The South China Book Festival, also known as the Yang Cheng Book Fair, is currently being held until Aug 28, with its branch venue in Haizhu district open and carrying out activities under the theme of "sharing life with academic humanities."

The Haizhu branch venue of the South China Book Festival. [Photo/WeChat account: gzhzfb]

This year's edition of the book festival has expanded and has adopted the "1+16+53+N" format of one cloud venue, 16 characteristic venues, 53 offline sub-venues, and national reading demonstration sites, further integrating its online and offline offerings.

Haizhu has selected relevant themed book lists by professional selectors, as well as set up columns and counters in stores for exhibitions and sales. Its professional cultural and creative purchasing team has configured the unique cultural and creative products in stores for special exhibitions on site, with famous scholars and literary experts also carrying out sharing lectures and reading exchange activities in stores for the festival.

Children read books at the South China Book Festival. [Photo/WeChat account: gzhzfb]

During the festival, participating bookstores are offering 20 percent discounts on all books, with some specific exceptions. Among them, there are five branch venues in Haizhu district, namely Guangzhou Xinhua Media Chain Haizhu Bookstore, Guangzhou Xinhua Media Chain Chigang Bookstore, Guangzhou Xinhua Bookstore Paper Factory Bookstore, Guangzhou Xinhua Media Chain Suihua Bookstore, and Xueeryou Bookstore.

After the festival, some of the books from the book festival will be donated to children in poverty-stricken areas in Baise, Guangxi.