Gwangju Nam-gu to Host Book Festival on July 6

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Ahead of the implementation of With Corona for phased daily recovery, the 'Book Festival' that unites Nam-gu residents through books will be held on November 6 at the Pureungil Park area in Juwol-dong, Nam-gu, Gwangju.

Nam-gu announced on the 28th that it will hold the '8th Nam-gu Residents Book Festival,' a healing time for all Nam-gu residents as well as family members in the With Corona era.

The theme of the Book Festival is 'Nam-gu Residents Travel Through Books, Healing Time,' offering various experiences related to books.

First, the stage marking the start of the Book Festival will be filled with the heavenly voices of local children. Children from Nasaret Daycare Center and Bongseon Regional Children's Center will perform a joint show for about 20 minutes.

After the opening congratulatory performance, there will be an award ceremony for outstanding readers and the prize ceremony for the writing contest 'Traveling Face-to-Face Through Books,' held in September.

After the award ceremony, various experience programs such as the Fairy Tale Walking Path, which all participating family members and Nam-gu residents can freely enjoy, will be held.

The Fairy Tale Walking Path is a themed corner where visitors can experience the world of fairy tales. While walking along the Pureungil Park trail, participants can enjoy five activities including solving quizzes, making seed pouches and hope grip-toks, creating dream books, playing ladder games, and spinning the wheel.

Additionally, booths for experiencing reading culture such as 'Environmental Sharing with Webtoons' and 'Grandparents' Knee Bookstore' will be set up around the event site.

Furthermore, at the Nam-gu Pureungil Library, a 'Writer's Room' participation program will be held where participants can meet essayist Park Young-deok and novelist Lee Ki-ho.

Residents who wish to participate in the 'Writer's Room' program, which is an interactive event, can apply through the Nam-gu Integrated Library website by October 31. The number of participants is limited to 20 people per session on a first-come, first-served basis.

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