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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.
See the list below for literary, poetry and spoken word events in Exeter.
Number of results: 16
Seaton
Adventure through the worlds of super stories and tall tales, onboard 'The Story Tram'.
All aboard the Story Tram! Every month take a tram ride from Seaton to Colyton with your little ones and inspire big imaginations with themed stories and action…
Exeter
We’re pleased to welcome A.K. Blakemore to the Custom House to celebrate the launch of her new book _The Glutton_, with reading and Q&A.
Sister Perpetue is not to move. She is not to fall asleep. She is to sit, keeping guard over the patient's room…
Exeter
Armed only with a chair and a mic, stories, jokes and poetry Henry Normal takes on the world looking for a win-win situation.
Henry is a writer, poet, TV and film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Literature festival) and…
Exeter
Created by Liverpool-based story-artist Stephe Harrop, Knickers and Queens is a fierce and funny double-bill of spoken-word storytelling for grown-ups.
Henry V: The King's Knickers wilfully picks at the fraying knicker elastic of national identity,…
Exeter
Where stand-up meets mythology. If you like your evenings out fierce and funny, intelligent and irreverent, this is for you...
A double-bill of spoken-word storytelling for grown-ups, examining the imaginative state of England today.
"The King's…
Exeter
Join writer-in-residence William Henry Searle for an introductory nature writing workshop. The workshop will start with an accessible walk around the quayside to gather inspiration followed by a workshop at Exeter Custom House.
This workshop is…
Exeter
Exeter’s poetry platform presented by Alasdair Paterson and Liz Adams.
Each month we host a new headlining poet.
To book a slot email Alasdair on A.T.Paterson@exeter.ac.uk
Exeter
Consecutive Saturday mornings 11am – 1pm (5 sessions)
How can we write about wild nature in compelling and vivid prose while avoiding falling into the trap of cliché? This course, for enthusiastic beginners, natural history nerds and seasoned…
Exeter
From seals’ frisky behaviour to red squirrels making their last stand in the battle against the greys, here are the mammals of Britain as you’ve never seen them before.
Wild boar that don’t exist – at least officially. Eccentric hedgehog behaviour.…
Exeter
Bookended by the sunset and sunrise, writer-in-residence William Henry Searle will guide participants on a reflective weekend workshop, foregrounding the role of personal emotion and love in our nature writing practice.
Over a series of walks,…
Exeter
Come As You Are Festival will include performance, discussion, poetry, art, workshops, comedy and much more that will take over the venue for a free festival, celebrating the Trans, Non-Binary & Gender Diverse community in Devon & the South West…
Exeter
We’re pleased to host our Autumn writer-in-residence William Henry Searle for an evening reflecting on his latest work _Elowen_. A raw memoir about losing a child. Profoundly moving and beautifully written, it’s also an estranged love letter to the…
Exeter
Let the wool pulling, boat rocking and luck pushing commence! Come and shake a fist at the injustice of things...
The thief Conall Crovi was once a hero of the people, but he has left behind his thieving ways for a life of domestic obscurity..…
Exeter
Brian Bilston has been described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate; with over 200,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community.
His first collection of poetry, You Took the Last…
Torquay
Following a sell-out tour in 2022, spend an evening with the Queen of History, Lucy Worsley, as she delves into the fascinating life of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. For this unique, live illustrated talk, Lucy will uncover the real Agatha…
Exeter
Visit our thriving independent historic library and educational charity in the heart of the city to find out what's happening with our exciting building conservation and renovation programme this week.
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