In a day of interlinked short-story events, the UK’s leading short story organisation, the Word Factory will show you how to make maximum impact with your fiction, share fun and insight at our short story club and explore new literary worlds at an evening salon with some of the UK’s finest writers. Concessions are available,…

A chance to sit, read and discuss a short story in a quiet corner of the Custom House. Hosted by writer and Word Factory founder Cathy Galvin and limited to 25 places. You will be sent a story by Carys Davies published by the Guillemot Factory to explore on the day. Book early to secure your place….

Due to circumstance beyond our control, we have had to cancel this event.    

Johann Thorsson, international writer in residence at Exeter Custom House. Johann Thorsson is an author from Reykjavik, Iceland who is visiting Exeter for a short residency, funded by the British Council. His residency helps us revive in a writerly fashion those international links which the Custom House once presided over at the peak of Exeter’s…

Melissa Chemam’s book Out of the Comfort Zone follows the journey of the band Massive Attack into art and music. It retraces how the history of their city, Bristol, shaped their unique sound and multicultural innovations. It then studies how the emergency of the band helped Bristol’s entire underground scene to emerge. Melissa will be in conversation…

Louisa will be at the Custom House from 1-3 pm on Thursday afternoons throughout July, available to meet with members of the public and talk about the work she is developing there. This event is drop in.

This is a partnership with Speaking Volumes. Join poet Roger Robinson, one of the most versatile and internationally respected dub artists in the UK, for an unforgettable poetry and music session in the Transit Shed. Celebrating the launch of his latest collection Portable Paradise, Roger will share poems and stories reflecting contemporary Britain with warmth, pathos…

 Heroes come in all shapes and sizes! In Wendy Meddour’s and Duncan Beedie’s latest picture book, Stefano the Squid, Stefano sets out to discover what sets him apart. The unassuming squid soon finds out that even the most ordinary creatures are capable of extraordinary deeds. Come and join us for this interactive storytelling and craft session,…

Every fantasy writer needs to discover their own unique world in which to make their story happen. Come along and pick up tips on how to find your world, how to discover who—or what—lives there, and then how to begin their amazing story. Suitable for 11 -16 year olds only. Tickets will be available on…

Ray Antrobus will read from his book The Perseverance which explores the d/Deaf experience, the death of his father and the failure to communicate. The Perseverance operates in the in betweens of dual heritages, of form and expression emerging to show us what it means to exist, and to flourish. Concessions are available, please see…