Newsletter for translators of Polish literature — twenty-fifth issue

The Leipziger Buchmesse and the accompanying Leipzig Liest festival have concluded. Both events attracted a record number of visitors – this year 313,000 readers took part. The Polish stand was organised by the Polish Book Institute in cooperation with the Leipzig branch of the Polish Institute in Berlin.

Aleksandra Majdzińska will take part in three events in Spain to promote the Spanish edition of 'Szalom bonjour Odessa'. The tour, held with the support of the Book Institute, is organized primarily by the Polish Institute in Madrid.

The Leipziger Buchmesse and the accompanying multi-day festival Leipzig Liest are starting. The fair will run from March 19 to 22. The Polish stand was organized by the Book Institute in cooperation with the Leipzig branch of the Polish Institute in Berlin.

The first issue of ‘Odra’ was published in March 1961, which means the Wrocław monthly is celebrating its 65th anniversary. The third issue of this year therefore has a special, jubilee character.

On March 11, the annual award ceremony of the magazine ‘Nowe Książki’ was held at the ZODIAK Architecture Pavilion in Warsaw. The winner of the 25th edition was Marek Bieńczyk for the book Rondo Wiatraczna (Karakter).

On Sunday, 8 February, the Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE), one of the largest trade fairs in Southeast Asia, came to an end. For the fifth time, the Book Institute, in cooperation with the Polish Office in Taipei, organized a Polish stand. The event was visited by 570,000 readers and featured around 500 exhibitors.