In August, we are offering four talented promising poets one-to-one writers’ surgeries with poet Julia Copus during the week of 3rd – 9th August 2020. To apply for one of these sessions, please submit 2 poems with a maximum combined line count of 30 lines alongside a 200 word statement (preferably in Word document or…

Come meet our digital writer-in-residence, poet Tjawangwa Dema. As a way to mediate lockdown restrictions these will be free, bookable 20 minute sessions held online on Thursdays. Please bring at least one question or comment, or a piece of writing you’d like to discuss (either your own or another’s). These are not workshops, interviews or…

Come meet our digital writer-in-residence, poet Tjawangwa Dema. As a way to mediate lockdown restrictions these will be free, bookable 20 minute sessions held online on Thursdays. Please bring at least one question or comment, or a piece of writing you’d like to discuss (either your own or another’s). These are not workshops, interviews or…

We are offering four promising new writers of fiction one-to-one writers’ surgeries with novelist Katri Skala during the week of 20th – 26th July 2020. Katri will offer one-to-one feedback which will help you hone your craft, discuss your work-in-progress and consider possible next steps for your writing journey. To apply for one of these…

The Custom House on the quayside in Exeter has a long history. And it’s darker and bloodier than people might think . . . Back in the Eighteenth-century, a particularly grisly – not to mention ingenious – murder took place in the building. The Wharfinger was found dead in his attic room, the door locked…

Join us for this FREE talk by our Exeter digital writer-in-residence, Martyn Waites. Crime fiction is the most popular genre in publishing today. It accounts for roughly a third of the fiction market. It’s gone far beyond the simple puzzle mystery and is now a huge, worldwide cultural phenomenon. But what makes it so important?…

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE HAD TO POSTPONE THIS EVENT. A NEW DATE WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. ***** Natasha Carthew is a working-class Country Writer from Cornwall who has written all her books outside, either in the fields and woodland that surrounds her home or in the cabin that she built from scrap…

This session is for those writers invited to read alongside Natasha at her Quay Voices event on the evening of Wednesday 11th March, allowing time to hone their writing and prepare for the event. ***** Natasha Carthew is an award winning Writer from Cornwall who has written all her books outside. She has written two…

Join outdoor writer Natasha Carthew for her Nature Writing in Non-Fiction Workshop, where she hopes to engage with local writers by encouraging you to connect with your environment and inspire you to engage in nature, finding different ways of thinking about wildlife and the landscape that we live in through curiosity, creativity and multi-sensory practice….

During this workshop for all abilities, Natasha will discuss what it means to write what is perceived as an ecological novel and what part writing and reading such a novel plays in reawakening our senses to the natural world. The central theme of this workshop is connection to the wild places that surround us no…