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Take a look at the photo gallery from the Krakow premiere of The Film about Pilch which was given at Pod Baranami Cinema on 18 April 2017. A story about an outstanding writer, publicist and screenwriter, the portrait of one of the most outstanding contemporary prose writers, the winners of many awards in literature. The […]

10 busy weekends, 16 trainers, 100 hrs of classes, 25 lectures and workshops with Katarzyna Bonda, Mariusz Czubaj, Katarzyna Puzyńska and others – this was, in brief, the second edition of the UNESCO City of Literature Course in Creative Writing of Crime Stories. We are proud to present the product of the course, i.e. our […]

On the weekend of 22-23 April, the first Krakow Book Fair in this year was held at the Wyspiański Pavilion. Changeable weather forced us to move under the roof, but the event was as lively and interesting as usual, involving 11 antiquarian book sellers and second-hand book sellers from Krakow and around, the Voivodeship Public […]

In connection with the World Book and Copyright Day, multimedia Literary Stops of the UNESCO City of Literature have appeared in the streets of Krakow. To the users of the municipal public transport they bring closer the important writers associated with Krakow. One of the stops features Joseph Conrad who is looking into the boundlessness […]

At today’s press conference (26 April 2017), the Wisława Szymborska Foundation revealed the nominees for the 5th edition of the Wisława Szymborska Award.   The Jury consisting of: Andrei Khadanowich (Belarus), Bernhard Hartmann (Germany), Professor William Martin (US), Abel Murcia Soriano (Spain), Professor Marian Stala and Dorota Walczak-Delanois (Belgium), chaired by Joanna Orska, nominated the […]

The Mayor of the City of Krakow Jacek Majchrowski and prominent personages representing various spheres of Krakow’s literary life have participated in the meeting of the Honorary Board of the UNESCO City of Literature. The debate focused on the literary programme of Krakow – UNESCO City of Literature, the projects that are already being implemented, […]

How to write about high culture on the web? How to move about freely among translations and ambitious literature? And finally, how to present attractively not just popular literature but poetry and essay? This is not going to be the knowledge available only to the initiated. The Miłosz Festival invites you for free, two-day workshops […]

Announcing our 2017 Krakow UNESCO City of Literature Residency Program Writers! The Krakow UNESCO City of Literature Residency Program is dedicated to young and emerging writers from the Cities of Literature of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The Program was created with the belief that the Network provides an excellent opportunity to develop interconnections, boost mobility, and offer […]

There are only few days before we are engrossed in reading more than on any weekend of the year. On the World Book and Copyright Day all side streets and squares in Krakow – the first Polish UNESCO City of Literature – will fill with books, and all bookshops and libraries will turn into centres […]