Lamplighters joins us to talk about her gripping book, The Sunshine Man . Its an unbearably tense thriller and a nuanced examination of fractured lives, grief and…
Budleigh Salterton
The Daffodil Days offers a rich, multi-voiced portrait of Sylvia Plaths final year in Devon, capturing a rural community on the cusp of change. The Shock of the Light explores the emotional impact of the Second World War through twins Tessa and…
Budleigh Salterton
What can chemistry reveal about what it means to be human?
Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbus book, Chain Reaction , is a vivid and deeply personal journey into the chemistry underpinning everything we touch, consume and inhabit.
She brings to life…
Budleigh Salterton
Writing your life story doesnt have to take years!
Join Sunday Times bestseller Jane Corry who will talk you through six easy ways of describing the important stages of your life. Too many people wish they knew more about their forebears. This is…
Budleigh Salterton
Who really slayed the dragons? Join mythologist Jasmine Elmer as she uncovers the hidden history of female dragon slayers in Slay .
Across cultures and centuries, dragons have symbolised danger, chaos and the unknown but the stories weve inherited…
Budleigh Salterton
Does satire help us navigate a political world that often feels stranger than fiction?
Prepare for an evening of razor-sharp wit as celebrated Guardian political columnist John Crace takes to the festival stage to discuss his latest work, Bonfire…
Exeter
Before Eve, there was Lilith...
An exploration and celebration of female power through the mythological figure of Lilith. Shocking, seductive and entertaining.
Lilith, the first wife of Adam, was not prepared to lie down and accept what was given…
Budleigh Salterton
Is creative writing taught or is it something you learn the hard way? And what does it really take to sustain a life as a novelist
today?
Two novelists, a generation apart and with different approaches to creativity, have very different views on…
Budleigh Salterton
How do myths survive and why do we keep remaking them?
Sunday Times bestselling author Amy Jeffs brings us a reimagining of the legendary king through early medieval and early modern sources, moving through forests, citadels and the Otherworld…
Budleigh Salterton
Have you always wanted to write but dont know where to start? Cathy Rentzenbrinkinvites you to explore writing as a source of creativity, confidence and wellbeing in this lively, interactive event inspired by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie…
Budleigh Salterton
All of us are familiar with the unsettling sensation of overwhelm. It's as if there's ever more to do, and ever less time in which to do it. But there is a way out!
Addressing particular problems that can trap us into feeling overwhelmed, from…
Budleigh Salterton
What can a century of theatre tell us about a century of change?
Join former Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe, Dominic Dromgoole, for a witty and wide-ranging journey through the proscenium age, from 1865 to 1965. He brings to life over…
Budleigh Salterton
Most of us will never experience what it means to put our lives on the line for strangers at sea.
Join RNLI volunteer Dominic Gregory for a gripping account of life aboard the Dungeness lifeboat, at the frontline of one of the UKs most demanding…
Budleigh Salterton
London, 1835. Kate Hogarth falls in love with a young Charles Dickens but as his fame rises, her place in his story begins to shrink. Meanwhile, orphan Anne Brown is drawn into the Dickens household, where opportunity and loyalty come at a cost…
Budleigh Salterton
Inspired by the birdlife on the Lower Otter Estuary, join this fun and friendly printmaking workshop to create your own original prints with collagraph and monotype. We'll use feathers, plants and other estuary materials, to a bird-themed soundtrack…
Budleigh Salterton
Award-winning author, hip hop artist and performance poet Karl Nova brings words to life in this high-energy event. Expect laughter, rhythm and on-the-spot freestyle. Featuring poems from his CLIPPA Award-winning Rhythm and Poetry and The Curious…
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Discover Exeter’s urban nature trail: the Green Circle, a 12-mile circular walking route that connects diverse neighbourhoods, leafy suburbs, and hidden heritage
Summer has well and truly arrived in Exeter, and come rain or shine there's lots going on across our city to keep everyone entertained.
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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