19/20/21 June / Echoes Lit Fest
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Author talks / Spoken word / Book club / Panel discussion / Writer’s Workshop / Kids Workshop
The Echoes Literature festival is a community-rooted celebration of Black British, African and Caribbean literature, storytelling and cultural exchange in the South-West.
Echoes creates spaces that connect readers with established and emerging writers , with a programme of author conversations, poetry performances, film screenings, workshops and readings designed to foster dialogue, nurture creativity, and amplify underrepresented voices.
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Friday 19 June 2026
6pm to 7.30pm
Echoes Book Club: Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter / Bookbag
Saturday 20 June 2026
3pm to 4.30pm
Echoes LitFest Roundtable: Writing Nature as Literary Activism
Kim Squirrell and Louisa Adjoa Parker, Fiona Williams / Exeter Phoenix
5pm to 6pm
Echoes LitFest Author Dialogues: Brian Chikwava in conversation with Davina Quinlivan /
Exeter Phoenix
7pm to 10pm
Echoes Word & Sound Night: Zakariye, Samatar Elmi, Kim Squirrell, Louisa Adjoa Parker, Masande Ntshanga, Poet de Soil, Phoenix Yemi
Sacred Grounds & Bookbag
Sunday 21 June
11am to 12pm
Pedagogical Brilliance Writer’s Workshop with Malcolm Richards
Bookbag
2pm
Kids Creative Workshop: Asha Ali & Dinah Salah Al-Din
Exeter Library