“Could one small act of kindness really change someone so dramatically?“ Some people believe that human beings can’t change. It’s indeed difficult to change one’s nature. It requires effort, open-mindedness, and an honest heart. More often than not, it requires a spark โ or, as we call it in narrative theory, an “inciting incident” โ…
2025 Korean books
20 Fascinating Korean Books Coming Out in the Second Half of 2025!
The second half of 2025 is filled with new Korean releases arriving in our bookshops (remember when we talked about the books from the first half of 2025? No? Not a problem! You can check that list here!). Twenty amazing Korean books are set to be released from July to December 2025, offering a diverse…
Every Moment Was You: A Delicate and Empathetic Exploration of Life
Back in 2018, there was one rom-com that stole the hearts of most K-drama fans: tvN’s What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?, starring Park Seo-joon (as Vice-chairman Lee Young-joon) and Park Min-young (as Secretary Kim Mi-so). In episode 4, our protagonists get locked in a library due to a power outage. There, Mi-so finds a book…
Must-Read Korean Books of 2025: Your Semester Reading List!
There are so many excellent Korean books coming out in 2025 that I don’t even know where to start. Hopefully, with more and more releases being scheduled every day, we’ll have lots of K-lit being translated into English soon. We’ll start the year with our favourite new releases for the next six months (from January…
8 Unmissable Korean Books Out From August 2024-January 2025!
On my mother’s birthday, I decided to take her to the lovely little town of Padova in the north of Italy. There, we stopped by Feltrinelli, one of the biggest Italian bookstore chains. As we roamed around the bookshelves, we were pleased to see the huge amount of Korean books that have been translated into…
