Jane Frank is Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia with research interests in the fields of cultural studies, cultural sociology, and book and print culture.

• 1. Introduction .- 2. Book Towns: Expanding Literary Connections .- 3. Hay-on-Wye: ‘A Town of Travellers Who Stopped’ .- 4. Slow Books: Book Towns as Third Places .- 5. Edge-of-the-map Locations: Outposts of Sustainable Culture .- 6. Sacred Objects and Magic Encyclopaedias: Books in Book Towns .- 7. Occasional Errata: Book Towns that Fail or Falter .- 8. Book Towns: An Unfolding Story.

Jane Frank is Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia with research interests in the fields of cultural studies, cultural sociology, and book and print culture.

• 1. Introduction .- 2. Book Towns: Expanding Literary Connections .- 3. Hay-on-Wye: ‘A Town of Travellers Who Stopped’ .- 4. Slow Books: Book Towns as Third Places .- 5. Edge-of-the-map Locations: Outposts of Sustainable Culture .- 6. Sacred Objects and Magic Encyclopaedias: Books in Book Towns .- 7. Occasional Errata: Book Towns that Fail or Falter .- 8. Book Towns: An Unfolding Story.

Jane Frank is Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia with research interests in the fields of cultural studies, cultural sociology, and book and print culture.

• 1. Introduction .- 2. Book Towns: Expanding Literary Connections .- 3. Hay-on-Wye: ‘A Town of Travellers Who Stopped’ .- 4. Slow Books: Book Towns as Third Places .- 5. Edge-of-the-map Locations: Outposts of Sustainable Culture .- 6. Sacred Objects and Magic Encyclopaedias: Books in Book Towns .- 7. Occasional Errata: Book Towns that Fail or Falter .- 8. Book Towns: An Unfolding Story.