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It might seem that our senses objectively inform us about everything that happens around us. Art, however, proves that everyone can see, feel or hear differently, and experience their meetings with literature in various ways. The Saturday meetings of the Conrad Festival will be devoted to senses. Their impact on artistic creations will be discussed […]

The City Council of Krakow has adopted a resolution providing free public transit for participants of the International Book Fair in Krakow and the Conrad Festival, who have a valid ticket to the Fair between the 27th and 30th of October. The idea of this special discount for readers was put forward by Mayor Jacek […]

They occur everywhere where people professing different values come together and open a dialogue. They show that not everything is subject to negotiation and establishing common meanings is not always peaceful. “Tensions” – this will be Friday’s theme at the Conrad Festival. The guests of the day will include Richard Flanagan, Samar Yazbek, Szczepan Twardoch, […]

The Conrad Festival is not just about literature – it is also a time of intensive participation in culture. Accompanying events will allow a look at the invited artists and festival topics from a different perspective, they will add variety, and serve as entertainment and education.. The programme will include film screenings, exhibitions and programming […]

A landscape is more than a place. Sometimes the memory of a place, the emotions and feelings it evokes can be more important than the place itself. All of it brings us to the discussion of the internal landscape, woven from memories and imaginations. There are landscapes which are hard to remove from memory, there […]

Intensity is an attitude towards the world and many of its aspects, including literature, politics and religion. It has multiple dimensions, such as individual and collective one, and it can be understood as a private experience, as well as one of the aspects of the creative process. The reception of art can also be intense, […]

“Pani Stefa” by Magdalena Kicińska, “Uprawa roślin południowych metodą Miczurina” by Weronika Murek, “Dom z witrażem” by Żanna Słoniowska, “Sensu sens” by Marek Adamik and “O pochodzeniu łajdaków, czyli opowieści z metra” by Tomasz Wiśniewski nominated for this year’s Conrad Award. The author of the best debut of 2015 will receive a monetary prize of […]

It can be said that they sometimes took us over or that they got the better of someone. They are sometimes positive, but they can also be a strong and destructive force. If you try to play with them, they might turn out to be dangerous. They help us build relationships and experience the world […]

We are preparing the most important literary festival in Poland and one of the most important in Europe. In the last seven editions, we hosted the best writers from around the world, attracting thousands of visitors and organising workshops and film screenings. This year will be no different – in the 8th edition of the […]

A literary walk and the screening of The Congress, along with a debate about the Futurological Congress at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre took place in Krakow – the UNESCO City of Literature, in order to commemorate the most famous Polish science fiction writer. On 10-12 September, the celebrations of the 95th birthday of Stanisław […]

The works of valued and award winning – not only in Poland but also abroad – Polish illustrators of the young generation will be exhibited in the Art Bunker Gallery of Contemporary Art starting on the 16th of September. This coming Friday at 6.00 PM, join us for the opening of the exhibition “Snakes, Daggers and […]

Faith is the most private of all experiences, and at the same time always inscribed in the social context. By believing in something, we share strong convictions with others. Therefore, faith may be both the source of the sense of community, as well as alienation – it connects and antagonises. The second day of the […]