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Experiments in the multi-vocal

Excerpts of 5 voices from a novel-in-progress titled Babilon Falling by Billy Kahora, writer-in-residence for our March 2024 ‘Heritage’ season

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The Map Makers’ Daughters by Davina Quinlivan

During her Spring 2023 residency at Quay Words on the theme of ‘Threads’, Davina Quinlivan wrote this long prose piece, The Map Makers’ Daughters, and three poems which you can read here. Taking inspiration from Davina’s work, letterpress printer Jeremy Speck produced a set of special prints which are on display at Exeter Custom House…

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Poems from Davina Quinlivan’s Spring 2023 residency

During her Spring 2023 residency at Quay Words on the theme of ‘Threads’, Davina Quinlivan wrote the below three poems, and a long prose piece, The Map Makers’ Daughters. Taking inspiration from Davina’s work, letterpress printer Jeremy Speck produced a set of special prints which are on display at Exeter Custom House in early 2024….

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Kim Squirrell’s Poetry & Paper Art Trail

As part of Kim Squirrell’s summer 2023 Maritime residency at Quay Words, she has created a poetry & paper art trail around the Quayside and Canal Basin. This trail celebrates the ships and boats that have sailed into and out of Exeter, and the people of the quay and canal who work to support and…

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Index of Exeter Quay /From the blue door, I beckon by Quay Words summer 2022 writer-in-residence Sophie Dumont

We were thrilled to host Sophie as our summer 2022 writer-in-residence exploring the Maritime theme. Here she shares her commissioned poem with us. Index of Exeter Quay/ From the blue door, I beckon 1. It’s here that I first read: Exeter is considered to have lost its route to the sea. 2. A woman is…

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

Quay Words and English PEN international writer-in-residence, Efemia Chela tells us about the transportive power of writing to help us explore new places and how she approached her digital residency.

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

Patrick Gale shares his thoughts on space to write in his Quay Words residency blog post.

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Quay Words digital writer-in-residence, Martyn Waites’ blog post

Quay Words’ Summer 2020 digital writer-in-residence, Martyn Waites talks about his experience.

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Quay Words Recommended Crime Reads for Christmas – From Martyn Waites ‘The history of crime fiction’ talk.

Check out Martyn Waites’ recommended crime fiction picks – taken from his ‘history of crime writing talk’.

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