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…

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…

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…

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…

Join our Quay Words Autumn writer-in-residence Fathima Zahra for this afternoon poetry workshop, tracing your personal journey through place and memory. About the writer Fathima Zahra is an Indian poet, performer and facilitator based in London. Her poems have won the Bridport Prize, Wells Fest Young Poets Prize and the Asia House Poetry Slam. She…

Haha, Peculiar and Everything Else: The Stories of Comics In the days leading up to Thought Bubble Comic Con, we are thrilled at Quay Words to be linking up with our friends at Gnash Comics to host a live panel discussion on the impact of comics on literature, art and popular culture! Together, our panel will…

Update – The in-person event is now sold out, but tickets for the YouTube livestream are available via the booking link. Join us for an evening of poetry inspired by peatlands, exploring the delicate fronds of human and ecological narratives emerging from the elusive landscapes of bogs. An outstanding line up of poets will draw…

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…

This October we welcome Joelle Taylor to the Custom House, for a reading from her debut novel The Night Alphabet followed by a Q&A. ‘The Night Alphabet is a glorious jewel of a novel, rich with language and story, that glows in your mind’s eye long after you have set it down. Taylor manages to combine…

At the heart of all creativity is risk and play – Joelle Taylor How risky is the business of writing poetry? Join us on National Poetry Day as we host four poets at different stages in their poetry careers as they explore the risks they take, and sometimes don’t take, in their poetry. Join them…