‘Guro Miracle Library’ 1st Anniversary Celebration with Abundant Events

Celebrating the First Anniversary on the 27th with Various Cultural Events Throughout August... Online 'Meet the Author', 'Library Escape' Experience, and Various Exhibitions

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Sung) is preparing a 1st anniversary event for the opening of the ‘Guro Miracle Library’.

Guro-gu announced on the 6th that the Miracle Library will celebrate its 1st anniversary on the 27th of this month, and to commemorate its first year, various events such as lectures, experiences, and exhibitions will be held to provide cultural activity opportunities for residents.

The ‘Guro Miracle Library,’ the 100th library in the Guro-gu area, opened last August in Sindorim-dong. It has a total floor area of 1,500㎡ and is a three-story building with a book caf?, children’s reading room, auditorium, youth and adult reading rooms, and club rooms.

The 1st anniversary event will be held in various ways throughout August.

First, the ‘Meeting with Authors’ lectures will be held three times. On the 13th, Park Gyuri, author of ‘Anyway, Woodpecker,’ selected as Guro’s book of the year, on the 26th, Kim Ji-eun, a children’s and youth literature critic and author of ‘Lying Adults,’ and on the 30th, Lee Hee-young, author of ‘Paint,’ a finalist for the Youth Literature Award, will communicate with the audience.

The lectures will be broadcast live via the Instagram account ‘Guro Miracle Library.’ More detailed schedules can be found on the Guro-gu Integrated Library website ‘Lighthouse of Wisdom’ site.

For children on summer vacation, a ‘Library Great Escape’ experience event will also be held. It is a program where participants solve a fictional mysterious incident that occurred in the library by finding hidden clues. On the 20th, it will be held for 10 upper-grade elementary school students, and on the 21st, for 10 middle school students. Applications can be made by phone starting at 10 a.m. on the 11th. First-come, first-served basis.

Exhibitions will also be held throughout the library. Original art prints from the picture books ‘Seal Grandma’ and ‘Super Rabbit,’ summer-related recommended books, book curation from the youth book recommendation site ‘ㅊㅊㅊ,’ and 1st anniversary congratulatory messages from authors and residents will be displayed.

A photo zone for the fairy tale ‘Happy Striped Gift’ will also be installed at the library’s first-floor entrance.

Guro Miracle Library

A Guro-gu official said, “We hope that through this 1st anniversary event, residents will feel closer to the library,” and added, “We ask that personal quarantine rules be strictly followed when using the library.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.