Book town



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.

Book towns with known dates of operation

 * Hay-on-Wye, Wales (1962)
 * Redu, Belgium (1984)
 * Dalmellington, Scotland (1997, though the last bookseller closed in 2005, and the project has folded.)
 * Montmorillon, France (2000)
 * Mellösa, Sweden (2001)
 * Sedbergh, England (2003)
 * Blaenavon, Wales (28 June 2003, though the project had folded by March 2006.)
 * Brownville, Nebraska, U.S. (2004)
 * Hobart, NY, U.S. – Book Village of the Catskills (2005)
 * Torup, Denmark (2006)
 * Kampung Buku Melaka, Malaysia (17 April 2007)
 * Urueña, Spain (2007)
 * Bellprat, Spain (2008)
 * Esquelbecq, France (2010)
 * Borrby, Sweden (17 July 2011)
 * Featherston, New Zealand (2015)
 * Bhilar, India (2017)
 * La Pobla de Segur, Spain (2018)

Book towns with unknown dates of operation

 * Timbuktu, Mali