News

Not only Krakow will present the offer of numerous niche publishing houses during the 21st International Book Fair in Krakow. Between 26 and 29th October this year, a delegation of the publishers from Sankt Petersburg will participate in the Fair in Krakow for the first time! Three renowned publishing houses from St. Petersburg will be presenting […]

Tomorrow (21 October), two days before the inauguration of the Conrad Festival, large-format letters will be put up in the Main Market Square to form the inscription: KRAKÓW MIASTO LITERATURY UNESCO (Krakow UNESCO City of Literature). This year they letters will be in a new form, alluding to the Year of the Avant-garde and works by Polish futurists. The structure to Tomek Budzyń’s design follows the […]

We haven’t seen that yet: for the first time in history, Krakow UNESCO City of Literature has offered its exhibition space at the Book Fair to small, independent publishers united in the Świadomi Wydawcy group. “Let’s talk about concrete activities, because this is how we understand our support to the book market” – stresses Izabela Helbin, Director of the Krakow Festival Office. Świadomi Wydawcy is an […]

As early as on 27 October at 7.00 p.m. in the seat of Krakow central office of the Jagiellonian Club we will meet again for an event which is a part of the Night of the Book project. This time we will refer to the work of Józef Korzeniowski during Conrad Festival that will be […]

Voivodeship Public Library in Krakow invites for the 5th edition of the Krakow Festival of Fear, Disgust and Anxiety Amateurs (Polish abbreviation: KFASON), which will take place on 21st October 2017 in Arteteka (12, Rajska Street, entrance from Szujski Street). Some authors and artists from Krakow can be met during the panel discussions and lectures this […]

Krakow welcomed another scholar of Residency Programme on 1st October! This time it is Sarah Herman from Norwich City of Literature. For more than 10 years, Sarah has been working as a writer, editor and proof-reader for advertising and marketing agencies, publishing companies and magazines. She has worked as a copywriter for such companies as: Topshop, Fuller’s Brewery, Brighterkind Care […]

On 5 October the first edition of a poll to choose the best bookshop of the year starts in Krakow. It is a pioneer project carried out by the Krakow Festival Office under the Krakow UNESCO City of Literature programme. A group of experts – journalists, literary critics and managers –will choose 31 sites at […]

The 7th edition of the Night of Poetry is nearing – one Krakow’s  flagship project within the framework of the multiannual programme of the Krakow Nights. Various forms of lyric poetry will be ruling again in Krakow on the night  on the 7th/8th of October. You are particularly cordially invited to two events organised by […]

We invite you to visit the exhibition Syryjska młodzież – rzeczywistość poza wojną (Syrian youth – reality beyond war), which is now under our patronage! It is a picture tribute to the residents of the war-torn country. However, we will not find the shadow of war lurking anywhere in the photos by Ian Transue, Shaun […]