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“People have many voices inside them” – Liliana Hermetz, Alicyjka Liliana Hermetz, the author of the debut novel Alicyjka (published by Nisza), was proclaimed the laureate of the Conrad Award for the best literary debut. The winning book was chosen by Internet voters, who could cast their votes for the five nominees from the 13th […]

In the beginning, there was an idea: “Against the current”, which became a slogan of the 7th edition of the Conrad Festival. Then, the following months were filled with intensive preparations, brainstorming sessions, arranging programmes, adding new names to the list of important figures from the literary world, who would soon visit Krakow. Great aspirations, […]

We made it to the end of the Conrad Festival! The last day made for an excellent conclusion to this year’s edition, which ran until the motto “against the current” – which was accompanied for the first time by the handing out of the Conrad Award. According to the Internet voters, the best debut was […]

This was the penultimate day of the Festival – but no less exciting than the others! Before noon, the time was filled by the creative and engaging children’s programming, which attracted the youngest participants to the Pałac Pod Baranami. Later, we spent time in discussions with invited guests – including Lidia Kośka, Michał Paweł Markowski […]

We talked about the complicated identity of Vilnius with Herkus Kunčius, and about the memory of the noble Commonwealth in Poland and in Lithuania with Kristina Sabaliauskaite. Asli Erdoğan talked about her literary and journalistic work, which has become the target of Turkish politicians’ attacks. The evening passed under the theme of irony – first, […]

The festival has been going on for a few days, but there is no sign of fatigue in our guests or the participants. On the contrary! Thursday turned out to be a very energetic day, especially in light of two fantastic meetings: first with Kamel Daoud, and later with Hanna Krall, Mariusz Szczygieł and Wojciech […]

The day passed mainly under the sign of fiction – whether in connection with Polish literature, or video games, increasingly visible with culture, or finally with the fascinating procedures that are the specialty of Robert Coover, the American writer-experimenter. But what do we really need fiction for? On the third day of the festival, the […]

The first day of the Conrad Festival started off with a strong accent. The thing we will most certainly remember was the presence of Nobelist Svetlana Alexievich and two-time Nike Award laureate Wiesław Myśliwski – but the inauguration of the Festival brought many more experiences. Svetlana Alexievich, who was the first to take part in […]

Yesterday, we met with Olga Tokarczuk, two-time Nike Literary Award winner and Hooman Majd, an American-Iranian writer, who has in-depth knowledge of the problems in the Middle East. The enthusiasm of the participants does not cease to amaze us, as they follow festival events with great interest. Tuesday evening, they filled the Pałac Pod Baranami. […]