by Administrator | Mar 3, 2018 | Quick Reads
Throughout February we have been swapping fun and interesting content about our city with our friends over at Barcelona City of Literature. The ‘City in Focus’ campaign saw each UNESCO City twinned with another to promote and share the literary heritage which makes...
by Administrator | Feb 14, 2018 | Quick Reads
1. Eduardo Mendoza (1943-) Writer and playwright. He became popular in 1975 with his work La Verdad Sobre el Caso Savolta, which was very warmly received by critics. With the extremely popular La Ciudad de Los Prodigios (1986), he painted a particularly detailed...
by Administrator | Feb 6, 2018 | Quick Reads
1: This is the bakery where the finest avant-garde Catalan poet, J. V. Foix, worked all his life. 2: Our MAP10 Literary Map of Barcelona showing 122 Bookshops, 40 libraries, 44 literary plaques and 24 points of literary interest. 3: During the Festival Barcelona...
by Administrator | Jul 5, 2017 | Quick Reads
Becoming a UNESCO City of Literature is about becoming part of a global network of cities, each a centre of international literary excellence, handpicked by UNESCO. We’re delighted to work with other cities, and there is a constant process of sharing ideas,...
by Administrator | May 5, 2017 | Readers & Writers
Barcelona is one of those cities that just keeps getting better with every visit. I recently travelled there for a second time for the UNESCO Cities of Literature network meeting, and I’m already considering when I’ll be able to go back. Barcelona is an enticing,...
