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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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Sean Conway set out to achieve something no-one else on the planet had ever managed; ultra-endurance records for first, longest, fastest and most 105 Iron Man competitions in 105 days, the first to swim the length of Britain, the fastest unsupported…
Budleigh Salterton
Sunday Times bestselling author and literary critic Sinclair McKay delves beyond Churchill’s well-known political moments, examining controversial aspects of his legacy and challenging preconceived notions.
Published to mark the 150th anniversary of…
Budleigh Salterton
Today, we are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age. What will make us happy? What are we frightened of, and what might allay those fears? What changes, made right now, will help us to flourish as we…
Budleigh Salterton
Professor Sarah Churchwell is one of our leading writers on American politics and society and we’re thrilled to welcome her for a special festival event that considers what lies ahead for the US and what that might mean for the UK and Europe.
Her…
Exeter
Come and celebrate Kalevala Day with us! We will be sharing stories from the great epic poem of Finland in the atmospheric setting of St Nicholas Priory Great Hall. These stories from the far north are full of magic and mystery, deeply connected to…
Exeter
This March we are delighted to welcome back Anthony Joseph to the Exeter Custom House, for a reading from his new selected poems Precious and Impossible.
Featuring exclusive new work, Precious and Impossible gathers together over three decades…
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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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