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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…

Sun 8th Jun 2025 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Archive photographs, music and song accompany stories about people and events that shaped Exeter’s ‘heritage harbour.’ In…
Learn MoreTue 10th Jun 2025 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
On research trips to Exeter City Council’s Materials Reclamation Facility, artists Louise Ashcroft & Farmer Glitch were transfixed…
Learn MoreWed 18th Jun 2025 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Philip Marsden discusses his latest book, Under a Metal Sky. About Under a Metal Sky The discovery of…
Learn MoreSun 29th Jun – Sun 31st Aug 2025 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Sunday afternoon jazz is back on the quayside under the Transit Shed. The Exeter Canal & Quay Trust,…
Learn MoreTue 29th Jul – Fri 29th Aug 2025
The Transit Shed will again be home to a jam-packed programme of fun and quirky activities for all…
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