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Poetry of the journey, poetry of exile Soon, Krakow will once again be the place for an exceptional meeting with poetry. The 5th edition of the Miłosz Festival will take place from the 9th to the 12th of June, gathering the most prominent poets – artists from Poland and abroad who speak various languages and […]

City of Literature lights up Leith with 11 days of international poetry projections City of Literature Poetry Projections, an 11-day series of international poetry projections by Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, launches tonight on Constitution St in Leith on Thursday 3 March, World Book Day. On March 13th, Krakow’s poet Marek Porąbka will be […]

The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2016, awarded jointly with the UK Publishers Association (PA), are granted in 14 different categories and are designed to identify the best international initiatives and events related to the book industry. They are also rewarded to international academic publishers as well as those specializing in children’s literature and translated works and […]

In March, literature fans will have an opportunity to swap books on the occasion of the Francophone Month at the French Institute at ul. Stolarska 15. It will be a huge free book swap based on the same rules as previously. Everyone can bring minimum one and maximum ten books. Publications released before 1995 can […]

Literature is an inseparable and extremely intensive part of Krakow’s life. From today, a multimedia report documenting the most important literary events of 2015 will be available on our website: 2015.miastoliteratury.pl . The last year confirmed that literature is one of the foundations of Krakow’s cultural life. Its development means intense and active work, but […]

Krakow has adopted the city strategy of literature and reading development. The resolution, voted in yesterday by the city councillors authorises Mayor Majchrowski to annually allocate funds from the cultural budget to support actions that build a reading culture and strengthen the work of literary communities. Included in the document are a strategy for modernising […]

There are so many books published in Krakow all the time, sometimes it is hard to keep track of every single one of them. That is why we have created a tracking tool for the most interesting publications from the one and only Polish UNESCO City of Literature. Krakow is the capital of the Polish […]

On the 18th of February (Thursday), at 6:00 PM, join us at the Voivodeship Public Library in Krakow – Arteteka – for a special meeting with Michał Rusinek. The occasion for the meeting will be the premiere of the book Nic zwyczajnego. O Wisławie Szymborskiej [Nothing Ordinary: About Wisława Szymborska]. It is a very personal […]

In the newest issue of Wysokie Obcasy, readers will find an interview with Aslı Erdoğan, the Turkish writer and reporter, who takes on complex and controversial political topics. Her works are banned in Turkey, and she might be incarcerated if she ever returns to Turkey. This is why Erdoğan – known for her involvement in […]