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August 21, 2008
UNESCO City of Literature
UNESCO has named Melbourne as its second City of Literature, after Edinburgh received the first such award in 2004.
Beyond the obvious attention this will bring, as well as a new Centre for Books and Ideas that the State Government will build in the city, I'm not sure what this announcement will mean on the ground. However, as I'm involved with the organisation of a major literary event in a couple of years time, I guess I'll find out soon enough.
Posted by larrikin at August 21, 2008 09:15 AM
Comments
This is a tantalising snippet, Perry - are you going to tell us what your major literary event is?
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa Hill at August 21, 2008 05:24 PM
It's the World Science Fiction Convention, which I'm co-chairing, and which will be held in Melbourne in September 2010.
See the posting here.
Posted by: Perry Middlemiss at August 21, 2008 07:53 PM