As the 12-week public consultation on the future of the library service in Devon begins, ExCoL calls on residents and decision-makers to recognise the long-term value of Devon’s 50-library network.

All eyes are on Dublin City of Literature as SLAMOVISION, the international slam poetry competition for UNESCO cities of literature across the world, takes place this week on Thursday 6 November from 7pm to 9pm GMT at Windmill Town Hall, Windmill Lane, in the heart of the city. 

Ten new cities have joined the Cities of Literature network: Aberystwyth (Wales); Abuja (Nigeria); Celje (Slovenia); Conakry (Guinea); Dumaguete City (Philippines); Gdańsk (Poland); Kahramanmaraş (Türkiye); Lund (Sweden); San Luis Potosi (Mexico); and Tangier (Morocco).

Writers from 14 Cities across the UNESCO Cities of Literature network applied to the stipend. The Exeter UNESCO City of Literature partnered stipend which went to Sama Hussein from Baghdad City of Literature.