Not World Heritage, but still UNESCO related: The city I have lived in for the past months, the wonderful, if at the moment very wet, Norwich has become England’s first UNESCO City of Literature. Congrats!
The reason – Norwich’s rich literary history – being home to many ‘firsts’, some being:
- First woman published in English (15th C)
- First recognisable novel (16th C)
- First published parliamentary debates (18th C)
- First provincial library (1608)
- First provincial newspaper (1701)
- First British MA in creative writing
Perhaps no wonder the Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library has the highest number of visitors and users in the UK!
Read more about Norwich – UNESCO City of Literature.
Hurrah for Norwich!
By: simontall on May 10, 2012
at 4:31 pm
Indeed
By: sitesoftransformations on May 10, 2012
at 9:39 pm