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International Translation Day
Initiated by Slemani City of Literature, the UNESCO Cities of Literature celebrate International Translation Day on September 30 with a collaborative project to translate ‘From the Start’ by W.S. Merwin…
Cities of Literature Chainpoem
On 21 March 2021, Utrecht UNESCO City of Literature will kick off an international chain poem to celebrate World Poetry Day. Local poet Yentl van Stokkum will write the first…
La grande traversée poétique
We are really excited to announce that ten poets from Utrecht will be contributing to the virtual event La grande traversée poétique, by our colleague City of Literature Québec. The…
Online VERZET launch
On Tuesday 22 September at 7pm BST the launch of VERZET, a collection of beautifully designed chapbooks published by Strangers Press will take place. VERZET showcases the work of eight…
International online exhibition A city as a writer’s workplace is open
The international online exhibition A city as a writer’s workplace, a project by our colleague Unesco City of Literature Ulyanovsk, is now open. The exhibition contains 100 photographs of workplaces…
Norwich and Nottingham host UNESCO Cities of Literature conference
Cultural leaders from 26 cities across 5 continents met in Norwich and Nottingham for the Network’s first four-day meeting in England showcasing activity in their literary cities and discussing projects…
New Book Market in Utrecht – ILFU
Utrecht gets an annual book market at Vredenburg. The first edition will take place during the UIT-week and is also the start of the ILFU International Literature Festival Utrecht on September 16.…
Two poets from Utrecht in a unique book made by UNESCO Creative Cities
To mark the XII UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) Meeting in Krakow and Katowice, Utrecht City of Literature has contributed to the project ‘Poetic Encounters’, initiated by Heidelberg UNESCO City…
New ILFU Festival
In November 2017, Utrecht was crowned UNESCO City of Literature. Having received this award in honour of the city’s rich literary history, it’s time for the next step: an international…
Poetry International Festival
Poetry International Festival Rotterdam will take place from May 29th to June 3th this year. It is the 49th edition of the festival that has been organized in the Rotterdamse…
Books 4 Life back in Utrecht
Books 4 Life was a used bookstore for charity until 1 September 2017. You may already know the name from other cities in Europe, because it is a chain of…
World Book Day
Op 23 april is het Wereldboekendag. De dag staat ook wel bekend als ‘Internationale dag van het boek en de auteursrechten’ en wordt gevierd in meer dan 100 landen. Het…
Independent Bookstore Day
On Saturday, April 14, the second edition of the Bookstore Day will take place. On that day the bookstore and its customer are in the spotlight. A bookstore is more…
U-Slam
On the first Wednesday of every month poets and onlookers gather in the Theatercafé de Bastaard, in the buzzing cultural city of Utrecht, to take to the stage of U-Slam.…
Utrecht verkozen tot UNESCO City of Literature
Utrecht named ‘UNESCO City of Literature’ Utrecht is named ‘City of Literature’ by UNESCO and is the first city in the Netherlands to receive this prestigious title. This was announced…