Storytelling take-over in collaboration with Artemis Storytelling for the Exeter Story Fix The Room of Exploration • Ticket holders only: £38 for the day or £20/£25 per workshop.  Click the book now button to purchase tickets for either or both of these Workshop events. 11am-1pm Workshop: Voice Intensive led by Giles Abbott Find your most…

We’re pleased to host the Exeter Poetry Editing Stanza for in person meetings at Quay Words during our seasons. The sessions are led by local poet Sarah Acton and are a chance to bring poems you’re working on along for peer feedback. For every session each poet brings along one poem for critique (with 6-8…

Come along to Quay Words’ first Book Club! Hosted by Autumn writer-in-residence Fathima Zahra, we’ll be discussing Safiya Sinclair’s memoir: How to Say Babylon. Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2024, How to Say Babylon is a compelling, lyrical memoir about family, education and resilience. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica; Safiya grew up under her Rastafari…

Join storyteller, poet and Brussels Sprout juggler Clive PiG for this fun-filled family Merry Christmas Storytelling Show! Featuring jingles, jokes and japes, you can be sure to expect plenty of fun and laughter for all the family, as well as loads of curious customs and yuletide yarns. Age guidance: suitable for all ages, recommended for…

This March we are delighted to welcome back Anthony Joseph to the Exeter Custom House, for a reading from his new selected poems Precious and Impossible.  Featuring exclusive new work, Precious and Impossible gathers together over three decades of poetry from the T S Eliot Prize-winning Anthony Joseph. About Anthony Joseph Anthony Joseph is an award-winning…

We are thrilled to welcome back Pascale Petit to the Exeter Custom House, for a reading from her latest poetry collection Beast. About Beast Mythic and familial beasts roam the swamps and moors of Pascale Petit’s Beast. These spirits of the wild haunt the Camargue of Provence, the limestone Causses and gorges of the Languedoc, Indian tiger…