Revitalizing Bookstores through 'Neighborhood Bookstore-Library Collaboration' in Nam-gu, Gwangju

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, is conducting various programs such as lectures and book talks to revitalize neighborhood bookstores through collaboration between local bookstores and libraries in the district until the end of this month.

Nam-gu operates the ‘Library Plus Local Bookstore’ program to revive neighborhood bookstores, which are one of the cultural spaces in the area, and announced that it has prepared meetings between local residents and authors from the 16th to the 23rd.

The authors participating in the neighborhood bookstore revitalization project include three writers: Kim Nahyun, active in Gwangju, and Kim Shinji and Lee Youngmi, who are actively working in Seoul.

They were recommended by neighborhood bookstores and will communicate with Nam-gu residents through lectures and book talks.

First, Kim Nahyun, who won the 2021 ‘Jaumgwa Moeum’ New Literary Award, will hold a meeting for 15 adults on the 16th at 5 p.m. at the local bookstore HonBOOK, located behind the old KBC Gwangju Broadcasting building, under the theme ‘The Power of Time Spent Writing Alone.’

On that day, Kim will focus on discussing writing.

On the 17th, a meeting with Kim Shinji, operator of the trend media ‘Carrit,’ will be held at the small library in Bongseon 2-dong.

Recommended by Yoon Saetbyeol, CEO of the independent bookstore Love & Free located in Yangnim-dong, Kim is expected to present specific methods and examples on how residents can record their daily lives.

On the 18th at Imbonsimchaeksarang neighborhood bookstore in Bangnim-dong and on the 19th at Pureungil Library, a ‘Merry Christmas in Advance’ program for children will take place.

Students from grades 1 to 3 in elementary school will participate, reading the book ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Wolf!’ followed by a session to make Christmas LED frames.

Additionally, Lee Youngmi, recommended by local bookstore owners, will visit the small library in Bongseon 2-dong on the 23rd to hold a book talk.

Lee has served as editor-in-chief of Design House and CEO of Woongjin Knowledge House, and will share time reflecting on life and regaining physical and mental health through walking.

For inquiries about the Library Plus Local Bookstore program, please refer to the Nam-gu Office Library or the Nam-gu Integrated Library website.

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