Town or village with many used book or antiquarian bookstores
Hay Castle bookshop in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, with other bookshops on the road behind.
A book town is a town or village with many used book or antiquarian bookstores . These stores , as well as literary festivals , attract bibliophile tourists. Some book towns are members of the International Organisation of Book Towns .[ 1]
List of book towns
Bookshops seen along Main Street in Hobart, NY
Book towns with known dates of operation
Hay-on-Wye , Wales (1962)[ 2] [ 3]
Redu , Belgium (1984)[ 3]
Dalmellington , Scotland (1997–2005)[ 4]
Langkawi International Book Village , Malaysia (1997, unknown date of closure)[ 5]
Montmorillon , France (2000)[ 6]
Montolieu , France (1991)
Mellösa , Sweden (2001)[ 7]
Sedbergh , England (2003)[ 8]
Blaenavon , Wales (2003–2006)[ 9] [ 10]
Brownville, Nebraska , US (2004)[ 11]
Hobart, New York (2005)[ 12]
Torup, Denmark (2006)[ 13]
Urueña , Spain (2007)[ 14]
Bellprat , Spain (2008)[ 15]
Esquelbecq , France (2010)[ 16]
Borrby , Sweden (2011)[ 17]
Featherston , New Zealand (2015)[ 18]
Bhilar , India (2017)[ 19]
La Pobla de Segur , Spain (2018)[ 20]
Book towns with unknown dates of operation
See also
References
^ "International Organisation of Book Towns" . www.booktown.net .
^ "Richard Booth obituary" . The Guardian . 22 August 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2024 .
^ a b c Dominic Rech (31 August 2019). "The 'mini Trump' who built a kingdom out of books" . CNN . Retrieved 1 May 2024 .
^ Goodenough, Mike (11 April 2005). "Dalmellington Book Town – on the road to nowhere" . TheBookGuide . Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
^ Bhattacharya, Raj. "Langkawi International Book Village" . Langkawi Insight . Retrieved 16 September 2024 .
^ Alex Johnson (5 April 2018). Book Towns . Frances Lincoln (White Lion 2). p. 90. ISBN 978-1-78101-242-0 .
^ "The Book Town in Mellösa" . 9 February 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
^ "Our Book Town Story" . Visit Sedbergh . Retrieved 1 May 2024 .
^ Kennedy, Maev; Correspondent, Heritage (28 June 2003). "Books open new chapter for Plywood City" . The Guardian .
^ Goodenough, Mike (17 March 2006). "Blaenafon – The Booktown Experiment Fails" . TheBookGuide . Archived from the original on 3 July 2010.
^ "Welcome to Brownville Nebraska – Events, News and Info" . Brownville Nebraska – Merchants of Brownvill .
^ "For Those Who Love Books – Home" . Hobartbookvillage.com. Retrieved 2 May 2013 .
^ "Velkommen til Torup Bogby" [Welcome to Torup Bogby]. torupbogby.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 May 2024 .
^ "Turismo Provincia de Valladolid" . Diputaciondevalladolid.es. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2013 .
^ "Bellprat Vila del Llibre" . www.viladelllibre.cat. Retrieved 2 May 2013 .
^ "Esquelbook le site d'Esquelbecq, Village du Livre" . esquelbook.com (in French). Retrieved 2 January 2018 .
^ "Borrby Bokby – Sveriges första bokby" . Borrby Bokby .
^ "Booktown | Featherston, New Zealand" . featherston-booktown . Retrieved 6 June 2020 .
^ Dey, Panchali. "Bhilar, India's first 'book village', welcomes you to test your reading skills" . The Times of India . ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ "Book town Festival" . Ajuntament de La Pobla de Segur . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
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