'Autumn Walk at Chaekgeori'... Gyeongui Line Chaekgeori 'Author Day Book Festival' Held

Beyond Time and Space, 'Walk ON-TACT' Theme for Online and Offline Book Festival from 20th to 25th... Featuring Special Exhibitions, Book Concerts, Book Explanations, Book Market, and Goods Events

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) will hold the ‘Author Day Book Festival’ online and offline from the 20th to the 25th to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the opening of the region’s representative attraction, ‘Gyeongui Line Book Street.’

This year’s Gyeongui Line Book Street (Exit 6 of Gyeongui Line Hongdae Entrance Station) Book Festival is organized under the theme ‘Beyond Time and Space, Stroll ON-TACT’ and consists of 31 book culture and art programs including online book concerts and outdoor exhibitions.

Twenty-seven authors and artists including Hwang Sun-mi, and 35 citizen writers will participate and meet with citizens. Also, during the event period, from 1 PM to 8 PM, a special book booth will open exhibiting and selling books from 30 publishing companies.

◇[Stroll-on Tact! Click ON!] Online Book Talks and Book Concerts with Authors at Book Street

On the 25th at 7 PM, the 20th anniversary book talk of ‘The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly,’ translated and published in 29 countries worldwide, will be streamed live on the YouTube channel ‘Gyeongui Line Book Street Book on-Air.’ Author Hwang Sun-mi and illustrator Yoon Ye-ji will appear to discuss the work.

Poet Lee Byeong-ryul’s ‘Farewell Asks to Meet Today’ and author Jung Yeo-ul’s ‘Things I Wish I Had Known Then’ will also hold book talks through the YouTube channel to communicate with citizens.

Lectures such as Song Mi-kyung’s ‘Picture Books That See the World, Expansion’ and the book concert by Lee Byeong-ryul x Nagyeom Band are expected to deepen the autumn atmosphere. In addition, citizens can enjoy various online contents through the YouTube channel and Zoom (advance reservation required).

◇Book Journeys and Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition through Special Exhibitions

The special exhibitions ‘The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly - Ipssak Flies’ and ‘The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, Ipssak’s Twentieth Year’ will be held from the 20th at the Gyeongui Line Book Street Gallery and the outdoor Metasequoia Road exhibition hall.

The outdoor sculpture exhibition ‘Gyeonsaeng Sculpture Exhibition (見生 Sculpture Exhibition)’ presents various works and artist notes by 11 famous sculptors to citizens weary from COVID-19 blues.

◇Don’t Miss the Rich Online and Offline Events, Opportunities to Collect Goods (Souvenirs)

Subscribers to the ‘Gyeongui Line Book Street Book on-Air’ YouTube channel and participants in the online viewing certification event can receive various souvenirs such as mask straps, grip talks, book lights, and gifticons. Real-time communication with others is also possible through chat while watching the streaming video.

At the ‘Future Stroll’ booth, a book giveaway event will be held. Books from 30 publishing companies participating in the Author Day Book Festival can be purchased, and gifts will be given according to the purchase amount.

Additionally, messages from citizens to themselves, family, lovers, friends, and memorable quotes from books that remain in life will be exhibited at the street exhibition hall.

Also, book talks by citizen authors born through the Gyeongui Line Book Street Author School (1st term) and the ‘Book Cart’ event, which collects donations of books that people usually do not read, will be held.

Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “Gyeongui Line Book Street is a space created with the hope that even the value of a single book can be shared with others to broaden the wisdom of a healthy life,” and added, “We hope many citizens will show interest and participate in the 4th anniversary celebration event.”

For more details, please refer to the Gyeongui Line Book Street website.

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