Hwaseong-si Promotes 'Reading 50+' for Middle-Aged and Older Adults

'Recommended This Book' Participants Receive Book Packages as Gifts

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province will launch the 'Reading 50+' project to promote reading culture among middle-aged and elderly citizens starting from the 7th.

This project gifts a book package to Hwaseong residents aged 50 and above who participate in the 'I Recommend This Book' challenge, which involves visiting one of the 19 municipal libraries in Hwaseong and introducing a book they want to recommend to citizens. The book package consists of ▲ one selected book from the 2024 Reading 50+ list ▲ a booklet of recommended books for 50+ ▲ a portable reading magnifier ▲ and a foldable bag.

This year's selected books are ▲ Women Who Tore the Canvas (Lee Yuri, Hankyoreh Publishing) ▲ No One Gives Me Living Expenses (Lee Jong-eun, California) ▲ 'Large Print Book' Ten Thoughts on Life (Lee Hae-in, Maumsanchaek).

Those wishing to participate should bring a resident registration certificate issued within the last three months and a library membership card, visit the nearest municipal library, fill out the reading challenge form available at the library, and submit it.

The city will also operate customized bookshelves at each library, composed of 60 librarian-recommended books for Reading 50+ including this year's selected books, and 60 citizen-recommended books from the previous year.

Related participatory reading programs will also be held. In the first half of the year, the programs include ▲ 'Meet the Author' for the Reading 50+ selected books ▲ '50+ Humanities Discussion Group' at Dongtan Complex Cultural Center Library ▲ 'Writing to Enrich Myself' at Bongdam Library ▲ 'My Scent in Picture Books' at Songrin Eumteo Library ▲ and '50+ Youth Reading Club' at Yangbae Pureun Forest Library.

In the second half of the year, programs will include ▲ '50+ with Reading' at Namyang Library ▲ 'Second Act of Life through Reading' at Byeongjeom Library ▲ 'Book Love Reading Club 4th Term' at Taean Library ▲ 'Humanities Reading Lecture' at Jungang Eumteo Library ▲ and 'Time to Know the Whole Me' and 'Healing Time for Me_How to Age Cheerfully' at Dawo Eumteo Library.

Yoon Jeong-ja, Director of Hwaseong City Library Policy Division, said, "We hope many citizens participate to enjoy the joy of reading together and have a time to prepare for a healthy second half of life through reading."

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