Yongin City to Host Abundant Reading Culture Events for Library Week in April

"Park Reading Party," the Main Event of Library Week,
to Be Held at Sinjeong Culture Park in Suji District on April 17
Author Choi Jongyeop's Lecture Kicks Off at Central Library on April 7
Various Events to Take Place at Each Public Library

Yongin Special City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Sangil) announced on the 25th that it will hold various reading culture events at 20 public libraries this year in celebration of Library Day (April 12) and Library Week (April 12-18).

Yongin Special City will hold various reading culture events this year to celebrate Library Day and Library Week. The photo shows last year's reading culture event at Mangol Neighborhood Park in Giheung District. Provided by Yongin City. Photo by Yongin City

The main event for Library Week, the "Park Reading Party," will take place on April 17 at Sinjeong Culture Park in Suji District.

This is a participatory outdoor event where visitors can enjoy relaxation and sharing through books. The "Reading Stay Zone" will be set up in the park using tents and camping chairs.

Booknic (an activity where people read books outdoors as if on a picnic) packages, including mats and lap blankets, will also be available for rent.

A variety of programs are prepared, such as "Recommend the Book of My Life," "Transcribing the Book of the Year," and "Robotics Coding Experience."

As a preliminary event connected to the "Park Reading Party," a book talk by author Kim Joonghyuk, writer of "The Subtle Charm of Notes," is scheduled for April 10 at the audiovisual room of Suji Library.

Each city library has also organized diverse Library Week programs. Cheongdeok Library will host a "Science Magic Experience" concert on April 11, and Pogok Library will present a reading encouragement performance by "Dr. Chukchuk and the Friends of Rainbow Village" on April 12.

The Central Library, which has reopened after renovations, will feature the family musical "Monster Hotel" on April 25.

Throughout April, several author meet-and-greet sessions are scheduled. Choi Jongyeop, author of "The Doctrine of the Mean at Fifty," will give a lecture at the Central Library on April 7. Kwak Aram, author of "Me and Their City," will speak at Dongcheon Library on April 11.

Sung Yoomi, author of "Mom's Economic Education," will visit Guseong Library on April 18, and Lee Soyoung, author of "One Picture a Day, A Picture for Life," will visit Cheongdeok Library on April 29.

In April, each library will also operate reading programs to enhance literacy skills. The Central Library's "Growing Literacy: Toddler Culture Center" and Giheung Library's "English Picture Book Art Class" are aimed at toddlers and elementary school students, respectively.

Mohyeon Library's "Senior Digital Literacy," Seongbok Library's "A Digital World with Smartphones and AI," and Dongcheon Library's "Literacy Class for the Dopamine Generation" are programs for adults.

In addition, Nam-sa Library's "Green Garden," the "Library Outside Booknic" at Giheung, Bora, Seonong, and Yeongdeok Libraries, Suji Library's book and robotics coding fusion program "Charlie and the Chocolate Coding Factory," and Sanghyeon Library's "(4-Week Completion) God-Life Challenge at the Library" will also be held.

Details about each event can be found on the city's library website.

Library Day and Library Week (one week from Library Day) were designated as official commemorative days in 2022 to promote library use and spread the social and cultural value of libraries.

A city official stated, "We will ensure that libraries become open spaces where people not only read books but also create culture together in everyday life."

Meanwhile, in celebration of Library Week, various events for library visitors are also being prepared, such as the "Yongin City Library Visit Certification Social Media Event." From April 10-30, visitors who go to any of the 20 public libraries in the city and certify their participation by posting event photos will be entered into a drawing for prizes.

Other library-specific visit events include the Prescription Book Project (Central Library), Book Detective Team? Crossword Quiz (Dongbaek Library), Green Library - Science Book Lending Event (Cheongdeok Library), Treasure Hunt in Books (Yangji Haemil Library), My Birth Month Blind Book (Guseong Library), Reading Bingo (Bora Library), Today's Sentence from the Library - Fortune Cookie Drawing (Seonong Library), My Recommended Book - This Feeling, This Book (Suji Library), A Day Remembered in a Sentence (Jukjeon Library), The Library Is [...] to Me (Sanghyeon Library),

April is Library Visit Month (Seongbok Library), and "Seeds Brought by Recommended Books" (Dongcheon Library), among others.

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