2025-12-01 / II00001681

This is a review of the English translation of A Thousand Blues by Cheon Seonran, written by film reviewer Pierce Conran.

2023-12-01 / II00001281

The theme of KLN Vol. 62 is “Outside the Book, Inside the Bookshop.” In the Cover Feature essays, bookstore owners and a writer discuss their own literary experiences. This issue includes an interview with the Featured Writer Yi Won, English translation of her works, and an essay on her works. The Bookmark section features two works of fiction, Kim Byungwoon’s “September Is a Prayer for the Estranged” and Seo Ije’s “Low Resolution,” as well as two poems each by poets Lee Jenny and Go Myeongjae, while the Inkstone section features an English translation of the classical novel “The Tale of a Young Maiden of the Yu Family.” Book reviews have been written by translators, editors, and writers. This issue features reviews of five books—Kim Bo-young’s On the Origin of Species and Other Stories, Cheon Seonran’s A Thousand Blues, Kim Ho-yeon’s Uncanny Convenience Store, Chang Kang-myoung’s Pasukan Buzzer, and Kim Hyesoon’s Autobiography of Death.

2022-09-23 / II00001033

These are the photographs of the Seoul International Writers’ Festival held from September 23 to September 30.

2022-09-23 / II00001037

This is the video of highlights of the 2022 Seoul International Writers’ Festival, containing major scenes from the festival, which was held from September 23 to 30.