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Details

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 imagined
ones.

Disaster – Wars, shipwrecks and the efforts to improve maritime safety.

These will be approached via inputs both from respected maritime historians and well known writers of naval fiction. The event will have a variety of inputs, ranging from talks to lively panel discussions designed to explore emerging themes in maritime literature.

Please note your tickets will be valid for all events on Friday 6 June and Saturday 7 June 2025. The venues for some talks will have restricted capacity and you will be contacted by the organiser week beginning 5 May to book your preferred talks, subject to availability. 

Maritime Literature Festival Programme (subject to change)