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Poetry in the Library: Honey, I'm Home!

  • Exeter Library Castle Street Exeter, England, EX4 3PQ United Kingdom (map)

For one night only, Poet in the City Producers brings you Honey I’m Home!, a playful and interactive poetry show, featuring a raft of home-grown talent and a unique multimedia experience.

Discover what home means to you, as you explore our art installation and touch, look and listen to poetry in a whole new way, before our incredible spoken-word artists take to the stage and knock your socks off.

Expect soulful sonnets on the sofa, beautiful ballads in the bedroom and lusty limericks on the loo, as we move from room to room, in a roof-raising, trail-blazing poetry takeover of Exeter Library.

So come over to ours, and make yourself at home.

Full line-up to be released soon.

Cost: £3 / £6 / £9 (Pay what you can afford)


Accessibility Statement: The Library can be accessed via Castle Street which runs parallel to Exeter Library High Street. The Library connects directly to the Rougemont Gardens.

The Library is in close proximity to Exeter Central Station (roughly 5 minutes’ walk), Exeter Bus Station (roughly 10 minutes’ walk), and many connection bus stops on the high street.

There are five Blue Badge spaces outside the main entrance and four / five at the bottom of the slope (on Musgrave Row). These are all public Blue Badge parking spaces however and not dedicated to the library.

The are numerous car parks situated within walking distance of the building, including Guildhall Centre Parking (EX4 3HJ), John Lewis Car Park (EX4 6AH) and Princesshay Parking (EX1 1EU).

The entrance to the building is wheelchair accessible. There is a circular ramp, as well as a small set of stairs. As you enter, you walk into our foyer and café area and can continue through the building to the main library floor, children’s library, and accessible toilet. The second floor houses our quiet area. The third has our Rougemont Lounge and Balcony, and Rougemont Meeting Room. The fourth floor has the public toilets.

All floor are accessible using a set of customer stairs or a public lift. The public toilets on the top floor have four cubicles, one of which is accessible (and baby changing). The Rougemont Balcony is accessible via a small step, however we have portable wheelchair ramps that can be used to allow access.

The toilet in the children’s library is accessible and has baby changing facilities.

The library furniture and bookshelves are laid out in such a way to ensure wheelchair access throughout.

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