{"id":687,"date":"2025-02-22T09:26:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T09:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mapublishing\/?page_id=687"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:32:16","slug":"unesco-cities-literature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mapublishing\/unesco-cities-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Cities of Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/397\/2025\/02\/Web-Page-Title-Banner-1024x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/397\/2025\/02\/Web-Page-Title-Banner-1024x261.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/397\/2025\/02\/Web-Page-Title-Banner-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/397\/2025\/02\/Web-Page-Title-Banner-768x196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/397\/2025\/02\/Web-Page-Title-Banner-1536x392.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mapublishing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/397\/2025\/02\/Web-Page-Title-Banner.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6e944693df876525970cd368c0a7e160 wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by Exeter\u2019s status as a UNESCO City of Literature, this collection spotlights the different ways the network \u2013 which comprises fifty-three cities in thirty-nine countries \u2013 sustains authors and readers, and stimulates global publishing industries. \u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-515d00580b738065e426f207cceaaebf wp-block-paragraph\">UNESCO Cities of Literature explores the literary landscape connected to the Creative Cities Network. Alongside articles, interviews and reviews written by the 2024\/25 MA Publishing cohort at the University of Exeter, the collection features four pieces of short fiction, specially commissioned by Davina Quinlivan, by authors connected to four UNESCO Cities of Literature \u2013 Edinburgh, Exeter, Lviv and Granada. \u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-666bd799c3a18bf88f7a3e844a598623 wp-block-paragraph\">\u202fShowcasing how literature shapes diverse communities and forges intercultural collaborations, UNESCO Cities of Literature examines what it means to cross cultural borders and share in a mutual love of words.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img 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