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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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Exeter
Cost: Free to attend (bring your own book!) | No booking required
Silent Book Club in Exeter happens twice a month at Topsham Brewery — on the first Wednesday and third Monday of every month — and on the last Thursday of the month at 12 Bar Music &…
Budleigh Salterton
Can a book change the course of your life?
One Christmas, Festival President Cathy Rentzenbrink, drained by life's upheavals, turned to her first literary love, Agatha Christie, for comfort and finds something deeper. Revisiting the novels and the…
Budleigh Salterton
Join award-winning storyteller, cartoonist and The Cheat Book creatorRAMZEE for a fun, interactive session on turning ideas into stories. Hell share his own work, show how he created his characters and plots, and introduce inspiring illustrated…
Exeter
158 Years of Meteorological Observation at the DEI
In 1817, John Squance, the DEI's first librarian, began recording the weather. Every day, three times a day, he noted temperature and pressure, rainfall, humidity and general conditions. When he…
Haven Road, Exeter
Cost: Free to attend (bring your own book!) | No booking required
Silent Book Club in Exeter happens twice a month at Topsham Brewery — on the first Wednesday and third Monday of every month — and on the last Thursday of the month at 12 Bar Music &…
Crediton
The Bookery is excited to welcome back our wonderful patrons Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre for a wonderfully interactive celebration of their latest Adventuremice story, Adventuremice: Mini Mice Mayhem! , the ninth book in their bestselling and…
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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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