Oxygen Books: Is Stockholm one of the top ten literary cities in the world?

February 26, 2013

Is Stockholm one of the top ten literary cities in the world?

Just got hold of a recent National Geographic magazine featuring their top 10 literary cities. Which are (not sure if they're in order of specialness or not): Edinburgh, Dublin, London, Paris, St Petersburg, Santiago, Melbourne, Washington DC, Portland, Oregon and Stockholm.

Check out the feature at http://travel.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/top-10/literary-cities/

But would be good to know what their criterion are. Number of world class writers, past and present? Number of Nobel Prize winners? Number of writer home and museums? Number of publishers? Number of bookshops? Number of live readings and performances? We could go on ... Maybe there should be different top tens for all these categories.

And we're not carping or anything but we do feel New Yor, Isanbul and Berlin should have got a look in.

Do let us know what you think. We think this one will run and run.

Feb 26, 2013 9:37:47 AM | Book stuff, Dublin, London, Paris, St Petersburg

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