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Announcing the free-to-enter Quay Words 2020 Young Writers Flash Fiction Competition

News

Features

Covid_19 digital diary: Week 5 ‘New Normal’ by Holly Peters

Writers

Competitions

The Aurora Prize for Writing 2020

Competitions

Upcoming Events & Courses

25 Apr

Timeless Art: Haiku and tanka online gallery workshops

Writing Workshop
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April 25 @ 10:00 am - June 27 @ 1:00 pm

Online

27 May

Beyond Face Youth Company Online

Spoken Word
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May 27 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)

An event every week that begins at 2:00pm on Wednesday, repeating until 27th May 2020

Online

27 May

Live online Q & A with debut author Ben Oliver

Author Event
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May 27 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

online

27 May

Arvon at home: Live guest reading – Colin Grant

Author Event
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May 27 @ 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm

Online

01 Jun

Little Story Seekers – Youtube sessions

Family & Children's Event
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June 1 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
|Recurring Event (See all)

An event every week that begins at 10:00am on Monday, repeating until 29th June 2020

Youtube

01 Jun

Literature Works bookable one-to-one mentoring and advice surgeries

Advice surgeries
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June 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)

One event on 1st June 2020 at 2:00pm

One event on 8th June 2020 at 12:00pm

One event on 8th June 2020 at 2:00pm

One event on 15th June 2020 at 12:00pm

One event on 15th June 2020 at 2:00pm

One event on 22nd June 2020 at 12:00pm

One event on 22nd June 2020 at 2:00pm

Online

04 Jun

Speakeasy – online sharing event for emerging writers

Live Literature
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June 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)

One event on 4th June 2020 at 6:30pm

Zoom

06 Jun

Poetry for Pleasure

Event
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June 6 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Online

10 Jun

Novel Nights Book Club with Trevor Wood & Nikki Smith

Author Event
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June 10 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Online

Opportunities

Quay Words zine-making commission for a digital practitioner

Opportunity

Resources

Literacy resources from around the web, curated by writer Wyl Menmuir

For Readers

Projects

Quay Words at Exeter Custom House

Project
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