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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
{{Books Literary festivals Bookstores Bookselling Types of towns
A book town is a town or village with many used book or antiquarian bookstores. These stores, as well as literary festival
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s, attract bibliophile
Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books. A bibliophile or bookworm is an individual who loves and frequently reads and/or collects books.
Profile
The classic bibliophile is one who loves to read, admire and collect books, often ama ...
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
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, China (17th century)
* 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
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, Switzerland (1993)
* Fontenoy-la-Joûte, France (1993)
* Mundal, Norway (1995)
* Wigtown
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, Scotland (1997)
* 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, Germany (1997)
* Kampung Buku Langkawi, Malaysia (3 December 1997)
* Archer City
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, U.S. (1999)
* Montmorillon, France (2000)
* 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, U.S. (2004)
* Hobart, U.S. – Book Village of the Catskills (2005)
* Atherstone, England (2005)
* Torup, Denmark
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(2006)
* 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, Australia (2012)
* Montereggio, Mulazzo, Italy
* Óbidos, Portugal (2015)
* Featherston, New Zealand (2015)
* Cervera, Spain (2016)
* Montblanc, Spain (2017)
* Bhilar
Bhilar is a village in Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Geography
Bhilar is located near the hill station Panchgani. Bhilar is popular for its strawberries.
Village of books
Bhilar became India's first "village of books", ...
, India (2017)
* La Pobla de Segur, Spain (2018)
* L'Escala, Spain (2019)
Book towns with unknown dates of operation
*Sidney
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, Canada
* Gold Cities BookTown, Grass Valley
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, 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 Bookstores Bookselling Types of towns