This year's theme for the nation's largest book fair is "Houyhnhnm," inspired by the horse-like race without human vices from "Gulliver's Travels."
More than 120 publishers and book-related organizations from 18 foreign countries, as well as about 350 domestic publishers and institutions, are participating in the event, organized by the Korean Publishers Association.
![A foreign visitor engages in conversation at the independent publishing booth during the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair held at COEX in Gangnam Seoul on June 26 2024 AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2024/06/27/20240627091602308524.jpg)
![Visitors examine books displayed at the Houyhnhnm theme exhibition during the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair at COEX in Gangnam Seoul on June 26 2024 AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2024/06/27/20240627095205776313.jpg)
![Independent publishing and art book booths set up at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair held at COEX in Gangnam Seoul on June 26 2024 AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2024/06/27/20240627095425740988.jpg)
![Visitors browse independent publishing and art book booths at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair held at COEX in Gangnam Seoul on June 26 2024 AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2024/06/27/20240627095557385025.jpg)
![An exhibition wall explaining the theme Houyhnhnm at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair held at COEX in Gangnam Seoul on June 26 2024 AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2024/06/27/20240627095731749690.jpg)
![A family explores the childrens publishing section at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair held at COEX in Gangnam Seoul on June 26 2024 AJU PRESS Park Jong-hyeok](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2024/06/27/20240627095944593460.jpg)
![Novelist Kim Yeon-su and picture book author Kang Hye-sook deliver a keynote speech on the theme Houyhnhnm at the 2024 Seoul International Book Fair held at COEX in Gangnam Seoul on June 26 2024](https://image.ajunews.com/content/image/2024/06/27/20240627100156825400.jpg)