The book explores a collaborative studio design project carried out by stage 4 MSA students with six other European Schools of Architecture. The project explores the cultural and architectural influences of literature on the urban domain. Working closely with the Scottish Writers' Centre, students explored the design of a public forum for the activity and dissemination of literature: An urban literature Institute. The Preface explores the relationship between the author of words and the author of buildings and speculates about the significance of such international collaborations (this being the third iteration).