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1 1 r iiiM i Norwich, Norfolk For ciated Ian a McEwan, town with commonly writers Kazuo such assoIshi as ciatedwithwriters suchas Ian McEwan,Kazuo Ishiguro , andW.G.Sebald, itshouldn't comeas a surprise to hearofthe latestliterary phenomenon comingoutofNorwich , a smallcollege townlocatedin eastern England. Whatis surprising, however,is that it'sanindependent bookshop, nota writer, making headlines. Locatedinthecenter ofNorwich Lanes,the Book Hive has alreadyestablished itself as a stapleinoneofEurope 's most importantcitiesof literature. In additiontohosting booklaunches and signings, theBookHive has also heldvariedeventssuchas Sushi & Saki and PhilipLarkinnights. In thesummer of 2010theBook Hive organizedHack-in-the-Box, a project in whichfourteen local writers - including AnjaliJoseph, Jeremy Page, RebeccaStott, and HenrySutton - spentan hour a daywriting a bookthatwas later published byGatehouse Press. Byhosting a slewofbothlocal and international writers, poets, scholars, and illustrators - among themK. M. Moorehead,George Szirtes, andAlexMiller - theBook Hive has becomenot only one ofthebestin Norfolk, butin the country, receiving nationalattentionon BBC and in the Guardian .And thoughit onlyopened in October2009,the Book Hive won the independent bookshop category in the DailyTelegraph's BestSmallShopsinBritain 2010. Atthispace,itwon'tbe long beforethe Book Hive's name is synonymous withShakespeare & Company inParisandBlackwell's in Oxford. No one has beenable to describe theimportance ofthe BookHivebetter thancomedian/ authorStephen Fryat theshop's opening: "Inyears tocome, wewill bethelucky onesabletosay,'I was there.'" - Armando Celayo Armando Celayo grew upinOklahoma City, Oklahoma, but now lives inNorwich, Norfolk, where herecently completed an MA in creative writing from the University ofEast Anglia. Heisworking onhis first book. a! z (- QC z> O u O O X a. 801 World Literature Today

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