Quay Words: Literature Works

Exploring Stories and Writing at Exeter Custom House

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: February 2021

All Quay Words events will be live-streamed on Crowdcast or facilitated online until further notice. This is in line with current restrictions for England. 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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Course

Hot house flowers – a spring journey: a four day writing course with Quay Words Spring 2021 writer-in-residence, Monique Roffey

Thursday 29 April 9:00 am - Monday 3 May 6:00 pm

Writer-in-residence

Monique Roffey 2021 Spring

Young writers

Quay Words Young Writers at Exeter Custom House

Upcoming Events

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Mar 5

Meet the writer-in-residence sessions:

with Tolu Agbelusi

Residency Friday 5 March 12:00 pm - 2:20 pm

Mar 6

Reading by author and illustrator Tom Mclaughlin :

live-streamed from Exeter Custom House, watch from home

Writer event Saturday 6 March 11:00 - 12:00

Mar 8

Quay Words Exeter and Poetry Africa Durban:

Launch: Day one – development days for women writers featuring Efemia Chela and Louisa Adjoa Parker

Free Event Monday 8 March 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Mar 19

'Telling our stories without apology' FREE online workshop :

with Quay Words and Libraries Unlimited writer-in-residence, Tolu Agbelusi

Residency Friday 19 March 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Mar 31

'Telling our stories live' :

with Quay Words and Libraries Unlimited writer-in-residence

Residency Wednesday 31 March 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Apr 14

Don't Build Fires on the Backs of Big Fish: performance and talk by spoken word poet Chris White:

live-streamed from Exeter Custom House and watch from home

Writer event Wednesday 14 April 6;30 pm - 8:00 pm

Apr 23

Quay Words presents a reading by Philip Marsden

Writer event Friday 23 April 6;30 pm - 8:00 pm

Apr 24

Masterclass: Travel writing with Philip Marsden

Workshops and courses Saturday 24 April 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

News & Features

News

Quay Words welcomes children’s author and illustrator Tom McLaughlin to help us celebrate World Book Day week

News

Coming up at Quay Words Spring 2021

Writer-in-residence blog

‘A Dedicated space’ – a blog post by Quay Words Autumn writer-in-residence, Patrick Gale

Literature Works and Exeter Canal and Quay Trust continue to deliver the Quay Words programme for the next two years. This programme is supported by funding from Arts Council England National Lottery Project funding and a grant from Exeter Canal and Quay Trust. Quay Words showcases literature as a diverse art form and is a central pillar of Exeter’s successful bid to gain UNESCO City of Literature status.

Working with a strong coalition of Exeter collaborators, we can forge ahead with a range of exciting plans, all very much based on what audiences and participants told us during consultations and the pilot phase. Read more about our plans, here.