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The Provincial Public Library is the organiser of the Krakow Festival for Amateurs of Fear, Disgust and Anxiety dedicated to thriller literature, which will take place on the 19th of October 2013, from 09:00 a.m. to 09:00 p.m., in the Arteteka of the Provincial Public Library in Krakow (u. Rajska 12, entrance from ul. Szujskiego). […]

In the lead up to this November’s Vilnius Summit, the fall 2013 issue of New Eastern Europe has a strong focus on the developments within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and the search for success since its launch in 2009. The issue opens with exclusive op-eds written for New Eastern Europe by two foreign ministers: Carl […]

Another book exchange and another success! This edition of Drugie Życie Książki [The Second Life of a Book] was exceptional because it was the first one this autumn. The cold and unfavourable weather did not discourage you from visiting the Wyspiański Pavilion and swapping your books. We would like to thank each and every of […]

The National Museum in Krakow and the Wisława Szymborska Foundation are launching a series of film screenings of documentaries devoted to Wisława Szymborska. They also plan to hold monthly meetings with people who knew Wisława Szymborska in person. In October, they would like to invite you to John Albert Jansen’s documentary Koniec i początek – […]

One of the most popular fantasy writers in Great Britain, Australia and the USA will come to Krakow! The Australian writer, known to Polish readers for her bestselling book series The Black Magician Trilogy, The Traitor Spy Trilogy and Age of Five, will meet her fans on the 11th of October at 6 p.m. in […]

The Perfect Medium – this is the motto of this year’s Conrad Festival, which starts on the 21st of October and lasts for one week (until the 27th of October). As every year, the Festival’s audience can expect: meetings from morning till evening, reading lessons, exhibitions, film session, free-of-charge book exchanges and, above all, more […]

The first cold and unpleasant autumn evenings have come. It is high time to figure out how to make them a little bit warmer. Our proposal: let’s read. If you do not have an idea about what book to read – we would like to invite you to another edition of our campaign The Second […]

A backstage hero: a creator or a craftsman? This is the title of a discussion panel which will be held on the 30th of September at 7 p.m. in Goethe Institute in Krakow on International Translation Day 2013. Translation has become an increasingly popular discussion topic. The number of translations on the Polish book market […]

Inspired by its American counterpart, the Banned Books Week will take place between the 22nd and the 28th of September. The Banned Books Week is a campaign intended to encourage reading “in spite.” The focus is on the books that function in the world of literature as sparking sexual, political, or moral controversy; books that […]

Thursday, 26 September 2013, 6.30 p.m. On history and more: a meeting with Agnieszka Podpora, translator of Sara Shilo’s No Dwarves are Coming. It was six years ago that Mas’ud Dadon, known in the town as the king of falafel, was stung by a bee, fell into a puddle of oil and died, and the […]

Registration for the third edition of Rymoliryktando – a national performer spelling competition prepared by valued songwriter, Łukasz L.U.C. Rostkowski – has been launched. Everyone who registers online at: www.rymoliryktando.pl by the 22nd of October will be able to face this arch-difficult dictation material. This year, the event will take place on the 26th of […]

Olga Tokarczuk is this year’s winner of Vilenica prize which has been awarded since 1986 by Slovene Writers’ Association to authors from Central Europe. The writer has thus joined other Polish Vilenica winners such as Zbigniew Herbert (1991), Adam Zagajewski (1996) and Andrzej Stasiuk (2008). Other Vilenica recipients include, among others, Tomas Venclova, Milan Kundera, […]