CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: May 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

Online writing course: ‘Exploring the world of short stories’ with Emma Timpany

Saturday 8 May 11:00 am - Saturday 5 June 1:00 pm

Writer-in-residence

Writer-in-residence

Monique Roffey 2021 Spring

Young writers

Young writers

The Quay Words Young Writers’ Flash Fiction competition: Trading Places

Upcoming Events

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May 8
Online writing course:
‘Exploring the world of short stories’ with Emma Timpany
Workshops and courses Saturday 8 May 11:00 am - Saturday 5 June 1:00 pm
May 12
FREE poetry collection launch:
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s Of Sea
Writer event Wednesday 12 May 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
May 31
FREE zine making workshop day for young writers:
with zine-maker Laura Moseley
Workshops and courses Monday 31 May 10:00 - 15:30
Jun 9
Poetry reading by John Wedgwood-Clarke
Writer event Wednesday 9 June 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Jun 30
Poetry and Reminiscence at Quay Words with Caleb Parkin:
The element of surprise
Free Event Wednesday 30 June 4:00 pm - Wednesday 28 July 5:30 pm
Jul 10
The Trance of Nature: a Poetry Course :
run by Pascale Petit
Workshops and courses Saturday 10 July 11:00 am - Saturday 7 August 1:00 pm
Oct 13
Pike Ward: a remarkable life :
talk by Katherine Findlay and writer and actor Edward Rowe
Writer event Wednesday 13 October 6;30 pm - 8:00 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

News & Features

News

Learn from Cornish Writers at Quay Words this Spring Season
Writer-in-residence blog

Writing and Travelling Sideways Through Time – a blog post by 2021 Quay Words and English PEN international writer-in-residence, Efemia Chela
News

Quay Words Spring Exploration – book now!

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.

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