2008-05-19 / II00000004

This is the final report of the 2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival, which took place on May 18~24, 2008 in Seoul, Youngju and Andong. The final report contains an overview of the festival, information on the program and participating writers and interviews.

2021-11-25 / II00000870

This 51-page final report of the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival contains the following information: results of the festival, program structure and operation, participating writers, survey (participating writers and audiences) results, opening keynote speeches, closing keynote speeches, related articles and media coverage

2023-04-07 / II00001171

Korean Literature Now (KLN), a literary journal produced and distributed to introduce Korean literature and writers to the general public and experts abroad and form a discourse on Korean literature, accepts and publishes publishers’ and literary critics’ reviews of translated works of Korean literature that have been published outside of Korea. This is a review of the English translation of Sin Yong-Mok’s poetry collection Concealed Words.

2012-08-01 / II00000492

This is an introductory material on poet Shin Yong-mok, produced for the 2012 Literary Event in Australia with Korean Poets. On August 29, Shin Yong-mok recited his poems and talked about his oeuvre at the poetry reading and reception held in the multipurpose hall of the Korean Cultural Center AU in Sidney, which was attended by over 80 people. On September 3, he also gave a general lecture on the history of Korean literature and read his works at Asialink in Melbourne. The event was attended by various people in the literary and cultural industries in Melbourne in addition to Australian poets, and broad discussions on the Korea-Australia exchange took place. The 25-page information booklet consists of two sections: “About the Author” and “About the Works.” It includes Shin’s poems such as “A Dangerous Bibliography,” “A Tank Lorry,” and “Autumn in the Enemy’s Land.”

2021-05-18 / II00000868

This is the poster of the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival. Under the theme of Awakening, the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival was held from Oct 8th to 24th in a hybrid format (online and offline), and invited 33 writers from Korea and abroad.

2021-09-08 / II00000869

The 33-page program of the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival contains an outline, a calendar of events, information on participating writers, and a detailed program in both English and Korean.

2005-05-07 / II00000002

This collection of essays from the 2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival contains essays by 40 writers under the age of 45. The festival took place on May 18~24, 2008 in Seoul, Youngju and Andong.

2008-05-01 / II00000003

This anthology from the 2008 Seoul Young Writers’ Festival contains selected works of 40 writers under the age of 45. The festival took place on May 18~24, 2008 in Seoul, Youngju and Andong.

2024-12-01 / II00001513

KLN Vol. 66 features two main themes: a special feature on Han Kang, the 2024 Nobel laureate in Literature and the cover feature “On Growing Old.” In the special feature on Han Kang, six translators, including Deborah Smith (who translated The Vegetarian into English), a literary critic, and an editor discuss Han and her literary world. In the Cover Feature essays, a literary critic and two writers discuss the theme “On Growing Old.” This issue also features an interview with the Featured Writer Jin Eun-young, ten of her poems, and an essay on her works. The Bookmark section features the short stories “Guarded by Light” by Cho Hae-jin and “Lingering Feelings” by Park Seon Woo, as well as two poems each by poets Choi Ji Eun and Sin Yong-Mok. In the Inkstone section, the final installment of the English translation of the Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min has been published. A panel of reviewers made up of a literary critic, writers, a translator, and an editor has reviewed five works: Dog Days by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Walking Practice by Dolki Min, Taking my Voice by Chung Serang, Counterweight by Djuna, and Counsel Culture by Kim Hye-jin.

2021-10-08 / II00000915

These are photographs from One on One of the 2021 Seoul International Writers’ Festival. In this program, pairs of writers from Korea and abroad discuss various issues of modern society in relation to their works. The five sessions in 2021 were Restorative Writing (participants: Kim Yeonsu, Max Porter), Rhythm of Recovery (participants: Sin Yongmok, Jan Wagner), Artificial Intelligence and Utopia (participants: Kwak Jaesik, Ken Liu), Literature and the Way Home (participants: Koh Jaejong, Nouri Al-Jarrah), and Beyond Historical Trauma (participants: Kim Soom, Vanessa Springora).