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Discover the magic of The Poetry Machine
Discover the magic of The Poetry Machine at Quay Words
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Explore climate science and creativity with our writer-in-residence, Ellen Wiles
Discover more about our Spring writer-in-residence’s exciting science themed events on Exeter Quayside.
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Announcing the Quay Words Spring 2022 programme
We’re pleased to announce the full programme of Quay Words Spring
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Writing about personal heritage – Lynne Maclean shares her poetry
Over five weeks in the Autumn of 2021, we were delighted to host Jojo Spinks of Interwoven Productions CIC at Quay Words. Jojo ran her ‘People of the West Quarter’ creative writing workshops with people from the local community. These workshops were designed to explore the personal heritage of the participants and to encourage them…
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The importance of sharing stories – a blog by Abby Crawford
We’re pleased to share a blog post by Exeter writer Abby Crawford
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Love and Death on the Exe by Quay Words summer 2021 writer-in-residence Naomi Westerman
Naomi Westerman, Quay Words summer 2021 writer-in-residence writes about her time at Exeter Custom House.
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Quay Words and Poetry Africa: our final collaborative events
Join us for the final events in our collaboration with Poetry Africa.
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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’.
On National Poetry Day 2021, we’re pleased to launch ‘The Women As Usual Were the Beginners of the Disturbance’ by Quay Words and Libraries Unlimited writer-in-residence, Tolu Agbelusi.