Hwang Bo-reum

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Photo by Seong Ji Min, Clayhouse Inc.

Hwang Bo-reum studied computer science and worked as a software engineer. She is the author of the bestselling Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, translated by Shanna Tan (Bloomsbury, 2023), and has authored several essay collections: Every Day I Read, Trying Kickboxing for the First Time, The Perfect Distance, and Simple Living.

  • Hwang Bo-reum with the cover to her book Every Day I Read

    What Have You Been Reading?

    January 2026
    Hwang Bo-reum
    One time, I texted my close friends and family to ask what they’d been reading recently and their thoughts about that book. It was a completely random question, but thankfully, no one was annoyed. Som…
  • A tile collage of the cover to Hwang Bo-reums Every Day I Read

    Underlining and Annotations

    January 2026
    Hwang Bo-reum
    We are never “just reading.” When I’m reading, I’m doing multiple things at once. I am reflecting on my past mistakes at the same time I’m learning about the future of AI and technology. In the proces…