Members in Chat:
BertieBot, Gildebot_LockHart | |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
| | Harry Potter News Latest news and rumors about the Harry Potter world! | Vote for SS! 
10-14-2004, 01:58 PM
| | |  Edinburgh is the world's first City of Literature
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, the home city of J.K.Rowling, has been announced today by the United Nations' cultural body Unesco, as the world's first City of Literature. The BBC have a report on the event and J.K.Rowling is mentioned as one of the famous authors to have written in the city and backed the campaign. Quote:
Ms Ferguson, who led a delegation to Paris, said: "I'm absolutely delighted at the news that Edinburgh has been recognised as the first Unesco city of literature.
"This is not only good news for Edinburgh but for Scotland as a whole. It confirms Scotland's position as a country of literary excellence."
| Quote: |
James Boyle, the chairman of Scotland's cultural commission said: "I'm overwhelmed. As soon as we heard we jumped up in the air and toasted Edinburgh."
| Quote:
Edinburgh City Council Leader, Donald Anderson, said: "We were always quietly confident that we would win but we are absolutely delighted to have it confirmed.
"This is great news for Edinburgh and for the written word in Scotland."
Harry Potter author JK Rowling and crime writer Ian Rankin gave their support to a campaign which had widespread backing from the literary and publishing community and the Scottish Arts Council.
| The world city of literature, is a title that could draw such ceremonies as the Whitbread and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Source: The BBC via The Leaky Cauldron.  | |
10-14-2004, 02:02 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
| | Unicorn
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 34,249
|
This is good news for Edinburgh, it must have got most of its glory from J.K. Rowling I supppose.  | 
| | |
10-14-2004, 02:05 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
|  Scottish Boy CollectorAlways digs red-headsClabbert
Location: Rolling around in a Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,448
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Naila Kayne
Sixth |
Coolies!! More reasons to visit Scotland! | |
| | |
10-14-2004, 02:17 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
| K.O. of Mr Tennant's specs Banshee
Location: scotland, the counry Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 16,201
|
lol i am not a fan of edinburgh it is a bit posh for me and i think Glasgow is more the capital of Scotland but it is cool for Scotland and JK does loads for Scotland. | 
| | |
10-14-2004, 02:43 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
|
Location: Behind you... Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 318
|
Go Scotland! I always wanted to go Scotland! | |
| | |
10-14-2004, 07:29 PM
|
#6 (permalink)
|  Portuguese Language Mod
Potter’s Princess
A+ FangGirlThestral
Location: The cottage <33 Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 38,358
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Melina Fay Roscoe
Second Year
Ministry RPG Name:
Viola Hart
Diagon Alley |
Quote: |
Originally Posted by Arista_Wood Coolies!! More reasons to visit Scotland! | lol yeah!!!! | |
| | |
10-14-2004, 07:51 PM
|
#7 (permalink)
|
Location: I know I'm round here somewhere?..*looks* ahhh...Scotland! Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 459
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia
Third |
Muhahahahaha!
I live in Scotland, give me the money and I'll fly ya over!
Wow thats great, Edinburgh is nice, I live in Glasgow, it's only like 1/2 an hour drive away, and I have family who live in "Literature Land". So I'll consider myself part of the elite! lol!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh well at least Scotland is winin' something!
(our Football/soccor sucks) | |
| | |
10-14-2004, 11:22 PM
|
#8 (permalink)
| | Bicorn
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,992
|
ooh cool, wonder if it was all from JK eh..? haha jk but i dunno im far away from scotland.. | |
| | |
10-15-2004, 11:15 AM
|
#9 (permalink)
| K.O. of Mr Tennant's specs Banshee
Location: scotland, the counry Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 16,201
|
Quote: |
Originally Posted by lunano1
(our Football/soccor sucks) | god that is true Sack Bertie now this is cool though i mean it is all good publicity for scotland and the tours of Edinburugh all noiw include the cafe where JKR wrote the first few books lol | |
| | |
10-15-2004, 02:53 PM
|
#10 (permalink)
| | |
When I read "Literature Land" I immediatly thought of the Its a small world ride at disney. But it would have singing books. lol | |
| | |
10-15-2004, 06:23 PM
|
#11 (permalink)
|  Scandinavian ModChimaera
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 7,758
|
Good for Scotland! | |
| | |
10-15-2004, 09:08 PM
|
#12 (permalink)
| Waffling Chizpurfle
Location: chasing the secrets of HBP Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 713
|
Scotland: my favorite place in the world....
There is definately something magical about Edinburgh | |
| | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On | | | All times are GMT. The time now is 01:08 PM. |
