Booktown
A Book town is a small rural town with special focus on books, often characterized by many second hand bookshops, talks and lectures by writers and other literature and book related events.
In Torup the association Torup Bogby is working towards making Torup into the first Danish book town, working together with among others the nearest book town Tvedestrand in Norway.
Book Festival
Each year an art and book festival is held in Torup, offering the public a chance attend lectures and readings by and of local and national writers, co to concerts and exhibitions and of course buy books.
The Books
Real second hand shops have yet to come as such in Torup, but there is various self-service stalls scattered over the village and surrounding area, mainly open in good weather.