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THE BOOK NIGHT. IS KRAKOW – CITY OF LITERATURE A HISTORICAL TERM? On Thursday, 11 January 2018, at 7.00 p.m. in Jama Michalika Café at Floriańska Street, a meeting will be held, during which we will talk about the influence of Krakow’s literary heritage on the current readership condition and interest. For many years, Krakow has been […]

90 thousand of free e-books and audiobooks were rented as part of the biggest actions in Poland and one of the biggest in the world promoting reading – Czytaj PL. Virtual books even reached the furthest parts of the world, the antipodes, among others. It was the fifth – and again a record edition of […]

The awarding of diplomas to five rewarded bookshops in the plebiscite We are selecting the bookshop of the year 2017 took place on 15 December. Andrzej Kulig – III Deputy Mayor of the City of Krakow for Social Policy, Culture and City Promotion handed the managers and owners of Kurant, De Revolutionibus, WAM, Muza II and Massolit […]

De Revolutionibus, Kurant, Massolit, Muza II and WAM – these are Cracovians’ favourite bookshops selected in the first ever plebiscite organized by the Krakow Festival Office, the operator of the Krakow UNESCO City of Literature. The voting lasted for over two months and took place in 31 intimate, non-chain bookshops and antique shops. The winning […]

CONRAD IN (POP)TEXTS. DISCUSSION ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN JOSEPH CONRAD AND THE POPULAR CULTURE Does Apocalypse Now reflect the time of Conrad? Where the Nostromo spaceship and its eighth passenger come from? Finally, are Geralt the Witcher and Mad Max Conrad’s protagonists? If you have ever been considering one of the above-mentioned questions, then undoubtedly this event […]

An official unveiling of the mural dedicated to Joseph Conrad, which will blend into the creative climate of the post-industrial Krakow district of Zabłocie, took place on 10 December 2017. The mural was made by Artur Wabik, a street artist from Krakow, on the basis of graphics by Mateusz Kołek, Krakow young generation illustrator, who […]

The UNIVERSITAS Society of Scientific Papers Authors and Publishers, Krakow Festival Office and Kawiarnia Literacka would like to invite you to take part in a meeting with the author by dr. Monika Malessa-Drohomirecka which is connected with the premiere of a book Konwencje, stereotypy, złudzenia. Relacje kobiet i mężczyzn w prozie Josepha Conrada (Conventions, Stereotypes, Illusions. Women […]

We would like to invite you to take part in a commemorative touring of Czesław Miłosz’s apartment connected with a mini lecture on the Krakow episode of the poet’s life. The host of this truly unique space will be Professor Aleksander Fiut, a great expert on Miłosz’s work and his long-time friend. After a long […]

An exhibition on Joseph Conrad, a mural dedicated to the writer and a walk in the footsteps of this unique traveller. The last projects implemented as part of the celebration of this year’s round Joseph Conrad’s 160th birth anniversary are still ahead of us. The events that took place so far, as well as those planned […]