Strasbourg, with its literary history, shines as Unesco's World Book Capital 2024

A statue of the 15th-century printing-press pioneer, Johannes Gutenberg, adorns Place Gutenberg in Strasbourg, France. It shows Gutenberg holding a page bearing the French words 'Et la lumiere fut' ('And There Was Light') - a reference both to his famous Bibles and to the enlightenment of humankind made possible by the spread of printed matter. Photo: The New York Times

Attention, bibliophiles: Put Strasbourg, the largest city in eastern France, on your radar.

Once home to the godfather of publishing – the 15th-century printing-press pioneer Johannes Gutenberg – the city is the Unesco World Book Capital for 2024.