SIBF 2026 24(Wed) - 28(Sun) June, 2026 l COEX Halls A&B1
Book Talk/Seminar
◼ Limited Edition
Limited Edition 『인간선언 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖』 Book Talk
Each year, a special limited edition publication is created in response to the theme of the Seoul International Book Fair 2026. This year’s Limited Edition 『인간선언 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖』, brings together 11 writers who respond to the 2026 theme, <인간선언: 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖>, through fiction, poetry, and essays. Amid a world shaped by conflict, war, and the coexistence of artificial intelligence as a new form of being, the book revisits the fundamental question: What does it mean to be human? Inspired by 𝑑𝑢𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖, the blacksmith figure from mythology, it explores humanity as a being that, despite its imperfections and limitations, continues endlessly to forge something new. Join four of the contributing authors for a conversation that proposes a new “declaration of humanity” for our time.
ㅣSpeaker: Kang hwa gil (Writer), Bae Soon-Tak (Music Critic, Writer), Lee Jenny (Poet)
ㅣModerator: Won Soyoon (Writer, Stand-up Comedian)
- Date/Time: June 25 (Thu) 11:30 - 13:00
- Venue: Book Salon
📕 인간선언 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖
◼ BBK Talk
The Pleasure of Turning the Familiar Upside Down
This year’s “Best Book of Pleasure in Korea (BBPK)” selection expanded beyond comics and web novels into literature, revealing a new spectrum of reading pleasure beyond genre. These works offer more than simple entertainment — from sadness that lingers in the heart, to the thrill of unexpected twists, to moments of deep connection that make stories feel personal and real. The selected books present familiar worlds in surprising new ways, creating unexpected pleasures for readers. Joined by the authors of this year’s winning titles — Becoming a Strong and Beautiful Grandma, All of Me, and notkidding_final — this session explores how immersive stories are created, and how the meaning of reading pleasure continues to expand through storytelling.
ㅣSpeaker: Kim Seulgi (Novelist), PYEDOG (Cartoonist), Oh Jungmi (Screenwriter)
ㅣModerator: Jeon Hea Jeong (Professor, School of Manhwa Contents, Chung Kang University)
- Date/Time: June 25 (Thu) 11:00 - 12:30
- Venue: Readers Hall 1
📕 Becoming a Strong and Beautiful Grandma / Kim Seul-gi / CLAYHOUSE
📕 notkidding_final / Pyedogteeth / Maumsanchaek
📕 All of Me / Oh Jung-mi / MUZE
◼ Newly Published Books 〈Sweets but Sours〉
Chainsaw Lady Kim Yun Shin: Still Challenging at 90
A woman who has crossed borders, age, and the limits of her time on her own terms—how did 90-year-old artist Kim Yun Shin create a world entirely her own? In this talk, Kim Yun Shin reflects on a life devoted to art, sharing stories from her journeys to Argentina and Venice, as well as the family she chose for herself. More than an artist’s autobiography, this is a conversation about the courage to choose one’s own life—told in the artist’s own voice. Join us for an intimate encounter with the life and work of Kim Yun Shin.
ㅣSpeaker: Kim Yun Shin (Artist)
ㅣModerator: Kwon Keunyoung (Journalist of JoongAng Ilbo)
- Date/Time: June 26 (Fri) 11:00 - 12:30
- Venue: Readers Hall 2
📕 Kim Yun Shin: The Chainsaw Lady / Kim Yun Shin, Kwon Keunyoung / Ahn Graphics (A201)
How to Write: A Conversation with Chung Se-rang & Park Sang-young
Novelist Chung Se-rang, who recently released her first book on the craft of writing, <I Will Be Your Reader>, and novelist Park Sang-young, author of the new release <The Woman with a Crown of Straw>, sit down to discuss: “How to Write?” These two creators, who craft entire worlds at their fingertips, explore the practical struggles of the creative process and how they navigate unforeseen hurdles. By sharing their personal breakthroughs, they offer a profound look into the reality of “living a creative life”.
ㅣSpeaker: Chung Se-rang (Novelist), Park Sang-young (Novelist)
- Date/Time: June 26 (Fri) 11:30 - 13:00
- Venue: Book Salon
📕 I Will Be Your Reader / Chung Se-rang / MAUMSANCHAEK (A2302)
📕 The Woman with a Crown of Straw / Park Sang Young / Safehouse (B601)
Seonjae Sunim, The Foods That Keep Me Alive
I wish to generously share with today's younger generation the culinary traditions I learned from my mother and my maternal grandmother, who was a court lady in the royal kitchen, along with the wisdom of temple food I acquired after entering the Buddhist order. I have prepared this book talk with the hope that readers of this book will rediscover the value of life through a single meal, and learn to care for themselves more mindfully and purely.
ㅣSpeaker: Seonjae (Monk)
- Date/Time: June 27 (Sat) 13:30 -15:00
- Venue: Readers Hall 1
📕 Foods That Save Me / Seonjae / Munhakdongne (B602)
Wandering Steps: Moments of Love with Jaesoo
We invite you to a special program celebrating the release of It Was Beautiful After I Drew It, the new book by artist Jaesoo and a featured selection for “Newly Published Books "Sweets but Sours”. At what moments in your daily life do you feel love? Perhaps it is the scent of the season carried by spring flowers blooming along a wall—precious moments where the meaning of life is etched into time. In this workshop, we will explore the “Moments of Love” the artist discovered while drawing aimlessly. Following a book talk, participants will engage in a “Creative Sketch” session. You will draw and write your own stories on small canvases, which will be joined together to connect our individual scenes. Come and listen to the whispers of the “Love Walk”, a collective masterpiece woven through serendipitous connections. Join us as we transform our ordinary days into a shared walk of affection.
ㅣSpeaker: Jaesoo (Cartoonist)
ㅣModerator: Lee Giri (Book Editor, Poet)
- Date/Time: June 28 (Sun) 11:00 - 12:30
- Venue: Readers Hall 2
📕 It Was Beautiful After I Drew It / Jaesoo / Achimdal (B604)
Night and Books―In Between
Moving through literature, non-literary works, and texts that escape literary boundaries, we read narratives that connect past, present, and future, while imagining the stories yet to come.
ㅣSpeaker: Kim Yu Tae (Author, Journalist of Maeil Business Newspaper)
ㅣModerator: Han So Boem (Journalist of Hankook Ilbo)
- Date/Time: June 28 (Sun) 13:00 - 14:30
- Venue: Readers Hall 2
📕 The Night and the Book: A Cinematic Exploration / Kim Yu Tae / Geulhangari (A304)
“Wink Wink at the Time to Come” Author Talks
Is there a time in your life that lingers in your heart especially long? Here, four poets speak of what has changed and what remains the same. Together, they share ways to give a wink toward the time that is yet to come.
ㅣSpeaker: Ko Sunkyung (Poet), Kim Bokhui (Poet), An Heeyeon (Poet), Yoo Seonhye (Poet)
ㅣModerator: Kim Hyun (Poet)
- Date/Time: June 28 (Sun) 14:00 - 15:30
- Venue: Readers Hall 1
📕 Wink Wink at the Time to Come / Ko Sunkyung, Kwon Nuri, Kim Bona, Kim Bokhui, Kim Sanghyuk, Kim Sono, Kim Eunji, Nam Hyunji, Ma Yunji, Sung Donghyuk, Shin Leein, Shim Boseon, An Heeyeon, Yoo Seonhye, Yoon Eunseong, Lee Giri, Lee Jenny, Im Yuyoung, Ju Minhyun, Hwang Yuwon / ChangbiEdu (B303)
◼ Rediscovered Books 〈Too Good to Miss〉
The Sentences We Could Not Write
After becoming mothers, many women writers find their identities as “writers” profoundly shaken. Amid the demands of caring for children and family, writing is often pushed aside. Only late at night, after everyone has fallen asleep, do they finally return to themselves—yet many nights end with them falling asleep exhausted, unable to write even a single sentence. This book talk is about those very moments. Novelist Kim Yi-seol, novelist Kim Mi-wol, and poet Cho Hye-eun, joined by literary critic Kim Na-young, will engage in a thoughtful conversation on women’s creative labor, caregiving, lost time, and the ongoing struggle to continue writing and living.
ㅣSpeaker: Kim Mi-wol (Novelist), Kim Yi-seol (Novelist), Jo Hye-eun (Poet)
ㅣModerator: Kim Na young (Literary critic)
- Date/Time: June 25 (Thu) 11:00 - 12:30
- Venue: Readers Hall 2
📕 I Fell Asleep in a Body That Couldn't Write / Kim Mi-wol, Kim Yi-seol, Baek Eun-seon, Ahn Mi-ok, Lee Geun-hwa, Cho Hye-eun/ Daram Publishing(B605)
Drawing Workshop: The Friend on My Shoulder, Giving a Hug
We invite you to a special moment of drawing with the author, where you will embrace your "dark friend"—the Leopard—along with your own persona animal. This is a healing journey of self-acceptance, where the book’s message comes to life through both words and art. We shift the gaze from seeing trauma as something to "get over," to seeing it as a natural part of our story. Come and rediscover the deeper meaning of the work through the author’s own voice and the creative process of drawing.
ㅣSpeaker: Lee Suyeon (Picture Book Author)
- Date/Time: June 25 (Thu) 13:00 - 14:30
- Venue: Readers Hall 2
📕Two Friends on My Shoulder / Lee Suyeon / THE SIXTH SPRING (A205)
Writing to Make a Place for the Body
Kim Ji-seung is a writer and independent scholar whose work has explored the relationships that minority bodies form with the world while making a place for “feminine writing/reading.” In this lecture, Kim reflects on what came after Beast Diary—a pivotal work that marked a turning point in her practice and had already laid claim to the modes of thought and form that would later unfold across multiple artistic media. Bodies that can survive only through deliberate misreading. Bodies that fall outside the norm and have no place to belong. Bodies pressured into silence or laughter. This is a talk about writing that asks what it means to make a place for such bodies. Writing that makes a place for a body and its language to take the position of the subject amid spaces and ruptures. A session that shows how placing a body and its language in that position may be one of the most radical things literature can do.
ㅣSpeaker: Kim Ji-seung (Writer, Independent Scholar)
ㅣModerator: Yoo Sungwon (Editor, HIV/Queer Activist)
- Date/Time: June 27 (Sat) 12:30 - 13:30
- Venue: Readers Hall 2
📕 A Beast's Diary / Kim Jiseung / Nanda (A2010)
