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A book town is a town or village with many used book or antiquarian Used bookstore, bookstores. These Bookselling, stores, as well as literary festivals, attract Bibliophilia, bibliophile tourists. Some book towns are members of the International Organisation of Book Towns.
International Organisation of Book Towns
Catalonia Organisation of Book Towns
{{Books Literary festivals Bookstore neighborhoods, Bookstores Bookselling Types of towns
A book town is a town or village with many used book or antiquarian Used bookstore, bookstores. These Bookselling, stores, as well as literary festivals, attract Bibliophilia, bibliophile tourists. Some book towns are members of the International Organisation of Book Towns.
List of book towns
Book towns with known dates of operation
* Kaifeng, China (17th century) * Jinbōchō, Tokyo, Jinbōchō, Japan (early 1880s) * Hay-on-Wye, Wales (1961) * Redu, Belgium (1984) * Bécherel, France (1988) * Montolieu, France (1989) * Bredevoort, Netherlands (1993) * Saint-Pierre-de-Clages, Switzerland (1993) * Fontenoy-la-Joûte, France (1993) * Fjærland, Mundal, Norway (1995) * Wigtown, Scotland (1997) * Zossen, Zossen-Wünsdorf, Germany (1997) * Damme, Belgium (1997) * Dalmellington, Scotland (1997, though the last bookseller closed in 2005 and the project has folded.) * Sysmä, Finland (4 July 1997) * Mühlbeck-Friedersdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Friedersdorf, Germany (1997) * Kampung Buku Langkawi, Malaysia (3 December 1997) * Archer City, Texas, Archer City, U.S. (1999) * Montmorillon, France (2000) * Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Southern Highlands, Australia (2000) * Mellösa, Sweden (2001) * Tvedestrand, Norway (2003) * Sedbergh, England (2003) * Blaenavon, Wales (28 June 2003, though the project had folded by March 2006.) * Brownville, Nebraska, Brownville, U.S. (2004) * Hobart, NY, Hobart, U.S. – Book Village of the Catskills (2005) * Atherstone, England (2005) * Torup, Denmark (2006) * Richmond, Northern Cape, Richmond, South Africa (2006) * Kampung Buku Melaka, Malaysia (17 April 2007) * Urueña, Spain (2007) * Bellprat, Spain (2008) * Esquelbecq, France (2010) * Borrby, Sweden (17 July 2011) * Clunes, Victoria, Clunes, Australia (2012) * Montereggio, Mulazzo, Italy * Óbidos, Portugal, Óbidos, Portugal (2015) * Featherston, New Zealand, Featherston, New Zealand (2015) * Cervera, Spain (2016) * Montblanc, Tarragona, Montblanc, Spain (2017) * Bhilar, Maharashtra, Bhilar, India (2017) * La Pobla de Segur, Lleida, La Pobla de Segur, Spain (2018) * L'Escala, Girona, L'Escala, Spain (2019)Book towns with unknown dates of operation
* Sidney, British Columbia, Sidney, Canada * Gold Cities BookTown, Grass Valley, California, Grass Valley, U.S.See also
* UNESCO World Book Capital (est. 2001)References
External links
International Organisation of Book Towns
Catalonia Organisation of Book Towns
{{Books Literary festivals Bookstore neighborhoods, Bookstores Bookselling Types of towns