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Bangkok is full of spots made for losing yourself in a good atmosphere. Looking at the cosy book cafe scene that we covered recently in Bangkok's 14 best book cafes for avid readers and the National Book Fair from March 26 to April 6 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, the city is going book-mad.
Now, one of the city's great green spaces is getting transformed into a meeting point for book lovers and curious minds of all kinds.
Put it all together and it's pretty clear: the reading habits of city people have forever shifted. A new generation of bookworms are proving that a patch of public green space in the heart of the capital can be just as good a place to crack open your favourite title as any trendy cafe in town.
So if your weekend is wide open, here's a plan worth having. Swap the air-con for a shady tree and come settle in at BKK Read & Learn Festival 2026 – Bangkok's reading festival, themed ‘Different Ages, Learning Together’ – held at the Sundial Plaza in Lumpini Park.
The programme is packed with activities designed for every generation: panel talks swapping perspectives on how we learn at different stages of life, alongside creative activity zones where kids and families can let their imaginations run completely free.
It's a reminder that knowledge doesn't live only between the covers of a textbook – it lives in conversation and laughter, out in the open air, right in the middle of the city!
March 21-22. Free. Lumpini Park (Sundial Plaza, behind Sala Phirom Phak), 11am-7pm