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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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Budleigh Salterton
Should surrogacy be paid or banned altogether? Is it right to pay more for VIP egg donors? And who should profit from the maternal body?
Join investigative journalist Alev Scott as she shares the realities of IVF, surrogacy, the breastmilk market…
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 &…
Budleigh Salterton
Writers Hub September 23rd and 24th in the Festival Mini Marquee
hosted by Word Kitchen -
cooking up connection and community through literature and spoken word
Back again after the success of last year, the Writers Hub offers a marquee…
Crediton
The Bookery is delighted to welcome bestselling historian Dr Ian Mortimer for an evening celebrating the publication of his remarkable new book Through the Windows of an Ordinary House: A History of England . Ian will be joined in conversation by…
Budleigh Salterton
For forty thousand years, we have been carving and moulding, shaping and chiselling, feeling our way and sensing our place in the world through sculpture.
Jo Baring, art historian and curator, takes us on a journey through prehistoric beginnings to…
Budleigh Salterton
Devon-based author Kate Lord Brown is an acclaimed bestselling writer and journalist. Her latest, The Silver Thread , is a sweeping novel that weaves together the stories of Bel, a young designer drawn into the world of Libertys Japonisme textiles,…
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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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