We are open Tuesdays to Fridays 10am-5pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm. Public tours Wednesdays 1pm-4pm.
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Lifelong learning and community programme

Join in with our programme of events and workshops for all ages in April, May and June 2023

To view our full programme of events and workshops for all ages, please see the outline below, or click here to see our full brochure: What’s On at the DEI April-June 2023

For bookable events, please click here: webcollect.org.uk/dei , which will take you to our bookings page. 

If you are having difficulty, please contact the office by email [email protected] or phone 01392 274727

April Day Event Times Additional Info
Table-top book display – The other side of the story: Voyages and travel, including colonial expeditions of the past. Have your say by joining us for a ‘significance workshop’ on 12th April, where we will collaborate on a new narrative for this historic collection.
1st Saturday Spring is Springing – Make Your Own Cress Animals 10.30am – 12 noon Family fun workshop for children 5+ / Drop in
6th Thursday Green Shoots Gardening Group – Make Wildflower Seed Bombs 11am – 2pm Family fun workshop / Drop in
8th Saturday Finding Stories – The Museum of Me with Davina Quinlivan  (Writer In Residence) 10.30am – 12 noon Children 5+ / Booking essential
11th Tuesday Book Group – The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani 2.30pm – 4pm Open to new members
13th Thursday Rough Trade Books presents… Zakiya McKenzie on colonialism and decolonisation. In partnership with Exeter City of Literature 6pm – 7.30pm £ pay what you can afford / Booking essential
15th Saturday Bookworms Junior Members’ Club – Over the Seas and Far Away 10.30am – 12noon Children 5+ / Booking essential / Taster session free
18th Tuesday Get the most from the DEI catalogue 3pm – 4pm One to one session / Booking essential
19th Wednesday The Next Chapter’ Project Cafe 10.30am – 12 noon Drop in
19th Wednesday Artefact highlights of the upstairs reading rooms – Wednesday tour special 1pm – 4pm Drop in
19th Wednesday Cinema Club – The Sea Hawk (1940) Doors  6pm / Film 6.30pm Open to new members
20th Thursday Green Shoots Gardening Group – Planting for Spring 11am – 2pm Open to new members / Drop in
20th Thursday Rough Trade Books Presents… The Pelican Project’s Charlie Robinson. In partnership with Exeter City of Literature 6pm – 7.30pm £ pay what you can afford / Booking essential
22nd Saturday Nature Journalling (Spring) 10.30am – 12 noon Booking essential
26th Wednesday ‘Waterlines: Real Places, Mythology and Poetry at the margins’ with Davina Quinlivan 5pm – 6.30pm Booking essential
27th Thursday West Quarter Research Group 2.30pm – 4pm Open to new members
27th Thursday Evening Lecture John Allan ‘New light on the development of Cathedral Close’ Doors 6pm / Talk 6.30pm / Supper 7.30pm Tickets £25 / Booking essential
29th Saturday Second-hand book and historical map sale 11am – 3pm Drop in
May Day Event Times Additional Info
4th Thursday Green Shoots Gardening Group – Make a Houseplant Cutting Sampler 11am – 2pm Over 18s workshop / Open to new members / Drop in
6th Saturday Crowning Glory – Make a Bejewelled Crown family fun workshop 10.30am – 12 noon Children 5+ / Booking essential
9th Tuesday Book Group – Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 2.30pm – 4pm Open to new members
9th Tuesday Get the most from the DEI catalogue 3pm – 4pm One to one session / Booking essential
16th Tuesday Poetry Reading (Poems of Reflection), supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 6pm – 7pm Booking esential
17th Wednesday The Next Chapter’ Project Cafe 10.30am – 12 noon Drop in
17th Wednesday Cinema Club – My Favourite Year (1982) Doors 6pm / Film 6.30pm Open to new members
18th Thursday Green Shoots Gardening Group – Gardening for mental health session, supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 11am – 2pm Drop in
18th Thursday Rough Trade Books Presents… The Fandangoe Kid 6pm – 7.30pm £ pay what you can afford / Booking essential
19th Friday Librarian’s Tour 3pm – 3.45pm Booking essential
20th Saturday Bookworms Junior Members’ Club – Make Sock Puppets 10.30am – 12noon Children 5+ / Booking essential / Taster session free
25th Thursday West Quarter Research Group 2.30pm – 4pm Open to new members
June Day Event Times Additional Info
Table-top book display – In the roar of the sea Take a trip to the Outer Library to enjoy some seaside delights from our book collections.
1st Thursday Green Shoots Gardening Group – Make A Bug Hotel 11am – 2pm Family fun workshop / Open to new members / Drop in
3rd Saturday Roar! Make a Dinosaur Marionette 10.30am – 12 noon Family fun workshop children 5+ / Booking essential
10th Saturday Seaside in a Jar workshop 10.30am – 12 noon Children 5+ / Drop in
13th Tuesday Book Group – The Sea Change by Elizabeth Jane Howard 2.30pm – 4pm Open to new members
13th – 17th Tuesday – Saturday Art Week Exeter – drop in to see works of art exhibited throughout the building. During opening hours
15th Thursday Green Shoots Gardening Group – Decorate a Plant Pot 11am – 2pm Over 18s workshop / Open to new members / Drop in
15th Thursday Rough Trade Books Presents… Musa Okwonga 6pm – 7.30pm £ pay what you can afford / Booking essential
17th Saturday Bookworms Junior Members’ Club – Do Exeter Art Week 10.30am – 12 noon Children 5+ / Booking essential / Taster session free
21st Wednesday ‘The Next Chapter’ Project Cafe 10.30am – 12 noon Drop in
21st Wednesday Cinema Club – A special documentary night with The Lambeth Boys (1959) and Night Mail (1936) Doors  6pm / Film 6.30pm Open to new members
22nd Thursday West Quarter Research Group 2.30pm – 4pm Open to new members
24th Saturday Big Insect Drawings 11am – 1pm Family fun event for children 8+ / Booking essential