A new campaign and digital platform, Explore UNESCO South West Trails, has launched, offering visitors an inspiring and sustainable way to discover the rich cultural and natural heritage of South West England.

World Poetry Day is on Saturday 21 March and UNESCO Creative Cities of Literature across the world will be celebrating together.

Since summer 2023, University of Exeter professor Hugh Roberts has been the University’s lead of a project to facilitate translation and promotion of Ukrainian Wartime Poetry. In October 2025, Hugh visited Lviv, Ukraine for the annual BookForum.

We got to experience so many incredible things as a UNESCO City of Literature this year - so here’s a fabulous recap! From an ever growing audience at our bookish events, to an incredible array of continent-crossing collaborations with our fellow Cities of Literature, 2025 has been a great year for Exeter—and 2026 will be no different!