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A Thriving Metamorphosis of Queer Literature

Knowledge   A Thriving Metamorphosis of Queer Literature The growth and prospects of Korean queer literature   2025.09.04   Refreshing history: joining hands with feminism   The queerness of Korean literature continues to reach new heights. Recent works published in literary magazines, almost without exception, embody a feminist consciousness and a queer-friendly stance. Novels that feature gay, lesbian, and transgender characters as central figures are also steadily on the rise. Of course, whether a work can be called “queer literature” simply because its characters are named and categorized as queer remains a question that requires ongoing reflection. Over the past ten years, however, the demographic composition of the literary world created by Korean literature has gradually shifted from cisgender heterosexuals to characters where queerness, disability, and feminism intersect. Given that the visibility of queer identities begins wit...
  • VOL.86 / 2025.09
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Your Good Sense of Backing in Good Books

Knowledge   Your Good Sense of Backing in Good Books Based on the example of online bookstore Aladin   2025.06.02   Why “Book Fund”?   Online bookstore Aladin’s Book Fund program was first launched in 2012. The initial program allowed accounts to back up to 50,000 won to fund publishing projects. Publishers benefited by being able to raise money for pre-publication production costs, customers benefited by being able to earn up to 130% of their support back as bookstore credit if the book they funded became an overall bestseller, and booksellers benefited by being able to build an early audience of avid readers willing to support in upcoming titles. However, this design could not have a direct influence on the success of the book after publication, as it did not directly link the Book Fund to actual purchases of the book.In 2022, the web novel Return of the Blossoming Blade (Luff Media) was widely publicized in the media for its book f...
  • VOL.83 / 2025.06
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“Book of the Year” Suggests the “Direction” of the Era

Topic   “Book of the Year” Suggests the “Direction” of the Era 2024 Books of the Year in Korea   2025.02.17   2024 Books of the Year selected by different media outlets   The act of recommending a book to another person may seem like a simple and easy thing to do, but it can also be a very complex and thought-provoking act, depending on how you think about it. A straightforward question, “Why this book to me?” is all it takes to understand this: sometimes a book given to a lover can be a declaration of love, a confession of one’s whole soul, or, a book given by a parent to a child who is moving out on his or her own as an adult is meant to be taken to heart as a life lesson. The act of recommending a book can also convey disdain or mockery. A person might suggest a childish or poorly written book to convey the message, “I consider you to be of this intellectual level,” or they might mock an expert by suggesting something like a basic introduction to...
  • VOL.79 / 2025.02
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Writer Cho Ye-Eun

Korean Authors   Writer Cho Ye-Eun New Stories Found in an Imperfect Reality   2025.11.03   People are drawn to different charms, but freshness and entertainment are universally appealing. Writer Cho Ye-Eun, regarded as one of the “next generation of Korean literature,” says she finds inspiration in complex realities and empty spaces. The following is an interview with writer Cho Ye-Eun, who weaves new and entertaining stories from an imperfect reality with her singular imagination.       It’s an honor to have you with us on K-Book Trends. Please say hello to our readers with a brief introduction of yourself.   Hello, I’m novelist Cho Ye-Eun. I write across a wide range of genres ? SF (science fiction), horror, fantasy, thriller, and mystery - always striving to make stories that are fun to read.   You made your debut in 2016 with the short story, Overlap Knife, Knife, which...
  • VOL.88 / 2025.11
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#Memory

#K-Book   #Memory KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2025.11.03   Your Garden 1. Publication Details   Title | Your GardenAuthor | Na HyunjungPublisher | GloyeonPublication Date | 2021-06-24ISBN | 9788992704847No. of pages | 58Dimensions | 209*308   2. Book Intro   Breathing a story into a dry, empty path.A story of bricks in the city sidewalk, with varying shapes and colors. Although the author brings the sidewalk’s life into a place, not of grand creation, but still just a simple path we walk on. Mundane things, a ball, a piece of grass, a cat, and a sewer cover are all things we usually see, but as the writer focuses on these objects, they become more than just objects, but characters with stories and life. The black-and-white pictures drawn with a scratchy pencil are like a potion that leads the reader on a story...
  • VOL.88 / 2025.11
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#SF

#K-Book   #SF KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform 2023.04.03   The 2035 SF Mystery 1. Publication Details   Title | The 2035 SF MysteryAuthor | Cheon Seonran et alPublisher | NabiclubPublication Date | 2022-01-14ISBN | 9791191029406No. of pages | 308Dimensions | 128 * 188   2. Copyright Contact   Name | Bae Jeongeun - Greenbook Agency, Foreign RightsEmail | jeongeun@grb-agency.comPhone | +82-02-2676-2201   3. Book Intro   A convergence of science fiction, a genre that contemplates the future of humankind at the forefront of the era, and a mystery that studies the depth of humanity. The project stemmed from the idea to have writers representing each of their fields imagine the near future where the aftermath of COVID-19 has come to an end. At its basic themes, the book illustrates what could happen if factors such as human clones, refugee accommodat...
  • VOL.57 / 2023.04
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Writer Kim Dong-Sic

Korean Authors   Writer Kim Dong-Sic Inspiring reader empathy and bringing a fresh breeze to the literary world   2025.01.06   Just as the world is becoming more diverse, so are the paths to the literary world. In the past, writing contests were considered the prime gateway to becoming a writer, but a growing number of people are now becoming writers by gaining public attention for their talent and passion for writing. This is especially the case among the younger generation. A prime example is writer Kim Dong-sic, who gained attention by posting short stories with exceptional imagination and entertaining content on online communities. Praised as a “genius,” he has since solidified his unique literary world through consistent writing novels.       It’s an honor to have you with us on K-Book Trends. Please briefly introduce yourself to our readers.   Hello, everyone! It’s my pleasu...
  • VOL.78 / 2025.01
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Kim Cho-Yeop

Kim Cho-Yeop Boundless imagination that soothes one’s solitude   2020.02.03   Curious title, warm and dreamy pastel-colored cover, and the future embedded inside. The short story collection If We Cannot Move at the Speed of Light (Hubble) by Kim Cho-Yeop has been a sensation since its publication. The author’s compassionate science fiction stories are based on understanding and empathy towards others.     Please briefly introduce yourself to the readers of K-Book Trends   Hello, I am Kim Cho-Yeop, the writer of the first short story collection If We Cannot Move at the Speed of Light published last year. Having majored in Chemistry, I am writing science fiction stories. It is my pleasure to be meeting readers through K-Book Trends. I hope you can all enjoy encountering new and fine works in 2020 too.   Your work If We Cannot Move at the Speed of Light has been passionately embraced by readers since its publication last year. ...
  • VOL.19 / 2020.02
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Bone Soup by Kim Young-tak

I Read   Bone Soup by Kim Young-tak   2023.06.05   This article is a review written by a German reader ofK-Book Trends after reading a Korean book.If you want to share your wonderful experience of reading Korean bookswith other overseas readers, please send us an email!kbooktrends@gmail.com   In the near future, Korea’s southern port city of Busan is hit by a tsunami. Surprisingly, the water vanishes in the aftermath and the coast is shifted. While wealthy members of society moved up north in fear of another tsunami, people in poverty started to settle on the new land that was previously under the sea. Thus, the city was divided into the rich Upper Neighborhood and the poor Lower Neighborhood. But this is not the only consequence: After the tsunami, animal diseases regularly broke out, which eventually led to the extinction of all livestock and cattle. Scientists then created a new animal called “the thing,” whose meat is unpalatable...
  • VOL.59 / 2023.06
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