Early Day Motion·EDM 2214
BOOK TOWNS
22 May 200631 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale
Motion Text
That this House celebrates the fact that Sedbergh became England's first Book Town on 12th May 2006; commends the beautiful Yorkshire Dales market town, which is home to six specialist book stores, as an excellent place for bibliophiles to visit; and praises the International Book Town movement, which was started by Richard Booth in Hay-on-Wye in the late 1970s.