Book town
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A book town is a town or village with a large number of second-hand or antiquarian book shops. These shops, and sometimes also literary festivals, attract bibliophile tourists to them The first book town was Hay-on-Wye in Wales. Its example was followed by numerous communities, first in Europe and later across the world. A number of the book towns are organised in the International Organisation of Book Towns.
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[edit] List of book towns
[edit] Known dates
- Hay-on-Wye, Wales (1961)
- Redu, Belgium (1984)
- Bécherel, France (1988)
- Montolieu, France (1989)
- Bredevoort, Netherlands (1993)
- Stillwater, Minnesota,[1] (1993)
- St. Pierre de Clages, Switzerland (1993)
- Fontenoy-la-Joûte, France (1993)
- Mundal, Fjærland, Norway (1995)
- Wigtown, Scotland (1997)
- Zossen-Wünsdorf, Germany (1997)
- Damme, Belgium (1997)
- Dalmellington, Scotland (1997)
- Sysmä, Finland (4 July 1997)
- Mühlbeck-Friedersdorf, Germany (1997)
- Kampung Buku Langkawi, Malaysia (3 December 1997)
- Archer, Texas, U.S.A. (1999)
- Southern Highlands, Australia (2000)
- Tvedestrand, Norway (2003)
- Sedbergh, England (2003)
- Brownville, Nebraska,USA (2004)[2](www.brownville-ne.com)
- Atherstone, Warwickshire (2005)
- Torup, Denmark (2006) [3](www.torupbogby.dk)
- Kampung Buku Melaka, Malaysia (17 April 2007)
- Clunes, Victoria, Australia (2007)
- St. Martins, New Brunswick, Canada (2007)[4]
- Urueña, Spain (2007) [5]
[edit] Dates not listed
- Sidney, British Columbia
- Bosu-dong, Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea
- Gold Cities BookTown, Grass Valley, California
- Hobart, NY - Book Village of the Catskills ([6])
- Jinbōchō, Tokyo, Japan
- Blaenavon, an attempt to create a second book town in Wales
