Yuseong Book Festival

The Yuseong Book Festival is a signature local reading culture festival held in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, designed so that books, culture and rest can be enjoyed together outdoors. It was created to offer a special time to step away from busy daily life, connect with neighbors through books and restore body and mind. It is composed of varied cultural programs so that visitors of every age — families, friends, couples — can spend meaningful leisure time at the festival. In particular, a large reading area is set up in open outdoor space in harmony with nature, along with literature booths that anyone can join freely and multipurpose exhibitions. There are also plentiful side events built around books: meetings with well-known authors, book talk concerts, reading appreciation events and a book market with local bookshops and publishers. The Yuseong Book Festival goes beyond simply reading: it is a key place of cultural exchange, helping people rediscover the pleasure of reading in daily life and contributing to a healthy local reading ecosystem.