Bow Lines – Maritime Literary Festival

Tying together fact and fiction in maritime history.

Based in Exeter’s historic Custom House and around its Heritage Harbour, Bowlines will explore major themes in maritime literature. These will include:

Characters and Characterisation – Inputs both on real characters and creating imagined
ones.

Disaster – Wars, shipwrecks and the efforts to improve maritime safety.

These will be approached via inputs both from respected maritime historians and well known writers of naval fiction. The event will have a variety of inputs, ranging from talks to lively panel discussions designed to explore emerging themes in maritime literature.