Edinburgh (2004)
Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, designated in 2004. It is the birthplace and home to world-famous writers, poets and playwrights including Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Walter Scott (Waverley), and JK Rowling (Harry Potter). It has its own Poet Laureate, the Edinburgh Makar. Publishing Scotland, the national body for publishers, as well as award-winning independent publishers are based here. The Edinburgh International Book Festival is the world’s largest literary festival of its kind, lasting for two weeks each August.
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Sherlock Holmes Series Complete Collection 7 Books Set by Arthur Conan Doyle Available from Amazon
Complete Works of Walter Scott “Scottish Historical Novelist, Playwright, Poet, and 1st Baronet” Available from Amazon
Harry Potter Children’s Collection: The Complete Collection by J.K. Rowling Available from Amazon
Blood Salt Spring: The Debut Collection from Edinburgh’s Makar Hannah Lavery Available from Amazon
Manchester (2017)
Literature has been a force for change, innovation, openness and collaboration throughout the city’s history. It is where Engels and Marx worked together at Chetham’s Library and where Elizabeth Gaskell wrote her campaigning novels.
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Exeter
Exeter is now considered an emerging creative tech and literary hub. As well as having a rich heritage linked with some of the country’s most famous writers, including Agatha Christie, Ted Hughes, Daphne du Maurier and Charles Causley, its 1,000-year-old Cathedral houses The Exeter Book, a 10th century anthology described as ‘the foundation volume of English Literature’.
The Daphne Du Maurier Collection: 9 Novels Available from Amazon
Collected Poems (Revised) by Charles Causley Available from Amazon
Collected Poems of Ted Hughes Available from Amazon
Agatha Christie Seven Deadly Sins Collection Available from Amazon
Agatha Christie The Best Of Poirot Available from Amazon
Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Collection Available from Amazon
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Norwich
Norwich is a place where ideas and the written word have flourished for over 900 years. The city’s literary heritage includes the first book to be published in English by a woman: Revelations of Divine Love written by Julian of Norwich in the fourteenth century. In more recent times, Britain’s first MA in Creative Writing was founded at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Writers of world standing – including Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro – emerged from this programme.
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Ian McEwan 3 Books Collection Set Available from Amazon
Kazuo Ishiguro Collection 3 Books Set Available from Amazon
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