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Book Talks with the Libraries

    〈Book Talks with the Libraries〉

    📖 Gangseo Miracle Library 🏡

    Opened in October 2018, Gangseo Miracle Library is a beautiful space where trees form a scenic backdrop throughout. Its tiered bookshelves make it a child-friendly library where every corner invites curiosity and discovery.


    📖 Yangsan Public Library 🏡 @yangsanlibrary

    Yangsan Public Library, run by the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education, strives to be a cultural hub for the local community, providing access to the latest information and diverse cultural experiences. Its mission is to be a welcoming place where residents can comfortably visit anytime.


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     Busan Metropolitan Simin Library 🏡

    Established in 1901, Busan Metropolitan Simin Library is Korea’s oldest public library, with a 120-year legacy. This multi-functional cultural space offers tailored knowledge and information services, supports reading initiatives through big data, provides lifelong learning programs, and promotes a reading culture nationwide with its extensive collection of 940,000 books.



    📖 Busan Cityhall Open Library  🏡 @busancitydeullagnallag

    The Busan Cityhall Open Library envisions a future filled with joy for Busan’s citizens. With its playful “Future Playground” on the first floor and a general reading room on the third floor, it responds flexibly to changing times, making it a place that people want to visit and linger in.



    📖 Sasang Library 🏡 @sasanggu

    Located in Busan’s Sasang District, Sasang Library ensures the right to information for local residents through a vast collection of books and resources. It also offers mobile library services to bridge information gaps and promote equal access to information.



    📖 Suyeong-gu Library 🏡

    Winner of the 2022 Busan Architecture Award, Suyeong-gu Library is a cultural center for local residents. It offers a range of resources, a book café, and an outdoor rest area, blending people, nature, and books to create a space of everyday happiness. Its open-concept design, with no barriers between hallways and reading rooms, fosters a seamless experience for patrons to enjoy reading and culture in a relaxed atmosphere.



    📖 Busan Cinema Center The Library  🏡 @bcc_thelibrary

    Busan Cinema Center The Library houses an extensive collection of film-related materials. It offers a range of content, including film exhibitions, an LP music lounge, a multimedia room, and user events, making it a vibrant center for film enthusiasts.



    📖 Hadan Library 🏡

    Located on the 2nd to 5th floors of Hadan Community Center, known for its beautiful sunsets, Hadan Library features a children’s reading room, general resources, and a digital experience zone. It is designed as a multi-cultural space where families can enjoy time together.

Embraced through the Power of Love

Is there true love to be found anywhere in our world? What changes should be made to make that love possible? Perhaps we should draw upon the power of a love capable of embracing difference, just like Wanderer and the hen Sprout who raise a duckling in The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly.

ㅣspeaker: Hwang Sun-mi (Writer, Professor at Seoul Institute of The Arts)

- date/time : Nov. 16 (Sat) 11:00–12:30
- location : Busan Cinema center The Library

📕 『The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly』

Sympathetic Values That Tie Us Together

What are the values we need to defend our relationships with others? An altruistic life yields courage and enables us to see the bigger picture. This is a chance to share stories about the sympathetic values that tie us together.

ㅣspeaker: Hwang Sun-mi (Writer, Professor at Seoul Institute of The Arts)

- date/time : Nov. 16 (Sat) 15:00–16:30
- location: Busan City Hall Open Library

📕 『The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly』

Traveling through Time to Deliver Peace

A Corinthian helmet, a symbol of the Olympics of Classical antiquity, was awarded to the winner of the marathon in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. That helmet’s recipient was none other than Korean runner Sohn Kee-chung. Travel back through the decades to join Sohn on his historic 42.195 kilometer run.

ㅣspeaker: So Yun- kyoung (Picture Book Creator)

- date/time : Nov. 17 (Sun) 15:00–16:30
- location : Busan Metropoltan Simin Library

📕 『HOTEL PARADISE』

Traveling through Time to Deliver Peace

A Corinthian helmet, a symbol of the Olympics of Classical antiquity, was awarded to the winner of the marathon in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. That helmet’s recipient was none other than Korean runner Sohn Kee-chung. Travel back through the decades to join Sohn on his historic 42.195 kilometer run.

ㅣspeaker: So Yun- kyoung (Picture Book Creator)

- date/time : Nov. 17 (Sun) 15:00–16:30
- location : Sasang Library

📕 『A boy in a Corinthian Helmet』

Joyful Jokes, Heaps of Happiness

Does telling somebody to be happy ever make them so? Does laughter really bring good fortune? Let’s share some good jokes and laughter. We could all use a little extra happiness in our hearts.

ㅣspeaker: Kim Gae-mi (Poet, Picture Book Writer)

- date/time : Nov. 23 (Sat) 10:30–12:00
- location : Hadan Library

📕 『The Teacher May Doze Off Too』

Let the Loneliness Out

One dark night, the brightly painted façade of the heart fades, and a door opens to the lonely room hidden deep inside. Join us as we cheer on Dracula, who is growing and maturing despite the fear he feels about all the changes taking place inside.

ㅣspeaker: Kim Gae-mi (Poet, Picture Book Writer)

- date/time : Nov. 23 (Sat) 15:00–16:30
- location : Gangseo Miracle Library

📕 『Poems of Dracula』

The Warmth of Hearts in Contact

How can you share the warmth in your heart? Sometimes we feel the warmth of a spring thaw while sharing our hearts with others, but other times we are frozen by the feeling of a bitter chill. This is your chance to contemplate the temperature of the heart, which is only felt when one heart makes contact with another.

ㅣspeaker: Lee Geum-yi (Autor)

- date/time : Nov. 24, (Sun) 10:30–12:00
- location : Suyeong-Gu Library

📕 『Bamti Village series』

A Time to Heal Wounds

What do our friends mean to us? They share our happy memories, but they also stand beside us when times are tough and tend our wounds. We need the courage to share our inner pain with each other and to walk together hand in hand.

ㅣspeaker: Lee Geum-yi (Autor)

- date/time : Nov. 24, (Sun) 15:00–16:30
- location : Yangsan Library

📕 『You Too Are a Wheel Lily』