Gwangju Dong-gu 'Chaekmaeul Humanities Walk' Program Contest Announcement

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 20th that it is recruiting participants for the ‘Book Village Humanities Walk’ program, which is part of the ‘2020 Happy Book Village Creation Project.’

The ‘Book Village Humanities Walk’ is designed to spread an enjoyable reading culture through various book-related cultural programs for citizens, such as ▲author lectures ▲book talks ▲online bookstores ▲online reading clubs, utilizing the used bookstore streets in Jisan-dong and Gyelim-dong and the cultural and artistic spaces in Dongmyeong-dong where bookstores are gathered.

The recruitment period is until the 31st, and the target applicants are local bookstores and non-profit cultural organizations within the district that plan and operate book culture programs. Final selections will be made considering the sustainability of the applying organizations and the ripple effects on reading culture.

Selected local bookstores and cultural spaces will receive project funding to operate various book culture programs for residents, such as ▲author lectures ▲writing classes ▲reading sessions ▲online reading clubs. Depending on the scale and nature of the program, each applying institution can receive up to 1 million KRW in project funding for one occasion.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “We plan to provide various humanities programs integrated with books centered around used bookstores and local cultural spaces located in Dong-gu,” adding, “We look forward to communication between residents and generations and the activities of diverse cultural communities mediated by books and book spaces.”

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