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June 2019

Free

Places of Poetry

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June 3 @ 8:00 am - October 4 @ 5:00 pm
Places of Poetry is open to all readers and writers. It aims to use creative writing to prompt reflection on national and cultural identities in England and Wales, celebrating the diversity, heritage and character of place. Writers are invited to ... More information
03 Jun

July 2019

Free

Buckfast Abbey Children’s Book Festival

Family & Children's Event
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July 14 - July 15
|Recurring Event (See all)

One event on 14th July 2019 at 12:00am
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfast Abbey
Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0EE United Kingdom
Buckfast Abbey Children’s Book Festival – Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July. Exciting event for all the family exploring all aspects of children’s books and reading. We will be welcoming a wide range of well-known authors and illustrators who produce ... More information
14 Jul
£12.50

WriteClub – The Ideas Generator

Writing Workshop
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July 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
HOURS, 10 Colston Yard. Colston Street.
Bristol , BRISTOL BS1 5BD United Kingdom
WriteClub - The Ideas Generator Monday 15th July 2019 7-8:30pm This drop-in session is ideal for recharging and kickstarting your writing ideas. Come and get words flowing, work through blocks, discover fresh projects and generally enjoy writing in the company of some ... More information
15 Jul
£9

What Days We’re Having Now

Performance
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July 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Alma Tavern and Theatre, 18-20, Alma Vale Rd
Avon, Bristol BS8 2HY United Kingdom
A new poetry show featuring Alex MacDonald, Ella Frears and Will Harris When you’re on an adventure, you need a map Take one last look at your teenage bedroom - its floordrobe and cereal bowls, the photos on the wall – then ... More information
16 Jul
Free

Meet our Quay Words writer-in-residence Louisa Adjoa Parker

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July 18 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until 18th July 2019
Exeter Custom House, 46 The Quay
Exeter, Devon EX2 4AN United Kingdom
Meet Louisa on Thursday afternoons Louisa will be at the Custom House from 1-3pm on Thursday afternoons from then onwards, available to meet with members of the public and talk about the work she is developing there: More information
18 Jul
£7

Massive Attack: Out of the Comfort Zone – Melissa Chemam in conversation with Patrick Cunningham

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July 18 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Exeter Custom House, 46 The Quay
Exeter, Devon EX2 4AN United Kingdom
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 ... More information
18 Jul
£4

An evening of Icelandic Noir

Author Event
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July 19 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Exeter Custom House, 46 The Quay
Exeter, Devon EX2 4AN United Kingdom
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 ... More information
19 Jul
£20

Word Factory masterclass with David Constantine

Writing Workshop
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July 20 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Exeter Custom House, 46 The Quay
Exeter, Devon EX2 4AN United Kingdom
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 ... More information
20 Jul
Free

Word Factory Short Story Club

Writing Workshop
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July 20 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Exeter Custom House, 46 The Quay
Exeter, Devon EX2 4AN United Kingdom
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 Devon's Jessie Greengrass ... More information
20 Jul
£4.00

Word Factory Salon

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July 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Exeter Custom House, 46 The Quay
Exeter, Devon EX2 4AN United Kingdom
Join us for an intimate evening of story, conversation and wine with David Constantine as he discusses and reads from his latest collection, The Dressing-up box and other stories, in which several the principal characters are children: loved, abused, in danger, they ... More information
20 Jul
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