A December weekend on Taipei’s book street
Browse books and meet makers on Guling Street, December 12–13. The 26th market riffs on K書, Taiwan’s expression for studying.
Buddy Lien · Taipei · October 16, 2026
Guling Street's call-post image
Image: Guling Street Books & Creative Bazaar, using an earlier market photograph.
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A street for zines, books and the people who make them.
The 26th Guling Street Books & Creative Bazaar takes over numbers 1–41 on Taipei's Guling Street on December 12–13. Its 2026 theme plays with K書, the Taiwanese expression for studying, and other things that letter K can do. Books, art and performance are invited into the same street.
Browse free on Saturday, December 12, 10:00–20:00, and Sunday, December 13, 10:00–17:00. The market runs between Nanhai Road and Ningbo West Street. Its northern end is about 380 metres, or six minutes on foot, from CKS Memorial Hall MRT.
Get there
Public transport
About 380 metres, or six minutes on foot, from CKS Memorial Hall MRT to the north end at 1 Guling Street.
Sources
- Organiser’s call and event information ↗ — Dates, hours, free browsing, applications and fees
- Guling Street’s call announcement ↗ — Theme, invitation and a photograph from an earlier market
- Organiser’s pop-up invitation ↗ — Proposals to sing, tell jokes and share knowledge