Iran at Seoul Int’l Book Fair

Seoul International Book Fair 2018 will open June 20 with the participation of Iranian publishers.   Based at the Coex Convention Center in Gangnam-gu in the South Korean capital, the five-day event will be held under the theme “New Definition” and will include conferences and lectures aimed at redefining people’s perspective of books, Visitseoul.net wrote. This year’s fair intends to concentrate on audio books and other digital contents. It will host 234 domestic Korean and 91 foreign publishers. According to the Persian book website IBNA, Iran’s pavilion will display books in the fields of Iranian studies, art, contemporary and children literature plus books on religion. Introducing the Tehran International Book Fair and inviting foreign publishers to attend the annual event are among the objectives of the Iranian pavilion.