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Quay Words 2019: a summer of words and stories

News
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15th August 2019

Features

Keep cool this summer with this Noir reading list, recommended by Johann Thorsson, our international Quay Words writer-in-residence

Reading Lists
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14th August 2019

Competitions

Reflex Fiction Autumn 2019 Flash Fiction competition

Competitions
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16th August 2019

Upcoming Events & Courses

24 Aug

Summer Writing Sessions

Writing Workshop
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August 24 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)

An event every week that begins at 10:30am on Saturday, repeating until 24th August 2019

Hypatia House

06 Sep

Libraries Unlimited Writing Your First Novel with Kim Sherwood

Writing Workshop
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September 6 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Exeter Library

06 Sep

Novel Nights Success with Novel Competitions

Live Literature
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September 6 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Burdall’s Yard

08 Sep

One-day writing retreat in Frome

Event
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September 8 @ 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)

An event every month that begins at 10:30am on day Second of the month, repeating indefinitely

Black Swan Arts

09 Sep

Bristol LGBT Writers Group

Writing Group
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September 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)

An event every month that begins at 7:30pm on day Second of the month, repeating until 11th November 2019

Bishopston Library

11 Sep

Redrafters’ Club, Bristol

Writing Group
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September 11 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)

An event every month that begins at 7:30pm on day Second of the month, repeating until 11th December 2019

Bishopston Library

12 Sep

International Agatha Christie Festival 2019

Book Festival
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September 12 - September 15

Torbay

12 Sep

Yvvette Edwards at the International Agatha Christie Festival

Book Festival
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September 12 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Torre Abbey

14 Sep

Down to the sea to play: Writing for children

Writing Workshop
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September 14

East Cornwall

Opportunities

Programme Co-ordinator, Libraries Unlimited

Jobs
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22nd August 2019

Resources

Places of Poetry

For Readers
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19th August 2019

Projects

Quay Words at Exeter Custom House

Project
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