Come and chat to Natasha at Custom House in a relaxed atmosphere to discuss your work in progress (Nature/Environmental specific). Drop in, open to all. ***** Natasha Carthew is an award winning Writer from Cornwall who has written all her books outside. She has written two books of poetry, three acclaimed novels for young adults…

Join acclaimed Outdoor Writer Natasha Carthew as she explores what it means to write in the wild, discussing inspiration/setting/characterisation/themes and symbolism in response to your surroundings using multi-sensory learning, whilst connecting to the natural environment around us. During this workshop for all abilities, Natasha will explain the benefits of writing outside and how disconnecting from…

Come and chat to Natasha at Custom House in a relaxed atmosphere to discuss your work in progress (Nature/Environmental specific). Drop in, open to all. ***** Natasha Carthew is an award winning Writer from Cornwall who has written all her books outside. She has written two books of poetry, three acclaimed novels for young adults…

Critically acclaimed crime writer Simon Brett will be reading from his work and will be in conversation with Exeter St. Thomas Library Supervisor, Lee Rawlings,  about his life in crime (fiction writing). Discussing everything from how to write a captivating detective to the business of having novels adapted for screen and radio, this really is…

Join us to celebrate the launch of Louisa Adjoa Parker’s most recent collection, How to Wear a Skin, published by Indigo Dreams Publishing. Come along and hear Louisa read from the collection. Books will be available for purchase and signing at this event. Louisa was the first writer-in-residence at Exeter Custom House as part of…

This short course on two consecutive Saturdays will look at what types of writing projects might attract public and private funding and how to make a good application. It will focus on funding from Arts Council England through their Lottery Project Grants scheme and their Developing Your Creative Practice scheme. The course will look at…

This is a course for anyone interested in life writing. Whether you’re looking at ways to record fading memories or want to learn how to write compellingly about personal experience. From 11 am to 1 pm over five consecutive Saturdays, our interactive workshops will be instructive and inspirational, with something for beginners as well as…

Join us as we welcome author Luke Jennings to Exeter Custom House. He’ll be talking about his smash hit novels, the creation of the ‘criminally good’ assassin Villanelle, exploring the dynamic between Villanelle and Eve and telling us about how his novels became the critically acclaimed BBC series, Killing Eve. Get your tickets now or you’ll be… ‘sorry…

They may look serious in these pictures, but the first Quay Words Winter reading at Exeter Custom House promises an uplifting treat on a dark winter’s early evening.  We invite you to join acclaimed novelist and poet Joe Dunthorne and Devon’s own much-celebrated performance poet, Matt Harvey for an evening of positivity through poetry. Banish the blues of the…

We mark National Poetry Day with poet Sara-Jane Arbury, who will introduce and perform a sequence, or renga, of haiku. The haiku were all contributed by members of the public who visited historic locations around the city as part of the recent Exeter Heritage Open Days. As writer-in-residence for Exeter Heritage Open Days, Sara-Jane invited…