The UNESCO Cities of Literature is a leading collaborative network of 53 cities with a shared goal to develop and promote the role of literature and creativity in our cities. It brings together a wide range of cultural professionals to share and inspire each other, strengthen exchanges, promote freedom of speech and further develop frameworks for collaboration in key areas.

• Edinburgh, England(2004)
• Melbourne, Austraia(2008)
• Iowa city, USA(2008)
• Dublin, Ireland(2010)
• Reykjavik, Iceland(2011)
• Norwich, England(2012)
• Krakow, Poland(2013)
• Heidelberg, Germany(2014)
• Dunedin, New Zealand(2014)
• Granada, Spain(2014)
• Prague, Czech Republic(2014)
• Baghdad, Iraq(2015)
• Barcelona, Spain(2015)
• Ljubljana, Slovenia(2015)
• Lviv, Ukraine(2015)
• Montevideo, Uruguay(2015)
• Nottingham, England(2015)
• Obidos, Portugal(2015)
• Tartu, Estonia(2015)
• Ulyanovsk, Russia(2015)
• Manchester, UK(2017)
• Durban, South Africa(2017)
• Lillehammer, Norway(2017)
• Milan, Italy(2017)
• Quebec City, Canada(2017)
• Seattle, Washington,
  United States(2017)
• Utrecht, Netherlands(2017)
• Angouleme, France(2019)
• Beirut, Lebanon(2019)
• Exeter, U.K.(2019)
• Kuhmo, Finland(2019)
• Lahore, Pakistan(2019)
• Leeuwarden, Netherlands(2019)
• Nanjing, China(2019)
• Odessa, Ukraine(2019)
• Slemani, Iraq(2019)
• Wonju, Republic of Korea(2019)
• Wrocław, Poland(2019)
• Gothenburg, Sweden(2021)
• Jakarta, Indonesia(2021)
• Vilnius, Lithuania(2021)
• Bremen, Germany(2023)
• Buffalo, South Africa(2023)
• Hobart, Australia(2023)
• Iasy, Rumania(2023)
• Kojhikode, India(2023)
• Kutaisi, Georgia(2023)
• Lyon, France(2023)
• Okayama, Japan(2023)
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(2023)
• Taif, Saudi Arabia(2023)
• Tukums, Latvia(2023)