This year's Southern Book Festival has created one main venue and linked 467 characteristic sub venues, showcasing nearly 500000 publications and cultural and creative products from more than 1500 publishing institutions at home and abroad. The main and sub venues have held a total of 2335 cultural activities. Among them, the main venue is located in the Guangzhou Canton Fair Exhibition Hall, with an area of about 40000 square meters. It has set up four themed exhibition halls: "Reading World", "Reading Future", "Reading Life", and "Reading Guangzhou", and launched 24 characteristic pavilions and 4 functional interactive areas. Among them, the "Reading the World" theme international cultural exhibition hall gathers the essence of regional culture in Southeast Asia, Europe, Central Asia and other regions, and focuses on the publication achievements from 23 countries and regions. The reporter saw at the European National Pavilion that the Chinese versions of works such as the science fiction novel "Star" by Dutch author Roderick Leavenhart, the novel "Erna" by Polish author Olga Tokachuk, and the educational work "Emile" by French philosopher Rousseau were prominently displayed, attracting many readers to come. At the opening ceremony of the International Pavilion, Jose Borgino, Secretary General of the International Publishers Association, stated that the introduction of translations, collaborative publishing, and cross-border cooperation have always been the core topics of book fair exchanges. He is pleased to see that the Southern Book Festival has become a must attend event for expanding the international publishing market, and hopes that publishers around the world can unite their efforts to promote mutual learning among civilizations. This year's Southern Book Fragrance Festival brings together famous writers from home and abroad, including Liang Xiaosheng, Ge Fei, Ma Boyong, Zhang Xiaoxian, as well as actors and actresses such as Wang Jing and Han Hong. The lineup of famous artists is the largest in history. Several foreign writers brought their classic works to meet and exchange with Chinese readers. I didn't expect to have so many Chinese readers who love my books, and I am deeply moved, "said Wendelin Van der LaAnnam, an American female author and bestselling author of" Flipped ". Books are such a bridge that connects different cultures to each other. Even though we are in different corners of the world, we still have a common heart. Among them, the "Reading the World" theme international cultural exhibition hall gathers the essence of regional culture in Southeast Asia, Europe, Central Asia and other regions, and focuses on the publication achievements from 23 countries and regions. The reporter saw at the European National Pavilion that the Chinese versions of works such as the science fiction novel "Star" by Dutch author Roderick Leavenhart, the novel "Erna" by Polish author Olga Tokachuk, and the educational work "Emile" by French philosopher Rousseau were prominently displayed, attracting many readers to come. At the opening ceremony of the International Pavilion, Jose Borgino, Secretary General of the International Publishers Association, stated that the introduction of translations, collaborative publishing, and cross-border cooperation have always been the core topics of book fair exchanges. He is pleased to see that the Southern Book Festival has become a must attend event for expanding the international publishing market, and hopes that publishers around the world can unite their efforts to promote mutual learning among civilizations. This year's Southern Book Fragrance Festival brings together famous writers from home and abroad, including Liang Xiaosheng, Ge Fei, Ma Boyong, Zhang Xiaoxian, as well as actors and actresses such as Wang Jing and Han Hong. The lineup of famous artists is the largest in history. Several foreign writers brought their classic works to meet and exchange with Chinese readers. I didn't expect to have so many Chinese readers who love my books, and I am deeply moved, "said Wendelin Van der LaAnnam, an American female author and bestselling author of" Flipped ". Books are such a bridge that connects different cultures to each other. Even though we are in different corners of the world, we still have a common heart. (New Society)