Mapo-gu, Sharing Brought by Books... 'The Book Day' Successfully Concluded

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Mapo-gu (Mayor Park Gang-su) announced that the ‘The Book Day’ festival held over two days on June 1 and 2 at Hongdae Red Road ended in great success.

‘The Book Day’ is an event newly prepared this year by Mapo-gu to promote communication and sharing culture through books.

The festival featured a total of 18 organizations, including Mapo-gu Public Library, Mapo Welfare Foundation, and Saemaeul Library, offering various programs such as reading culture experiences and book curation.

Alongside this, the ‘The Book Day Promotion Committee,’ composed of residents from 16 neighborhoods of Mapo-gu, operated a ‘Thrifty Book Market’ where secondhand books from various fields found new owners.

The ‘Thrifty Book Market,’ prepared with over 13,000 donated books from residents and 18 book-related organizations, was bustling with tourists every day, selling an impressive total of 7,223 books over the two days and achieving sales exceeding 10 million won.

All proceeds from the ‘Thrifty Book Market’ sales were donated to the Mapo Welfare Foundation to be used for the ‘Resident Participation Filial Piety Meal’ project supporting senior welfare.

Additionally, on the first day of the event, Mapo-gu ambassadors, singers Kwon In-ha and Kim Heung-guk, and broadcaster Jo Young-gu actively contributed to the successful hosting of ‘The Book Day.’

Broadcaster Jo Young-gu led the book auction event of ‘The Book Day,’ captivating the attention of tourists, while singers Kwon In-ha and Kim Heung-guk personally signed books put up for auction, attracting book lovers’ interest.

Moreover, book talks featuring famous authors such as Park Sang-young, author of ‘100 Percent Pure Rest,’ Kim Eun-duk, author of ‘Not Traveling but Living for a Month,’ and Baek Jong-min were held over both days, adding excitement to the festival.

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “I hope the ‘The Book Day’ festival served as an opportunity to rekindle interest and passion for reading,” and added, “Mapo-gu will continue to actively implement various events and library policies so that more residents can enjoy the pleasure of reading.”

Meanwhile, buoyed by enthusiastic response and expectations from residents, Mapo-gu plans to hold ‘The Book Day’ festival again this fall to coincide with the reading season, and aims to promote the value of books and enhance reading culture through various events including ‘The Book Day’ every year.

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