Seoul Wow Book Festival

The 22nd Seoul Wow Book Festival is a book festival held for three days from Friday, October 16 to Sunday, October 18, 2026, in the Hongdae area of Mapo-gu, Seoul. This year's theme is "Changing, Unchanging." The festival aims to create a place where books and people meet. It is a venue where planners, musicians, and publishers gather, and where authors, editors, and readers can meet face-to-face to share stories. The festival aspires to make reading an experience, whether reading deeply alone or together. Event locations include Hongdae Red Road R1·R2 (Book Fair), Platform P Multipurpose Room (Lectures), Sanwoollim Theater (Young-hee Festival), Sanwoollim Cafe (Reading Wave), and Red Road Power Plant Promotion Center Gallery (Imagination Book Illustration Exhibition).