Gurye-gun Selects 3 Books for This Year's Reading List

Gurye-gun Maechun Library and Gurye Public Library Hold First 'Reading Books Together in Gurye' Event

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok] Jeollanam-do Gurye-gun announced on the 28th that Maechun Library and Gurye Public Library have selected three books as this year’s books and plan to hold the ‘Reading Books Together in Gurye’ event for the first time.

This event aims to create a community that communicates and empathizes by encouraging local residents to make reading a daily habit and promoting library use through cooperation between the two libraries from next month until December.

In this regard, to create a Gurye where books, people, and libraries come together and unite through books, one book was selected for each target group (children, youth, general) for the first time this year.

The selected books for Gurye residents to read together this year are: for children, ▲Haechi (Im Eojin & Oh Chigeun, Dotori Forest); for youth, ▲Shooting Gyeongseong (Lee Seonga, Bookmentor); and for adults, ▲Enemies of Capitalism (Jung Jia, Changbi).

Additionally, Gurye-gun Maechun Library and Gurye Public Library are preparing various programs to engage with Gurye residents, such as a certification shot event, reading quizzes, and meetings with authors, linked to the selected ‘2022 Books of the Year’.

Lee Gwangdong, Acting Governor of Gurye-gun, said, “A Gurye united by books, happy citizens through libraries is our goal. We will do our best to spread a culture of reading together among all residents and create a community where reading culture flourishes,” adding, “We plan to operate various events using the selected books as a medium, so we ask for your great interest and expectations.”

Meanwhile, Gurye-gun Maechun Library relocated and opened last May with a collection of 40,000 volumes and facilities including reading rooms, spanning one basement floor and two above-ground floors, providing a complex cultural space for the general public. Gurye Public Library offers a reading culture space targeting children and youth.

Furthermore, Gurye-gun Maechun Library and Gurye Public Library hold the Gurye Regional Public Library Operation Council every two months to share programs by each library and discuss the operation of Reading Month events, maintaining ongoing communication and meetings.

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok kun5783@asiae.co.kr

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