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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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A play with music by award-winning writer, Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated BBC director, Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskell's Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, Lewis).
The very private PL Travers lives quietly in Chelsea. Out of the blue, her very own…
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The Bookery is delighted to welcome eco-psychotherapist, herbalist and local authorBrigit McNeillalong with acclaimed nature writer, and friend of The Bookery, Sophie Pavelle, for a discussion about Brigits new book, The Wild Within: What Plants…
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Quay Words are pleased to be teaming up with Exeter Writers for a day of festivities to celebrate their 75th birthday.
Exeter Writers are one of the longest running writing groups in the UK, having been going since around 1950. Amongst their…
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Join us for the launch of 'Permanence', a series of startling, surreal poems that trace the role of plastic from wonder substance to global menace. This collaboration, by chemist and poet Stephen Paul Wren and Devon poet Lesley Curwen dives into the…
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This intensive one day course is designed for those new to scriptwriting looking to push their work to a professional level.
Run by locally based script editor Lucy V Hay, this session will draw on the importance of scriptwriting as the starting…
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The Bookery is delighted to welcome novelist Danielle Giles in conversation with folklorist Mark Norman for the paperback launch of her acclaimed historical gothic novel Mere.
Join us for an evocative evening as Danielle Giles discusses her…
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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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