The Exeter UNESCO City of Literature office is now closed until Monday 5th January 2026. From the year-on-year growth of our beloved Book Market to a monumental rise in readers joining us each month at Silent Book Club—we’ve had a truly incredible 2025. Thanks for being a part of it! ❤️

Writers, readers, and bookish people of Devon! 📢 We're seeking feedback on our website (good and bad!), and your voice matters. You can complete the feedback form for a chance to win one of 6 £25 National Book Tokens here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We experienced so many incredible things as a @unesco.org #CityOfLiterature in 2025. With an ever growing audience at our bookish events, to plenty of continent-crossing collaborations with our fellow Cities of Literature, 2025 has been great for us! www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/2025-wr...

Can bibliotherapy in schools improve children's #mental health? Our review found promise, but better research needed, esp on poss negative effects. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Celebrate with us today from 6pm at our final #SilentBookClub session of the year! 🤫 We'll also be sharing plans for what's in store for Silent Book Club in 2026 so join us from 6pm at Topsham Brewery for a mix of silent reading and bookish revelry (after the reading obviously!).

Festive family theatre, Solstice storytelling, walking tours, and a Plymouth writers network launch - these are just some of the Literary activities happening across Devon this weekend. See all that's on the way on our events calendar: www.exetercityofliterature.com/event-picks

Storytellers, book clubs, writing groups, performers, poets, and more — we want to share your Devon based events! 📚 See what's on the way and submit your own event for free here: www.exetercityofliterature.com/event-picks

If libraries matter to you be it for reading, working, learning, connection, mental health, or community, please take this opportunity to share your perspective on @librariesunlimited.bsky.social's county wide service. www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...

Join us for our final #SilentBookClub sessions of the year at Topsham Brewery on Exeter Quay: Wednesday 3rd December - 6pm - 8pm Monday 15th December - 6pm - 8pm We'll be sharing exclusive news of our plans for 2026, so come along for 6pm with whatever you're reading for a quiet end to 2025! 🤫

Exeter City Council is developing a new Culture Strategy to shape the future development and delivery of Exeter’s cultural and creative landscape over the next five years, and they want YOU to have your say! 📚 engage.exeter.gov.uk/exeter-cultu... 📸: Kris Sum

To learn about international residencies, local writing prizes, and unique paid opportunities for Devon creatives before we share them anywhere else, sign up to our Devon Writers Mailing List: exetercityofliterature.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Still time left to share your thoughts about #SilentBookClub in Exeter! We've got four £25 National Book Tokens up for grabs for people who complete the survey 🤫 bit.ly/sbcexeter

We have all kinds of resources for Devon writers available on our website, but if you're on the hunt for a space to write look no further! We've got a selection of Writing Spaces near and far available to view here: www.exetercityofliterature.com/literary-res...

We want to hear from YOU about our @silentbookclub.bsky.social sessions in Exeter #CityofLiterature this year! 📚 🔷 More sessions? 🔷 Special Events? 🔷 Merchandise? Let us know what you want from Silent Book Club Exeter by visiting bit.ly/sbcexeter

Exeter is a UNESCO #CityOfLiterature! Whilst we’re Exeter in name, the benefits of this unique designation spread across Devon! We’ve rounded up some of the county’s brilliantly bookish projects from local creatives and organisations 📚 www.exetercityofliterature.com/devon-litera...

Poetry performance & Q&A, Exeter Phoenix, Tues 11 Nov, 7.15-9.15pm, sharing [dasein: defence of presence] trans by @aglaser.bsky.social published by @jantarbooks.bsky.social With @exetercityoflit.bsky.social exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/defen...

10 new @unesco.org Cities of Literature have been announced to join our fabulous network! 📚 Our global network is now made up of 63 cities, and represents 6 continents and 44 countries, with a combined population of over 90 million 🌎 Discover more ⬇️ www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/unesco-...

It's only a week until our in-conversation event with author Elisabeth Gifford, including a chance to explore Daphne du Maurier's archive! 📅 Wednesday 12 November 2025 🕕 6PM - 7:30PM 📍Seminar Room A/B, Old Library Book your FREE ticket! ⬇️ @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

Join us on Thursday 6th November as the @unesco.org #CitiesofLiterature network compete in the globetrotting poetry slam #Slamovision! 🌎 This Pay-What-You-Can-Afford evening will also feature live performances in Exeter ahead of the livestream. 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slamovisio...

There's plenty on the way this November across Exeter #CityofLiterature and Devon, here are just some of the events happening across the county this month!

Join us on 12 November for a FREE in-conversation event with author Elisabeth Gifford about her novel 'The Mischief Makers' - and a chance to see some items from the Daphne du Maurier archives! ➡️ www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/autho... @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

📢 Introducing … Kane John Mills 📢 Kane will be representing @exetercityoflit.bsky.social ! Kane will be performing live in Dublin!

This month’s Members Spotlight shines on Anna Cohn Orchard, Executive Director of @exetercityoflit.bsky.social - part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network 📚✨

✍️ NEW regular creative writing session at Exeter Library ✍️ The Writer's Circle: Peer to Peer Feedback & Support - a relaxed monthly peer-to-peer feedback group open to writers of every genre & experience. 📚 Once a month on a Tues, 5–6pm 📍 Exeter Library 🎫 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Our very own @exeter.ac.uk are taking part in the the UK’s national festival of the humanities @beinghumanfest.bsky.social! 📚 The @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social are continuing to champion Ukrainian Wartime Poetry with two upcoming events in November. 🎟️: www.beinghumanfestival.org/war-poetry-e...

We're taking part in Out There Exeter's Young Person's Day on Sunday 19th October at @exeterlibrary.bsky.social! Join us for this day of free bookish activity, zine making, open mics, games and more from 12pm - 4pm! 📚 More info: out-there-exeter.com/ypd.html

We're gearing up for Slamovision - the #CityofLiterature global poetry slam competition! 🌎 Exeter's entrant is Kane John Mills who will be wowing the crowds in Dublin with 'Red'. Watch the full poem & pick up tickets for our grand final livestream: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

Our Executive Director Anna recently returned from the annual @unesco.org Cities of Literature conference in the beautiful Ljubljana in Slovenia! 🇸🇮 See what 39 different Cities got up to together below ⬇️ www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/we-spea...

✨🧙‍♀️ Fantasy Con at Exeter Library! 🧝‍♂️⚔️ LARP sword-fighting workshops, tabletop gaming, tarot card reading, tea duelling, author stalls & a dragon trophy for the best costume! 🎟️ Free – but booking helps us plan! shorturl.at/B4hB2 📍 Exeter Library 📅 THIS SUNDAY 5 Oct 12-4pm

More @silentbookclub.bsky.social sessions are on the way this Autumn - hunker down with a book and join us twice a month at Topsham Brewery on Exeter Quay! 📚 Bring your own book and settle in for an hour of silent reading at our next #SilentBookClub session THIS WEDNESDAY from 6pm - 8pm 🤫

A productive @exetercityoflit.bsky.social partnership meeting today. We were treated to a tour of the Treasures of @exetercathedral.bsky.social This is the 10th century Exeter Book, the oldest book of English literature in the world. Also foundation charter and a wonderful wax votive figure.

A Middle Eastern writing retreat or a castle getaway in Germany? ✍️ We have two unique FULLY-FUNDED writing opportunities for Devon-based writers thanks to our global UNESCO #CityofLiterature network! 🌎 Find out more and apply on our website: www.exetercityofliterature.com/creative-opp...

We're gearing up for our first Monday edition of #SilentBookClub at Topsham Brewery next week from 6pm - 8pm! Never heard of @silentbookclub.bsky.social? Head to our website to learn more about this book club with a difference: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

Representing Edinburgh #CityOfLiterature, @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social shares a rousing poem for the #RWC2025 and Exeter's involvement in hosting some of the games, including Scotland vs Canada this Saturday! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Find out more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

Not long left to apply for our Graphic Designer and Web Designer freelance roles...

Tonight the Rugby World Cup (#RWC2025) kicks off in England, and so too does our global Poetry Scrum project! 🏉 Representing Exeter is Maya de Freitas with the poem 'Rugby'. Find out more about this globe trotting celebration of sport: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

As Exeter is part of the global UNESCO #CityOfLiterature network, it means we can offer local writers opportunities to work on their writing all over the world! 🌎 Current opportunities include... 🇪🇸 Granada, Spain 🇰🇷 Bucheon, South Korea Find out more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/creative-opp...

From bookmaking workshops, a weekend of fantasy roleplaying workshops and shenanigans at Goblin Town, to the ever lovely Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival - there's all sorts of literary activity across the county in the coming weeks...

Join us where it all began... our final Silent Book Club session at The Hour Glass Inn is tomorrow from 6pm! 🤫 From September onwards, you can find us at Topsham Brewery twice a month 📚 For more info about Silent Book Club, head to our website: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

To celebrate Exeter’s involvement in #RWC2025, we’re hosting a Poetry Scrum! 🏉 We’ve gathered women poets from Cities of Literature across the world to share new work about female empowerment, bodies in movement, and sport. More info: www.exetercityofliterature.com/poetryscrum

We're so proud of how much our thriving #SilentBookClub community has grown! From September 2025 we'll be at Topsham Brewery twice a month, as we've now outgrown the space at our original venue! You can see all the remaining 2025 dates here: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

Bucheon City of Literature has launched the 2025 Bucheon Residency! Writers and graphic novelists from Exeter and Devon are invited to apply to this exciting opportunity to spend November in South Korea! 🇰🇷 Find out more & apply by Sunday 31st August: www.exetercityofliterature.com/creative-opp...

We are currently hiring for two brand new freelance roles! 🖌️ - Graphic Designer 💻 - Web Designer Deadline for both: Tuesday 2nd September! Find out more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/join-us

Here are two wonderful opportunities from our #CityofLiterature network. We strongly encourage writers from Exeter & Devon to apply to these unique and fully funded writing residencies! 📝 Find out more about the application process and apply: www.exetercityofliterature.com/creative-opp...

Glorious launch for the 2025 Exeter Novel Prize last night at Exeter Library more info on submitting here : www.wordkitchen.org.uk/exeter-novel... @exetercityoflit.bsky.social @exeterobserver.org @exetercouncil.bsky.social

Fantastic first @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social takeover of our #SilentBookClub sessions in Exeter - join us tomorrow at The Hour Glass Inn from 6pm - 8pm for the next one as we celebrate 90 years of the powerhouse publisher's Exeter beginnings! 🐧📚

Adults who read for just 30 minutes a week are 20% more likely to report greater life satisfaction. That's why we host events like #SilentBookClub and highlight the wellbeing benefits of reading with Bibliotherapy! Read @readingagency.bsky.social's report: readingagency.org.uk/adult-readin...

It's always nice to see the Penguin Books Vending Machine we helped bring to Exeter St Davids get some love! 🧡 You can find out more about Penguin's ties to Exeter and the history of this vending machine with a difference on our website: www.exetercityofliterature.com/current-proj...

Writers from Exeter #CityofLiterature and Devon currently have access to a global network of creative opportunities including fully funded residencies in... 🇰🇷 Wonju, South Korea 🇨🇿 Prague, Czechia 🇪🇸 Granada, Spain Learn more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/creative-opp...

📢 Just two weeks left to apply. We'd like to hear from talented young writers in Exeter who want to be the very first EXETER YOUNG CITY LAUREATE. 🔗 bit.ly/EYCL25