First Call for the ©POLAND Translation Programme Starting on 5th February

Today at 7:30 PM, at the Parent(h)esis bookstore in Madrid, there will be a presentation of the book Mi sombra es mujer (“My Shadow is a Woman”), the first Spanish-language anthology of Halina Poświatowska’s poems. The event will be hosted by the renowned Spanish writer Pilar Adón.

For the first time in history, our country is being showcased at the Cairo International Book Fair. The Egyptian event is one of the most important fairs in the Arab world.

At the end of 2025, new translations of Polish books were published abroad, including a Taiwanese edition of Wisława Szymborska's 'Wiersze wszystkie', 'Inne pieśni' by Jacek Dukaj in Czech, and 'Prawiek i inne czasy' by Olga Tokarczuk in Thai.

The Book Institute has selected additional publications to receive funding from the Other Traditions programme. Out of 54 proposals submitted by publishers between November 8, 2025, and January 14, 2026, 30 were accepted. Support totaling over PLN 550,000 will be awarded to eighteen publishers in total.

This three-day series of meetings for publishers from Poland and abroad is organized by the Wytwórnia publishing house in collaboration with the Book Institute and is part of the Mały Koneser Festival and Children’s Book Publishers Fair.

We invite curators to participate in the competition to develop a comprehensive concept and oversee the curation of an exhibition presenting Polish children's literature and illustrations. The exhibition will be realized during the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2027 as part of Poland's presence as the guest of honour.