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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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Open Mic Story Evening is back at The Bookery in association with Crediton's U3a's Creative Writing Group.
Do you enjoy writing short stories? Come and read one, or just come along to listen and enjoy!
To book a reading slot…
Budleigh Salterton
Patricia Crossley-Hayes draws on her mothers experience in this debut novel, an unmarried teenager giving birth on the eve of the Second World War, who saw no other option but to give her baby up. Heartbreak Baby weaves fact together with three…
Budleigh Salterton
There is something special about the night. For some of us it conjures thoughts of romance, starlit skies or being tucked up in bed. For others it means fear, danger and sleeplessness. But how does the night shape our bodies, minds and cultures?…
Budleigh Salterton
Prepare for a mouth-watering hour with award-winning food and travel writer Felicity Cloake as she shares tales of her culinary cycling adventures across the USA with friend and fellow food writer,Orlando Murrin.
From Memphis barbecue to Mission…
Budleigh Salterton
How can we weather the current complicated storms that batter us on a
near daily basis? No one can answer this better than UKs top emergency planner,Lucy Easthope who has learnt through advising on myriad
major disasters, including 9/11, Grenfell,…
Budleigh Salterton
Nussaibah Younis is one of the most talented new voices in contemporary fiction. Her debut novel, Fundamentally, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Womens Prize for Fiction. When UN worker Nadia takes a job rehabilitating radicalised women, she meets…
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