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Kpop Bookshelf
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41 episodes
5 days ago
Exploring Korean Pop Culture Through Books! This podcast will discuss books written about Korean society or set in Korea to help give a better understanding when consuming KPop culture such as KPop music and K Dramas! Each episode will be about a different book.
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Exploring Korean Pop Culture Through Books! This podcast will discuss books written about Korean society or set in Korea to help give a better understanding when consuming KPop culture such as KPop music and K Dramas! Each episode will be about a different book.
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Books
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Idol Book Club - ALMOND by Won-Pyung Sohn with Jess from Daebak K Rambles Podcast!
Kpop Bookshelf
1 hour 14 minutes 25 seconds
3 years ago
Idol Book Club - ALMOND by Won-Pyung Sohn with Jess from Daebak K Rambles Podcast!

Today's Idol Book Club pick was recommended by kpop idols RM and Suga of BTS! 

Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn

Our guest is Jess from ATC Presents: Daebak K Rambles Podcast! Find her @atcdaebakpod on Instagram and Twitter.

Listen to the end to find out who we would cast in a fantasy casting of a K drama version of this book (to date, we don't know if there will be a K drama based on this book!).

ABOUT THE BOOK & AUTHOR

  • Gained popularity after members of BTS were seen reading it [Twitter]
  • Korean coming-of-age novel wins Japanese literary award [The Korea Times]
  • Korean Author’s Misfit Boys Teach Us About Emotion [Interview with the author, translated by the book’s translator] [authorlink]
  • Writer Sohn Won-Pyung [Interview with the author] [K-Book Trends]
  • Best-selling authors, veteran actors jump to filmmaking [The Korea Times]
  • 'Almond' by Sohn Won-pyung sells 1 mln copies [Yonhap News]
  • Coming-of-age novel 'Almond' to be made into musical [The Korea Times]

SCHOOL BULLYING IN KOREA

  • The podcast Dramas Over Flowers has this episode where they discuss school bullying.
  • South Korea’s school bullying has deadly consequences [CNN]

ALEXITHYMIA

  • For people with alexithymia, emotions are a mystery [Spectrum News]



Kpop Bookshelf
Exploring Korean Pop Culture Through Books! This podcast will discuss books written about Korean society or set in Korea to help give a better understanding when consuming KPop culture such as KPop music and K Dramas! Each episode will be about a different book.