Marianna Oklejak at the Festival du Livre de Paris

From April 14 to 16, writer and translator Renata Lis visited Paris, where she met readers at the Polish Bookshop, young adults at Lycée Montaigne, and spoke with students at Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle.

The 63rd edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and the accompanying Bologna Book Plus has come to an end. Over four days, representatives of the Book Institute, Polish publishers, authors and illustrators took part in numerous panels dedicated to reading among children and adults. The Bologna fair is the world’s most important industry event, bringing together professionals from the children’s book sector.

Next Monday the 63rd edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and the accompanying event, Bologna Book Plus, will begin. A total of 44 Polish exhibitors will be presented at the stands organized by the Book Institute during both events.

Kacper Bartczak was a guest at VERSeFest, the annual International Poetry Festival in Ottawa, which took place March 24–30. During the festival the poet promoted the volume Unsovereign (translated by Mark Tardi), published in Canada by above/ground press.

The Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, the Book Institute and the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin have selected the winners of the Albrecht Lempp Scholarship for 2026. They are Ishbel Szatrawska and Rainer Merkel.

On March 21 in London, the Ognisko Polskie Literary Festival in London took place. Among the guests were Krystyna Dąbrowska and prose writer Mikołaj Łoziński. The Book Institute supported their participation in the event.