In its 20th year, the Unesco Cities of Literature Network Conference will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2024. Representatives from more than 40 Literary Cities from various parts of the world will come to Edinburgh in October 2024 to for the 20th-anniversary celebration of the Unesco Creative Cities Network.
It is noted that it was 20 years ago, in 2004, when Edinburgh became the first Unesco City of Literature. In fact, the City of Literature title and idea were first devised in Scotland's captial city in 2004 and it was the presented to Unesco.
