VISUALS: Korea's largest book fair underway in Seoul
By Park Jong-hyeokPosted : June 27, 2024, 11:19Updated : June 27, 2024, 11:19
SEOUL, June 27 (AJU PRESS) - The 2024 Seoul International Book Fair opened at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024, for a five-day run.
This year's theme for the nation's largest book fair is "Houyhnhnm," inspired by the horse-like race without human vices from "Gulliver's Travels."
More than 120 publishers and book-related organizations from 18 foreign countries, as well as about 350 domestic publishers and institutions, are participating in the event, organized by the Korean Publishers Association.
Foreigners visit the independent publishing booth at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors examine books displayed at the "Houyhnhnm" theme exhibition at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors browse books at the independent publishing and art book booths at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors browse books at the independent publishing and art book booths at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
A notice on an exhibition wall explains the theme "Houyhnhnm" at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS, Park Jong-hyeok
Visitors explore the children's publishing section at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok
Novelist Kim Yeon-su (center) and picture book author Kang Hye-sook (left) attend a forum on the theme "Houyhnhnm" at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair at COEX in Gangnam, Seoul, on June 26, 2024. AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok