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Tomorrow, the 15th February, is the beginning of the New Delhi World Book Fair. This year is the 60. anniversary of Indo-Polish diplomatic relations. Poland will be strongly represented but the Krakow accent will be particularly noticeable. An exhibition will be held within the Fair’s premises presenting the literary Krakow and its heritage, prepared by […]

Knock!, Knock! at the window, could it be a mouse? / No, ’tis the beetle come a-v¡siting at -the ladybird’s house! – This is the beginning of a poem which probably everyone knows. The Pod Globusem bookshop welcomes you to read aloud together this and other poems by Jan Brzechwa and Julian Tuwim. These are […]

On 25 February, at 6.00 pm you are invited to a meeting with Magdalena Grzebałkowska, the author of Beksińscy. Portret podwójny at Czuły Barbarzyńca (11 Powiśle Street, Krakow). The meeting with the author will be moderated by Łukasz Wojtusik. Zdzisław Beksiński never spanked his son. Zdzisław Beksiński never hugged his son. Beksińscy. Portret podwójny is […]

We recommend a new virtual literary trail entirely devoted to Jerzy Pilch for literature lovers and fans of his writing (and not only to them). The trial blends together biography and literary streams that are inextricably interwoven into the works of this prose writer. No wonder then that the author is, as he says – […]

The Villa Decius Association invites writers, poets, essayists, critics, literature translators and journalists from the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to submit applications for residency scholarships under the third edition of the Visegrad Literary Residency programme. Under this year’s edition of the programme, 32 residents will have the opportunity to pursue their literary projects […]

The Wisława Szymborska Foundation has just closed collecting volumes for the 2nd edition of the international poetry competition. The Wisława Szymborska Award of PLN 200,000 will be given to the best volume of poetry, originally written in Polish or translated into Polish, published last year. In 2013, the award went to Krystyna Dąbrowska and Łukasz […]

On 10 February, 5.00 pm, a meeting with the Norwegian photographer Rune Eraker will be held at Villa Decius. The meeting heralds the first exhibition of works of the photographer to open at MOCAK – the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow – on 13 February. At the same time it is the first exhibition […]

The Stoberskiade is several hundred stickers scattered across all the continents of the globe, which, after being photographed, will come together on a web site to create a wholly unique “street biography” of Jaś Stoberski. This is simultaneously a tourist route through the life and work of a writer that owes a debt to situationist […]

Following the model of American literary contests which involve attempts made by the public at writing in a given month, Ha!art has declared February 2014 national short-story-writing month. We are looking forward to receiving your texts, which – we hope – will surprise us, show us new paths for the development of Polish literature and […]