Quay Words: Literature Works

Exploring Stories and Writing at Exeter Custom House

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: October 2021

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

The people of the West Quarter – Telling our stories together: Heritage community workshops

Wednesday 13 October 2:00 - Wednesday 10 November 4:00 pm

Writer-in-residence

Naomi Westerman 2021 Summer

Young writers

Workshop for Writers at Exeter Custom House with Wyl Menmuir and The Writer’s Block

Upcoming Events

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Oct 13

The people of the West Quarter - Telling our stories together:

Heritage community workshops

Workshops and courses Wednesday 13 October 2:00 pm - Wednesday 10 November 4:00 pm

Nov 3

Fiction writing course:

Quay Words and Creative Futures

Workshops and courses Wednesday 3 November 2:00 pm - Wednesday 8 December 4:00 pm

Nov 12

Brown Baby: an exploration of personal heritage and identity:

with Nikesh Shukla

Writer event Friday 12 November 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Nov 13

Masterclass: Memoir Writing with Nikesh Shukla

Workshops and courses Saturday 13 November 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Nov 13

Quay Words short writing course:

Life Writing: What You Need to Know with author Tom Cox

Workshops and courses Saturday 13 November 11:00 am - Saturday 11 December 1: 00 pm

Dec 1

Andy Brown & Marc Woodward ‘The Tin Lodes & Grace Notes’

Writer event Wednesday 1 December 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

News

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’.

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Quay Words Autumn highlights

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Get in the mood for writing at Quay Words

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.