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muriel_volestrangler

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3. As micronations go, it was a fairly spurious one

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 12:46 PM

Aug 9

Where there's imperfect control of some patch by a state, there may be some consequence of someone declaring a "micronation". But this was just a publicity stunt (on April Fool's Day) for his book-dealing.

The Hay Festival is certainly notable in British publishing. I think it's the efforts of the organisers over the years that have kept Hay as "the town of books" rather than people remembering Booth's declaration.

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The Kingdom of Books [View all] usonian Aug 9 OP

Fabulous! SheltieLover Aug 9 #1

Looks cool, but what happens to all those books when the rain comes pouring down? tanyev Aug 9 #2

That might be worth a follow-up. usonian Aug 9 #4

As micronations go, it was a fairly spurious one muriel_volestrangler Aug 9 #3

From the photo.... Bayard Aug 9 #5