Turku in Finnish literature, Bristol in 18th century poetry, Mexico City in Novels and Maps; Harare, Birmingham, Leningrad, Stargorod, Diyarbakir, Dublin, Trieste, Tartu, and a host of other literary second cities at the Literary Second Cities conference in Turku (20-21.8.2015)! Looking forward to what promises to be an exciting exploration of shadow cities of sorts…
Welcome to the 2nd international conference of the HLCN!
And a reminder that the volume Literature and the Peripheral City (Palgrave), based on our previous conference in Helsinki, 2013 is available for sale.