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Unusual conversations about literature, new books and a pinch of good music. Just the next Sunday you are welcome to listen to a unique broadcast Book’s not dead on the air of radiofonia.net. The programme, hosted by Katarzyna Trzeciak and Michał Sowiński, will be aired every other Sunday from 18:00 to 19:00, starting from February […]

Tomorrow, February 20th at 11am, join Mateusz Witkowski, editor of Popmoderna, and Michał Koza, author, for a 20 minute trip around Krakow UNESCO City of Literature. The virtual tour will encompass the most interesting literary happenings, personalities, and hotspots of our city. Everything takes place as part of the fabulous Digital Writers’ Festival, organized in […]

Writer and photographer on the trail of a missing Sandra Valentine. A dark story about love, loneliness and writing. One of the most celebrated and most interesting Polish writers, and the 2013 Nike Award winner, Joanna Bator will share about a trip to Sri Lanka, the tear-shaped island. The meeting will be attended by Prof. […]

As a result of the online initiative 52 Book Challenge PL, 83,000 Poles declared their will to read at least one book per week this year.Thanks to the Poczytajże! [Read Up!] event, the online community of readers will meet in the real world for the first time by visiting the Krakow bookshop of Korporacja Ha!art, […]

All who love both literature and drawings are invited to attend to this year’s second edition of the Reading Series, which will take place in the Bomba club (Pl. Szczepański 2/1) on Thursday the 4th of February at 8:00 p.m. During the February meeting in the Reading Series cycle, Jakub Woynarowski will share his graphic […]

Another year in the UNESCO City of Literature is over! The last intense and exciting twelve months abounded in events devoted to literature. The 7-day long Conrad Festival – the biggest festival of literature in Central Europe – was visited by over 150 writers from around the world, who attracted several thousands of spectators. A […]

One of the biggest presentations of Polish literature abroad in 15 years! On March 19-23 at the Salon du livre de Paris, the oldest and largest exposition event in the francophone world, Krakow and Wrocław, together with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Book Institute, will accentuate their literary and cultural identity. […]

Shortly after the November edition, we have the pleasure to invite your to the Bomba club to the last meeting under Ha!art: Reading Series. At the December meeting we will have the opportunity to listen to Aleksandra Wojtaszek who will present her humorous analysis of Balkan stereotypes, and to Jędrzej Marowiecki and his reportage on […]

The Wisława Szymborska Foundation has started qualifications in the 3rd edition of the international poetry competition. The Wisława Szymborska Award for the best volume of poetry of the year 2015 includes a prize of PLN 200 000. The 3rd edition will cover volumes published in 2014. Volumes of poetry originally published in Polish or translated […]

The UNESCO Cities of Literature family is growing! Today we welcome four new cities into the Creative Cities Network in the field of literature: Dunedin, Granada, Heidelberg, and Prague! Congratulations to all the cities on their successful bid. We look forward to many years of fruitful literary and artistic collaborations! For more information about the […]

The Krakow Festival Office and Ha!art invite you to the ninth edition of the Reading Series. The November edition will open with an acoustic performance by Jarosław Tochowicz, an interpretation of Nick Montfort’s World Clock; you will be then taken on a journey around North and Central America, and the Caribbean with Szczepan Ligęza’s journal, […]

Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature’s Reykjavik Reads Festival held annually during the month of October, received the 2014 Jónas Hallgrímsson Award on Icelandic Language Day. The award is given by the Icelandic Ministry of Culture and Education for outstanding projects in the field of language and literature and is named after one of Iceland’s most […]