Exeter City of Literature

Join us for our final #SilentBookClub sessions of the year at Topsham Brewery on Exeter Quay:

Wednesday 3rd December - 6pm - 8pm
Monday 15th December - 6pm - 8pm

We'll be sharing exclusive news of our plans for 2026, so come along for 6pm with whatever you're reading for a quiet end to 2025! 🤫

Exeter City Council is developing a new Culture Strategy to shape the future development and delivery of Exeter’s cultural and creative landscape over the next five years, and they want YOU to have your say! 📚

engage.exeter.gov.uk/exeter-cultu...

📸: Kris Sum

To learn about international residencies, local writing prizes, and unique paid opportunities for Devon creatives before we share them anywhere else, sign up to our Devon Writers Mailing List: exetercityofliterature.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Still time left to share your thoughts about #SilentBookClub in Exeter! We've got four £25 National Book Tokens up for grabs for people who complete the survey 🤫

bit.ly/sbcexeter

We have all kinds of resources for Devon writers available on our website, but if you're on the hunt for a space to write look no further!

We've got a selection of Writing Spaces near and far available to view here: www.exetercityofliterature.com/literary-res...

We want to hear from YOU about our @silentbookclub.bsky.social sessions in Exeter #CityofLiterature this year! 📚

🔷 More sessions?
🔷 Special Events?
🔷 Merchandise?

Let us know what you want from Silent Book Club Exeter by visiting bit.ly/sbcexeter

Got a bookish or storytelling-focused project you think should be added to this? Let us know in the replies or by emailing us at hello@exetercityofliterature.com

From quirky poetry with Spork, to the celebration of a world renowned writer with the International Agatha Christie Festival, to a 1000 year old anthology at Exeter Cathedral that UNESCO calls 'one of the world's principal cultural artefacts’ - there are so many stories to discover! 📚

Exeter is a UNESCO #CityOfLiterature!

Whilst we’re Exeter in name, the benefits of this unique designation spread across Devon!

We’ve rounded up some of the county’s brilliantly bookish projects from local creatives and organisations 📚

www.exetercityofliterature.com/devon-litera...

Defending the Human in War Poetry - Exeter Phoenix Join the Ukrainian servicewoman, Yaryna Chornohuz, to hear her work written under fire while saving lives as a combat medic.

Poetry performance & Q&A, Exeter Phoenix, Tues 11 Nov, 7.15-9.15pm, sharing [dasein: defence of presence] trans by @aglaser.bsky.social published by @jantarbooks.bsky.social

With @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/defen...

UNESCO Cities of Literature are proud to welcome ten new cities to the network! — Exeter City of Literature Ten new cities have joined the Cities of Literature network: Aberystwyth (Wales); Abuja (Nigeria); Celje (Slovenia); Conakry (Guinea); Dumaguete City (Philippines); Gdańsk (Poland); Kahra...

10 new @unesco.org Cities of Literature have been announced to join our fabulous network! 📚

Our global network is now made up of 63 cities, and represents 6 continents and 44 countries, with a combined population of over 90 million 🌎

Discover more ⬇️ www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/unesco-...

An Author in Daphne du Maurier's Archive Join Elisabeth Gifford, author of The Mischief Makers (2024), for a discussion about how she used Daphne du Maurier's archive to inform and inspire her work.

It's only a week until our in-conversation event with author Elisabeth Gifford, including a chance to explore Daphne du Maurier's archive!

📅 Wednesday 12 November 2025
🕕 6PM - 7:30PM
📍Seminar Room A/B, Old Library

Book your FREE ticket! ⬇️

@beinghumanfest.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

Join us on Thursday 6th November as the @unesco.org #CitiesofLiterature network compete in the globetrotting poetry slam #Slamovision! 🌎

This Pay-What-You-Can-Afford evening will also feature live performances in Exeter ahead of the livestream.

🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slamovisio...

To see all that's on the way, and to submit your own literary event for free, head to our website: www.exetercityofliterature.com/event-picks

There's plenty on the way this November across Exeter #CityofLiterature and Devon, here are just some of the events happening across the county this month!

Poster for the event. It has a red vertical bar on the left side advertising the Being Human Festival 2025 05-15 November. At the top of the main poster is the book cover of 'The Mischief Makers'. Below is a green box with text. The text reads: 'An Author in Daphne du Maurier's Archive. Join the University of Exeter Special Collections for an in-conversation event with the author Elisabeth Gifford to discover how the used Daphne du Maurier's archives to information and inspire her novel 'The Mischief Makers' (2024). Wednesday 12 November 2025. 6pm-7.30pm. Seminar Room A/B, Old LIbrary, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter Ex4 4SB. This event is free, but pre-booking is essential. To book, please visit: https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/author-daphne-du-mauriers-archive'. In the bottom right hand corner is a QR code linking to the Being Human Festival website.

Join us on 12 November for a FREE in-conversation event with author Elisabeth Gifford about her novel 'The Mischief Makers' - and a chance to see some items from the Daphne du Maurier archives!

➡️ www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/autho...

@beinghumanfest.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

📢 Introducing … Kane John Mills 📢

Kane will be representing @exetercityoflit.bsky.social !

Kane will be performing live in Dublin!

This month’s Members Spotlight shines on Anna Cohn Orchard, Executive Director of @exetercityoflit.bsky.social - part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network 📚✨

Writers sitting in a group.

✍️ NEW regular creative writing session at Exeter Library ✍️

The Writer's Circle: Peer to Peer Feedback & Support - a relaxed monthly peer-to-peer feedback group open to writers of every genre & experience.

📚 Once a month on a Tues, 5–6pm
📍 Exeter Library
🎫 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Our very own @exeter.ac.uk are taking part in the the UK’s national festival of the humanities @beinghumanfest.bsky.social! 📚

The @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social are continuing to champion Ukrainian Wartime Poetry with two upcoming events in November.

🎟️: www.beinghumanfestival.org/war-poetry-e...

We're taking part in Out There Exeter's Young Person's Day on Sunday 19th October at @exeterlibrary.bsky.social!

Join us for this day of free bookish activity, zine making, open mics, games and more from 12pm - 4pm! 📚

More info: out-there-exeter.com/ypd.html

We're gearing up for Slamovision - the #CityofLiterature global poetry slam competition! 🌎

Exeter's entrant is Kane John Mills who will be wowing the crowds in Dublin with 'Red'.

Watch the full poem & pick up tickets for our grand final livestream: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

We Speak Literature Here — Exeter City of Literature Let us answer ‘What is a City of Literature?’ via the annual Cities of Literature conference, this year in the utterly gorgeous Ljubljana in Slovenia. 

Our Executive Director Anna recently returned from the annual @unesco.org Cities of Literature conference in the beautiful Ljubljana in Slovenia! 🇸🇮

See what 39 different Cities got up to together below ⬇️
www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/we-spea...

Fantasy Con.

A crowd exploring fantasy con.

A fantasy con stall.

✨🧙‍♀️ Fantasy Con at Exeter Library! 🧝‍♂️⚔️

LARP sword-fighting workshops, tabletop gaming, tarot card reading, tea duelling, author stalls & a dragon trophy for the best costume!

🎟️ Free – but booking helps us plan!
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📍 Exeter Library
📅 THIS SUNDAY 5 Oct 12-4pm

More @silentbookclub.bsky.social sessions are on the way this Autumn - hunker down with a book and join us twice a month at Topsham Brewery on Exeter Quay! 📚

Bring your own book and settle in for an hour of silent reading at our next #SilentBookClub session THIS WEDNESDAY from 6pm - 8pm 🤫

Exeter Book. 10th century book on a red background

Exeter Cathedral's foundation charter dating from 1050

15th century wax votive figure of a woman.

A productive @exetercityoflit.bsky.social partnership meeting today. We were treated to a tour of the Treasures of @exetercathedral.bsky.social This is the 10th century Exeter Book, the oldest book of English literature in the world. Also foundation charter and a wonderful wax votive figure.

A Middle Eastern writing retreat or a castle getaway in Germany? ✍️

We have two unique FULLY-FUNDED writing opportunities for Devon-based writers thanks to our global UNESCO #CityofLiterature network! 🌎

Find out more and apply on our website: www.exetercityofliterature.com/creative-opp...

We're gearing up for our first Monday edition of #SilentBookClub at Topsham Brewery next week from 6pm - 8pm!

Never heard of @silentbookclub.bsky.social? Head to our website to learn more about this book club with a difference: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

Representing Edinburgh #CityOfLiterature, @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social shares a rousing poem for the #RWC2025 and Exeter's involvement in hosting some of the games, including Scotland vs Canada this Saturday! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Find out more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

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