More than 600 publishing companies will sell 1.59 million books at the main venue of the Shenzhen Book Fair, where readers can also purchase imported books from Random House, Penguin Group and Bloomsbury Publishing. Additionally, the Shenzhen Publishing House will sell French-language books at the fair.

Subvenues for the book fair are located at Shenzhen Book City’s Luohu, Nanshan, Bao’an, Longgang and Longhua stores, as well as Maxland in Guangming and Easyread Books at Zhongshan Park in Nanshan District.

Dates: Nov. 10-19

Main venue: West square and inside Shenzhen Book City CBD Store, Futian District (深圳书城中心城及西广场)

Metro: Line 3 or 4 to Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D

Top 10 children’s books

The annual list of the top 10 children’s books of the 24th Shenzhen Reading Month will be unveiled at a ceremony.

Time: 7 p.m., Nov. 11

Venue: Big steps, south area, Shenzhen Book City CBD Store, Futian District (深圳书城中心城南区大台阶)

Metro: Line 3 or 4 to Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D