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  • About JIPF

About JIPF

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  • Date
    May 29 (Thu) – JUNE 29 (Sun), 2025
  • Place
    Factory of Contemporary Arts in Palbok, Wansan Library
  • Host
    Jeonju City
  • Partner
    KBBY(Korean Board on Books for Young People),
    Korean Picturebook Association, KPP association,
    KCPC(Korean Children's Publishers Counsil), Publication Industry, Promotion Agency of Korea,  Jeonju Culture Foudation,
    Swedish Arts Council,  Embassy of Sweden in Korea
  • Program

    Exhibition : An exhibition of original paintings by picture book writers at home and abroad, The Start-Artist Exhibition, dPICTUS 100 outstanding picturebooks,
    ALMA(Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award) winning books

    Conference
    Part 1 : Local picture book activists
    Part 2 : Picturebook, the Space of Magic

    Lecture : Jeonju’s Perspective Picture Book Concert(Meeting with picture book writers)

    Art Market : Illustration exhibition and sales

    Book market : Sales of picture books and related goods

    Portfolio Review : Portfolio review by DPICTUS's Sam McCullen

    Experience : Group programs for students

  • Purpose

    To realize
    「 ‘Jeonju, the City of Books’,
    where reading becomes a part of your life」

    by spreading the culture of reading and holding book festivals

  • Background

    Preemption of contents following the global spread of K-Books: Increase in international award wins and translated publications for picture books

    Expanded readership of picture books: Spreading the culture of picture books for adults

    Paying attention to the expandability of picture books that straddle the borders between images and texts, and between play and art

  • Objectives

    Illuminating the value of domestic and foreign picture book writers and their works

    Discovery of domestic picture book writers and a revitalization of the picture book market

    Providing a venue for communication and exchange between picture book writers and readers

    Discovery of new reading culture contents that combine picture books, culture, and art

    Expanding the base of regional picture book culture and fostering the industry

  • Direction

    Planning with related institutions and organizations like the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea, KBBY, and the Picture Book Association, as well as with the picture book ecosystem, including writers, publishers, local bookstores, and readers

    Expanding the reading culture in daily life and encouraging the use of libraries by carrying out programs linked to picture book writers at individual libraries

    Operating various citizen participation programs to discover the new value of picture books