Of what Welsh town could all of the following towns be considered to be some kind of cultural clones: Wigtown, Scotland; Atherstone, England; Fjaerland, Norway; Redu, Belgium; Bredevoort in the Netherlands; and Stillwater in the United States?

riotgrrl

That'd be Hay(-on-Wye) - they are all famous for their second-hand bookshops. Oct 03 05, 11:28 AM

lanfranco

And here's a site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_town Oct 03 05, 11:37 AM

Flem-ish

Quite correct. Hay was the first of the book towns.Founder was Richard Booth. But there are new activists now such as James Hanna. And the list of Booktowns is growing.Blaenavon (South Wales),Graiuguenamanagh (Ireland), etc. Some more websites: http://booktown.com/InternationalBKtowns.htm and also http://www.booktown.net Oct 03 05, 1:10 PM

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