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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
Is creative writing taught or is it something you learn the hard way? And what does it really take to sustain a life as a novelist
today?
Two novelists, a generation apart and with different approaches to creativity, have very different views on…
Budleigh Salterton
In 1526, the first English New Testaments, translated by William Tyndale, were smuggled into England aboard merchant ships. This quiet act of defiance became the catalyst for a wider rebellion.
Tyndales translation, written in language ordinary…
Budleigh Salterton
Writing your life story doesnt have to take years!
Join Sunday Times bestseller Jane Corry who will talk you through six easy ways of describing the important stages of your life. Too many people wish they knew more about their forebears. This is…
Crediton
The Bookery is delighted to welcome bestselling author, artist and medievalist Amy Jeffs for an evening celebrating the publication of her remarkable new book Arthur: A New Life. Amy will be joined in conversation by Mark Norman for what promises…
Budleigh Salterton
The Daffodil Days offers a rich, multi-voiced portrait of Sylvia Plaths final year in Devon, capturing a rural community on the cusp of change. The Shock of the Light explores the emotional impact of the Second World War through twins Tessa and…
Budleigh Salterton
Can we find light, courage and compassion in the face of life and death?
Most of us will never know what its like to hold someones life in our hands but leading surgeonShehan Hettiaratchy has spent his career doing exactly that.
Unflinchingly…
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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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