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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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Hollie McNish / The Lobster Paperback Tour With Michael Pedersen's Muckle Flugga Novel Launch
The Show:
Hollie McNish is a poet whose live shows are not to be missed. After a run of sold out gigs up and down the UK, she is back with the paperback…
Budleigh Salterton
Join author and ever-entertaining raconteur Giles Milton as he tells a remarkable wartime story, one of the last secrets of the Second World War. Based on astonishing unpublished diaries, letters and secret reports, this is the story of Roosevelt,…
Budleigh Salterton
Its time to get your thinking caps on as two masters of the cosy crime genre share just how they manage to create such compelling whodunnits.
MasterChef semi-finalist and now crime writerOrlando Murrin returns with chef Paul Delamare, who has been…
Budleigh Salterton
Back by popular demand. Festival interviewer Clare Clark, has a secret - shes been identified as being in the top 5% of Times crossword solvers in the country. Shell gently guide you through how to read a clue, get inside the head of the setter and…
Sidmouth
Would you like to write your memoir It can be a hugely rewarding and creative undertaking whether you're doing it purely for yourself, as a legacy to pass on to family and friends or are hoping for eventual publication.
This session will support…
Exeter
Exeter’s poetry platform presented by Alasdair Paterson and Liz Adams.
Each month we host a new headlining poet.
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