'2020 Jungnang Book Festival' Held Online

From the 9th to the 11th, the '2020 Jungnang Book Festival' will be held online without face-to-face events for 3 days... Relay author lectures, Our Neighborhood Library Golden Bell, Homebound Online Performances, and various cultural programs will be live-streamed in real-time on the official Jungnang-gu Office YouTube channel

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] “I think it’s great to feel the importance of Hangeul through the Book Festival and to encounter various books. These days, it’s even better because we can do it together with children who have been staying at home due to COVID-19.”

This is what Mr. Kang, a resident of Sinnae-dong, Jungnang-gu, said.

Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Gyeong-gi) is hosting a Book Festival. The district announced that the ‘2020 Jungnang Book Festival’ will be held for three days from October 9th, Hangeul Day, to the 11th.

The ‘2020 Jungnang Book Festival,’ held to promote reading culture, will be conducted online due to COVID-19. Every year, it offers a variety of programs and books, making it one of Jungnang-gu’s representative autumn reading festivals popular among residents, alongside the Geumjae Book Street Festival held in spring.

The ‘2020 Jungnang Book Festival,’ held in a non-face-to-face online format via live broadcast on the official Jungnang-gu Office YouTube channel, will feature four main themes: ‘Relay Author Lectures,’ ‘Golden Bell Ringing Online,’ ‘Stay-at-Home Online Performances,’ and ‘Online Participation Cultural Programs.’

Looking at the main contents by theme, the ‘Relay Author Lectures’ will feature four authors giving lectures based on their books with themes of dreams, future, education, and reading.

Each lecture includes ▲Author Kim Su-young’s ‘How to Find and Achieve Your True Dream,’ ▲Professor Choi Jae-bung’s ‘The New Human Born from Smartphones,’ ▲Author Lim Young-joo’s ‘Everything About Parenting, Book Parenting is the Answer,’ and ▲Author Kim Gyeoul’s ‘The Joy of Reading with Booktuber Kim Gyeoul.’

‘Golden Bell Ringing Online’ is a quiz based on content found on the Jungnang-gu library website, conducted by touching the correct answers on a smartphone. The ‘Stay-at-Home Online Performances’ consist of various content such as creative puppet shows and bubble magic shows, allowing people to enjoy cultural activities at home.

The cultural program for online participation, a one-person piano mini book concert, can be enjoyed in real-time through the Zoom video conferencing program, with entertaining explanations that make it easy for children to participate.

In addition, online travel with books and online reading discussion programs will satisfy the cultural needs of residents.

Ryu Gyeong-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, “On October 9th, Hangeul Day, the ‘2020 Jungnang Book Festival’ will be a rich autumn book festival for the whole family,” adding, “I hope this festival will be a good opportunity for many people to experience books in a new and fun way.”

Jungnang-gu is promoting the ‘2020 Reading Jungnang Project,’ including the online book festival. In particular, as part of a life-cycle tailored program, the ‘Pre-school Thousand Books Reading’ project, which fosters reading habits in local children aged 5 to 7, is a program to achieve reading 1,000 books by reading one book daily. So far, 1,457 people have participated, with 36 achieving the goal, showing strong community response.

Also, ‘Jungnang Academy,’ which trains leaders of local reading clubs and discovers reading activists, is operated non-face-to-face using a video conferencing platform, spreading a culture of reading discussions and leading the establishment of a reading culture in daily life even amid COVID-19.

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