Teens publish English poetry magazine
Members of the bilingual literary magazine “Between The Lines (BTL)” pose during its launch party in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, in January./ Courtesy of BTLBy Park Jin-haiA group of high school students formed a small society to write English poems and publish a bilingual magazine, putting it on the shelves of major bookstores.They did everything needed to publish the magazine, writing poems and short stories, conducting interviews mainly in English, designing graphics, taking pictures and editing.The tri-annual bilingual teens' literary magazine "Between the Lines" (BTL) is drawing growing attention in many respects."Last summer, I was looking for an internship at an English literary magazine in Korea and was disappointed to find that there were none. Much more, I was further surprised as there was no magazine to which students can make contributions,” said Hwang Yun-ha, editor-in-chief and a 12th-grader at North London Collegiate School in Jeju.That disappointment prompted her to decide to start a magazine with her peers. The magazine could have ended up as an in-s
