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That is probably the biggest book that has ever been seen in Poland. The giant weights almost half a tonne and is almost two metres long. However, it only has twelve pages. There is a QR-code placed on each of them that enables to download free e-books. It is another part of the reading action […]

Czytaj PL posters are not available in your town? They are only situated in not easily accessible (places (high school whose entrance is guarded by a formidable janitor accompanied by a group of students on duty)? We have decided to listen to your requests and as in the previous year, share posters enabling you to […]

As usual, the Kino pod Baranami cinema, which has been a friend to the Festival, prepared a special film review. Come and watch six showings related to the programme of the largest literary event this autumn, from Monday (23 October) to Saturday (28 October). These will be no ordinary screenings – a Festival guest will introduce the […]

On November 2nd, 7 000 e-book lending posters and other sources will appear all around Poland and the world. We’ll find them at bus stops, restaurants, schools, community centres and more. Read PL is one of the largest initiatives in the world that promotes reading in such a fashion, and the only such project in Poland that […]

In 2013, Krakow joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, having been given the title of the City of Literature. A few days ago, the network was enlarged by 64 new cities! Each of them specializes in one of the seven creative domains: literature, music, film, visual arts, craft and folk art, and gastronomy. There is […]

As you open the book, it takes you into its power “This festival continues for more than a week. Ideas shared by our guests are grasped by the audience, institutions and cultural animators who continue the event throughout the whole year” – said Grzegorz Jankowicz, Festival Programme Director at the Conrad Award Gala that concluded the […]

In autumn 2017, more Krakow locations will receive literary patronage. On the eve of Krakow’s major literary event, the Conrad Festival and the accompanying Book Fair, we revive memories of i.a. artists connected with Nowa Huta, a district which is very interesting and eccentric, though nowadays slightly overlooked. New literary benches have already sprung up […]

Anna Cieplak, the author of the novel Ma być czysto (Krytyka Polityczna publishing house), is this year’s winner of the Conrad Award for the best literary debut of the year 2016. The winning book was chosen by the readers, who could vote for one of debut nominees until midnight of 28 October. The five nominees were selected by the Jury chaired […]

UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK Creativity is a renewable resource and heritage a non-renewable resource, although its interpretation and meaning might change through time. Together they shape, make and co-create the evolving culture of places in a process that is continually negotiated. Harmonizing the potentially diverging priorities or even tensions of past achievement and contemporary exploration […]