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A book town is a town or village with many used book or antiquarian bookstores. These stores, as well as
International Organisation of Book Towns
Catalonia Organisation of Book Towns
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literary festival
A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings ...
s, attract 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
* Bellprat, Spain (2008) * Bhilar, India (2017) * Blaenavon, Wales (2003–2006) * Borrby, Sweden (2011) * Brownville, Nebraska, US (2004) *Clunes, Victoria
Clunes is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 36 kilometres north of Ballarat, in the Shire of Hepburn. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census it had a population of 1,728.
Clunes is best known as the site of Victoria's ...
, Australia (2007)
* Dalmellington, Scotland (1997–2005)
* Esquelbecq, France (2010)
* Featherston, New Zealand (2015)
* Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye, or simply Hay (; or simply ), is a market town and community (Wales), community in Powys, Wales. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as a book town, "town of books"; it is both the National Book Town of Wales and the s ...
, Wales (1962)
* Hobart, New York (2005)
* Jimbōchō Book Town, Japan (1868)
* La Pobla de Segur, Spain (2018)
* Langkawi International Book Village, Malaysia (1997, unknown date of closure)
* Mellösa, Sweden (2001)
* Montmorillon, France (2000)
* Montolieu, France (1991)
* Paju Book City, South Korea (1989)
* Redu, Belgium (1984)
* Sedbergh
Sedbergh ( or ) is a town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Cumbria. It falls within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Since April 2023, it has been administered by Westmorland and Furness local authority. Th ...
, England (2003)
* Torup, Denmark
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(2006)
* Urueña, Spain (2007)
Book towns with unknown dates of operation
*Timbuktu
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, Mali
See also
* UNESCO World Book Capital (est. 2001)References
External links
International Organisation of Book Towns
Catalonia Organisation of Book Towns
{{Books Types of towns Bookstores Bookselling Literary festivals