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From today, the residents of Grzegórzki have a new cultural place right behind the corner, at Daszyńskiego 16. A branch of Księgarnia Pod Globusem opens vis-a-vis the cafeteria! Księgarnia pod Szesnastką will carry on with the tradition of Główna Ksiegarnia Szkolna, which was present there for decades. Apart from a wide offer of school books, […]

Appreciated by the poets of Skamander and Witold Gombrowicz, loved by the Warsaw bohemians for her talent, incredible personality and beauty. The poems by Zuzanna Ginczanka (Zuzanna Polina Gincburg), a Polish-Jewish poet, are full of maturity, considering both her artistic skills, as well as her existential considerations. The figure of the poet herself, for long […]

This year, there will be roads still untraveled, but there also will be familiar, already well-trodden paths. Literary walks, organised once a month, are an opportunity to carefully explore the literary map of the city. Two Krakow guides – Anna Hojwa and Agnieszka Pudełko – will take the curious to where literature was created and […]

On World Book and Copyright Day (23 April), Krakow UNESCO City of Literature launched a resistance movement against not reading. The result? Over a million uses of the new hashtag in two days and over a thousand spontaneous posts from readers from Poland and the world. “This Literature Deserves Reading” (#TLDRxP) – this was the […]

Wisława Szymborska wrote a couplet about Czesław Miłosz, and when Miłosz learned that Szymborska had been awarded the Nobel Prize, he said with satisfaction: ‘Wasn’t I right?’ During the 5th Miłosz Festival, thanks to partnership with the Wisława Szymborska Foundation, the charm, dignity and irony of two unusual poets will return to Krakow. ‘Much has […]

We would like to invite everyone who writes or dreams about writing to Pauza In Garden Club for the open event “Come Party with the Writers”, which will take place on the 23rd of April at 7:00 p.m.  Many attractions are prepared for the participants! On the 24th of April, a literary workshop with Jakub […]

The Award Committee has nominated the following authors for the Wisława Szymborska Award this year: Jakub Kornhauser for Drożdżownia (WBPiCAK Pozmań), Edward Pasewicz for Och, Mitochondria (Wydawnictwo EMG), Marta Podgórnik for Zawsze (Biuro Literackie), Joanna Roszak for Tego dnia (WBPiCAK Poznań) and Marciń Świetlicki for Delta Dietla (Wydawnictwo EMG). This year, the award will be […]

The rapid rise of temperatures in the spring is conducive not only to walks and cleaning out our wardrobes. It’s also a sure fire sign of the start of the literary season! On the 23rd and 24th of April, join us for the celebration of World Book and Copyright Day and the 15th edition of […]

Felix Kaputu, PhD, a writer, scientist, literary scholar, social activist and grantee of the Fulbright Programme scholarship and the University of California scholarship from Congo, became another writer who was granted refuge in the City of Krakow under the ICORN (International Cities of Refuge Network) programme.He will stay in Krakow till the end of the […]