Cities of Literature — Seattle City of Literature

UNESCO Cities of Literature

Seattle is excited to welcome three new cities to the Cities of Literature network: Vilnius (Lithuania), Gothenburg (Sweden), and Jakarta (Indonesia). That brings the total to forty-two Cities of Literature within the Creative Cities Network!

Explore the Cities of Literature

Edinburgh, Scotland (2004)

Edinburgh, Scotland (2004)

Melbourne, Australia (2008)

Melbourne, Australia (2008)

Iowa City, Iowa, United States (2008)

Iowa City, Iowa, United States (2008)

Dublin, Ireland (2010)

Dublin, Ireland (2010)

Reykjavik, Iceland (2011)

Reykjavik, Iceland (2011)

Norwich, England (2012)

Norwich, England (2012)

Krakow, Poland (2013)

Krakow, Poland (2013)

Heidelberg, Germany (2014)

Heidelberg, Germany (2014)

Dunedin, New Zealand (2014)

Dunedin, New Zealand (2014)

Granada, Spain (2014)

Granada, Spain (2014)

Prague, Czech Republic (2014)

Prague, Czech Republic (2014)

Baghdad, Iraq (2015)

Baghdad, Iraq (2015)

Barcelona, Spain (2015)

Barcelona, Spain (2015)

Ljubljana, Slovenia (2015)

Ljubljana, Slovenia (2015)

Lviv, Ukraine (2015)

Lviv, Ukraine (2015)

Montevideo, Uruguay (2015)

Montevideo, Uruguay (2015)

Nottingham, England (2015)

Nottingham, England (2015)

Obidos, Portugal (2015)

Obidos, Portugal (2015)

Tartu, Estonia (2015)

Tartu, Estonia (2015)

Ulyanovsk, Russia (2015)

Ulyanovsk, Russia (2015)

Bucheon, South Korea (2017)

Bucheon, South Korea (2017)

Durban, South Africa (2017)

Durban, South Africa (2017)

Lillehammer, Norway (2017)

Lillehammer, Norway (2017)

Manchester, England (2017)

Manchester, England (2017)

Milan, Italy (2017)

Milan, Italy (2017)

Quebec City, Canada (2017)

Quebec City, Canada (2017)

Utrecht, Netherlands (2017)

Utrecht, Netherlands (2017)

Angoulême, France (2019)

Angoulême, France (2019)

Beirut, Lebanon (2019)

Beirut, Lebanon (2019)

Exeter, England (2019)

Exeter, England (2019)

Kuhmo, Finland (2019)

Kuhmo, Finland (2019)

Lahore, Pakistan (2019)

Lahore, Pakistan (2019)

Leeuwarden, Netherlands (2019)

Leeuwarden, Netherlands (2019)

Nanjing, China (2019)

Nanjing, China (2019)

Odessa, Ukraine (2019)

Odessa, Ukraine (2019)

Slemani, Iraq (2019)

Slemani, Iraq (2019)

Wonju, Korea (2019)

Wonju, Korea (2019)

Wrocław, Poland (2019)

Wrocław, Poland (2019)

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