CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: January 2022

We continue to live stream all Quay Words events and can now also have a small socially distanced audience with us in the room at the same time. We continue to monitor Government guidance with our partners in the interest of public safety and we will post updates here. You can sign up to be kept informed via the Literature Works monthly newsletter here. Literature Works programmes Quay Words on behalf of Exeter Canal and Quay Trust.

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Workshop

Teacher and Writer CPD – Teaching creative writing to Key Stage Two pupils

Thursday 17 March 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Ellen Wiles 2022 Spring

Young writers

Competition

Quay Words Young Writers’ Flash Fiction competition 2022

Upcoming Events

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Feb 9
Quay Words presents a reading by Patrick Gale
Writer event Wednesday 9 February 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Mar 9
Quay Words presents Professor Peter Stott in conversation with Virginia Baily:
Writing the climate
Writer event Wednesday 9 March 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Mar 17
Teacher and Writer CPD - Teaching creative writing to Key Stage Two pupils:
Workshop for Writers at Exeter Custom House with Wyl Menmuir and The Writer’s Block
Free Event Thursday 17 March 10:00 am - 3: 00 pm
Mar 23
Quay Words presents The Magician’s Apprentice by Sally Pomme Clayton:
in association with Artemis Storytelling
Writer event Wednesday 23 March 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Mar 30
Quay Voices with Louisa Adjoa Parker
Residency Wednesday 30 March 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Apr 14
Creative Writing-Walking Workshop for families :
with Quay Words writer-in-residence Ellen Wiles
Residency Thursday 14 April 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Apr 27
Climate Science and Creativity:
with Quay Words writer-in-residence Ellen Wiles
Residency Wednesday 27 April 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
May 7
The Trance of Nature: a Poetry Course :
run by Pascale Petit
Workshops and courses Saturday 7 May 11:00 am - Saturday 4 June 1:00 pm

News & Features

Writer-in-residence blog

Love and Death on the Exe by Quay Words summer 2021 writer-in-residence Naomi Westerman
News

Quay Words and Poetry Africa: our final collaborative events
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Celebrating National Poetry Day with the launch of Quay Words and Libraries Unlimited writer-in-residence Tolu Agbelusi’s poem ‘The Women As Usual Were the Beginners of the Disturbance’.

Literature Works programmes and delivers Quay Words on behalf of Exeter Canal and Quay Trust. This live literature programme is supported by a grant from Arts Council England National Lottery Project funding and the ongoing investment of Exeter Canal and Quay Trust. Quay Words showcases literature as a diverse art form and is a core project of Exeter as a UNESCO City of Literature.

Working with a strong coalition of Exeter partners, we have a range of exciting plans for Quay Words, based on what audiences and participants told us during consultations and our pilot phase. Read more about our plans, here.

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