Book Town Movement – regenerating regional culture

When so much of today’s world is digital why are small, rural book towns in Europe, Australia and across the globe flourishing?
This is the question that Griffith University cultural studies lecturer Dr Jane Frank explores in her new book Regenerating Regional Culture – a study of the International Book Town Movement.
“The popularity, significance and expanding functions of book towns magnify their role in facilitating a wide range of connections between writers, event organisers, book collectors, publishers, the media and the book-loving public,’’ she says.
Dr Jane Frank
“While urban centres play an important role in contemporary print culture, and more broadly in cultural life, the ways people engage with arts and cultural debates are in a process of transformation. Less conventional spaces such as book towns are emerging as vital hubs of artistic creation, festival culture and consumption.”
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