"The only navigation in the lost way is to be honest with yourself" new book sharing session "Walk without fear of loneliness" hosted by Dakuan Culture. Author Huang Ting was invited to share her experience of climbing Mount Everest Base Camp, rafting the Yukon River in Canada, and seeing Antarctica. Penguins' life experience after seeing icebergs and crossing the Trans-Siberian Railway for four polar trips.

(Provided by the Ministry of Culture) [Reporter Tu Yingru/Report from Taipei] The 2023 Taipei International Book Fair hosted by the Ministry of Culture opened yesterday (31). Minister of Culture Shi Zheji attended the opening and visited the book fair yesterday. He stayed for more than 4 hours and bought more than 20 books. After this book, I showed up at the book fair again today (1). In addition to buying 35 more books, I also participated in the sharing of new books "Signals Across the World 3" and "Walk All the Way and You Are Not Afraid of Being Lonely".

Shi Zhe said, "The 2023 Taipei International Book Fair is an important way to restore cultural life after the epidemic."

This year, a total of 8 major book areas, 7 major theme pavilions are planned, and more than 500 reading promotion activities such as lecture salons and new book releases are planned. Everyone is invited to buy books and participate in activities during the exhibition period, and enter the wonderful world of words through reading, and more importantly, Practical actions to support Taiwan's publishing industry.

Minister of Culture Shi Zhe (2nd from right in the front row) attended the "The only navigation in the lost way is to be honest with yourself "Walk all the way and you will not be afraid of being lonely" new book sharing session", and listened to the speakers Huang Ting and Mayday Martha explain the meaning of travel.

(Provided by the Ministry of Culture) "Signals Across the World 3" was published by Owl Press, edited by Zhang Longzhi, director of the National Taiwan Museum of History, and co-authored by 10 new generation historians.

Through cartoons, sketches of missionaries, portraits of ancestors, landscape paintings dedicated to the emperor, anthropological photography, art works and other image historical materials, the authors re-explain the history of Taiwan from the 18th to 20th centuries, allowing readers to explore a different history of Taiwan.

Minister of Culture Shi Zhe (2nd from right) visited the 2023 Taipei International Book Fair again today. In addition to buying more books, he also participated in two new book launches.

(Provided by the Ministry of Culture) Shi Zhe mentioned that the first book in this series "Signals Across the Century: Taiwan History in Letters (17th-20th Century)" was published in 2019. I once shared this book with my colleagues, and I hope that all colleagues engaged in cultural work can, as Zhang Longzhi said in the preface of the book, pay more attention to the translation of professional knowledge in the new media era, and at the same time make knowledge more popular through editing and publishing And enter the public life, and then push the story of Taiwan to the world.

(Front row from 2nd from right) Hao Mingyi, Chairman of Dakuai Culture, Shi Zhe, Minister of Culture, Huang Ting, author of "Walk All the Way, You Are Not Afraid of Being Lonely", and Chen Yingfang, Director of Humanities and Publishing of the Ministry of Culture, took a group photo after the new book launch.

(Provided by the Ministry of Culture) The large-scale publication "Walk All the Time and You Are Not Afraid of Being Lonely" uses four perspectives to lead readers to Mount Everest Base Camp, Yukon River, Antarctica and the Siberian Railway.

At the new book sharing meeting, the author and famous musician Huang Ting said that this book can be said to be a "summary of her age at the beginning of the 3-digit prefix". Through travel, she rearranges her work and relationship status, and starts anew by embarking on a journey.

Martha, who often travels with Huang Ting and also wrote a recommendation for this book, said that enjoying travel is like a favorite road movie. the result of.

The Ministry of Culture pointed out that according to the observations of the publishing industry on the spot, the number of participants in the 2-day book fair is significantly higher than last year, even before the epidemic.

This year's book fair will be open after the year and it is still during the winter vacation. It is a good time to refresh your mind with reading. Welcome everyone to visit the book fair before the exhibition on February 5.

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