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Bow Lines – Maritime Literary Festival
Fri 6th – Sat 7th Jun 2025
Tying together fact and fiction in maritime history. Based in Exeter’s historic Custom House and around its Heritage Harbour, Bowlines will explore major themes in maritime literature. These will include: Characters and Characterisation – Inputs both on real characters and creating imaginedones. Disaster – Wars, shipwrecks and the efforts…
Mon 19th May – Sat 12th Jul 2025
How do we know what’s useful and valuable and what is waste? What has our wastefulness to do…
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Thu 5th Jun 2025 5:45 pm – 8:40 pm
The Festival brings some of the country’s most exciting comedians to intimate venues right across the city, including…
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Thu 5th Jun – Sun 13th Jul 2025
In this course we’ll be looking at how to craft life into story. Online, we’ll explore writing effective…
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Fri 6th – Sat 7th Jun 2025 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tying together fact and fiction in maritime history. Based in Exeter’s historic Custom House and around its Heritage…
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Sun 8th Jun 2025 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
The return of our hugely popular celebration of Exeter’s Heritage Harbour status. Expect steam boats, railways, traction…
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