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The City Council of Krakow has adopted a programme of supporting cultural activities in bookstores. As part of this programme, the first Polish competition intended for foundations and associations that plan to organise literary events in brick-and-mortar bookstores will be created. Bookstores that function as foundations, or independent organisations that contribute to the revival of […]

Mystery Hunters is an educational library game, which can be played in 4 public library branches in Krakow. The players become detectives who solve mysteries. They receive special ID cards, as well as paper and pencils to make their work easier. During their investigation, they get on the literary trail and solve the mysteries they […]

The Second Life of a Book keeps growing. Last year, nearly 3500 Cracovians swapped 16000 books, which makes the previous edition of the campaign largest to date. In 2016, just like in the previous years, we’ve prepared a year-long programme of meetings as part of the Second Life of a Book. This year, there will […]

With the New Year, we often force ourselves to go on diets, we swear that we’ll join a gym, learn a new language or find the love of our life. January is the perfect time to start something new. If you’re still not sure what your goal for 2016 will be, why not make it […]

Today, December 11, the UNESCO Creative Cities family has grown. Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, has announced 47 new members of the Creative Cities Network, with nine distinguished as Cities of Literature, including Lviv, Baghdad, Barcelona, Ljubljana, Montevideo, Nottingham,  Óbidos, Tartu and Ulyanovsk ! Congratulations to our new partners! For the full list of […]

It is with great pleasure that we announce that on December 11th, following the decision of Irina Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO, Katowice have received the title of UNESCO City of Music and have joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. This success is the result of many years of hard work and preparation, as […]

The 31st of October saw the end of Czytaj PL! – the largest campaign promoting reading in the country. Its success is visible in the results: 20 000 borrowed e-books and their fragments, as well as over 500 titles in national and local media. Throughout October, several hundred thousand people saw the covers of the […]

Amazon recently opened its first physical store in Seattle. Whatever our opinion about the American giant’s practices, one thing is certain – these days, we need direct contact with books more than ever before. Today, an all-city promotional campaign begins in Krakow – supporting bookstores, which are cultural centres and places where social ties are […]

On the 15th and 16th of October, at the Villa Decius, the International Conference “The Return of the Fallen Empires” will take place – another in the series of events dedicated to the idea of freedom organised since 2002 by the Villa Decius Association. The conference will be accompanied by the 12th ceremony for the […]