How to turn flaws into virtues?  The new book by Margarett Borroughdame titled “Pan Cylinderek” teaches this great skill in a very charming manner to young and old alike! A partly frivolous and partly serious conversation with the author and with Pan Cylinderek on self-esteem, self-acceptance and the ability to deal with one’s own imperfections.

We would like to invite everyone to a plastic arts workshop based on the book “Iwo z Nudolandii”, a story about a young man Iwo who knew fear. We will be taking a closer look at the characters of this unusual tale and reflect on what boredom and fear are for. But certainly nobody will get bored. Will it be horrible? Horribly funny!

Host: publishing house Adamada

Presentation of the book: “Ojos y oídos de la Monarquía Borbónica“. Meeting with Professor Cezary Taracha, Mirosław Pieńkowski,  Professor Pablo de la Fuente and César Rosales-Miranda.

The Polish–Nigerian singer, composer, songwriter and music producer recently started writing books for children. She writes about tolerance, the value of diversity and the value of friendship.

Host: publishing house Poławiacze Pereł

How to turn flaws into virtues?  The new book by Margarett Borroughdame titled “Pan Cylinderek” teaches this great skill in a very charming manner to young and old alike! A partly frivolous and partly serious conversation with the author and with Pan Cylinderek on self-esteem, self-acceptance and the ability to deal with one’s own imperfections.

The Presentation of album "Russia from above".

The Adviser of Region Group, Yuriy Korotkov

“The words of every language have different eyes.”
Literature Nobel laureate Herta Müller talks to Adam Krzeminski

Even before she received the Nobel Prize in 2009, more of Herta Müller’s novels had been translated into Polish than into any other language. At the time, however, the Poles still questioned who she really was, this woman from Berlin, who didn’t speak any language without an accent – was she German or Romanian? “The other country always clings to your shoes,” says Müller, who talks to Adam Krzeminski about origins and language, literature and politics, the past and the present.

Meeting with the blogger and author of "Wymysły Malitki DIY". During the meeting the author will sign her book and will organize a creative workshop for all interested.

Joanna Gorzelińska will be signing the books “Kumplobook” and “Kumplobook". Dogrywka” and will conduct the workshop “Analogowe dzieciństwo z Kumplobookiem i Brulionem”. The workshop will include games featured in the book. “Kumplobook” is a book for children who can play without their computers and smartphones. Every task has to be performed with a friend. At the workshop, the participants will be solving a “friendtest”, produce rhymes, draw family trees, go through labyrinths, and the author will reveal how she got the idea for the book and where to find good ideas to have fun with friends.

The author’s talent and inventiveness will be combined with the uninhibited creativeness of child artists. If you think that maths is boring, that you’re not good at it or that you just don’t like it, be sure to come! We will turn you into a maths genius.

Host: publishing house Wytwórnia

Workshop for children – Anna Komorowska and Grzegorz Nowicki.

Full tilt, Lotta and Cheyenne!
Reading, conversation and live drawing with author Alice Pantermüller and illustrator Daniela Kohl. Age: 10 years +
Chair: Małgorzata Sroka

Lotta and her best friend Cheyenne are just two entirely normal schoolgirls. But when they’re together they have the strangest adventures. Enter Lotta’s turbulent world and let her creator tell you some exciting stories! And if you’re really lucky, you just might win an original Lotta illustration.

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

It was a need of my heart that led me to the Ural Mountains. This was an unusually beautiful and touching journey. I wanted to find the place of my Father’s exile. In January 1945, on the day of deportation, he was not even eighteen years old, and he was not my father yet. I wanted to find shaft number four, the hard coal mine, the labour camp where my Father had been exiled by the joint forces of NKVD and the Secret Political Office. The aim of my journey was Połowinka in the Central Ural Mountains...

It is my pleasure to invite you to my stand 4/H, where for the four days of the Warsaw Book Fair, I will be promoting my latest book, entitled ‘Połowinka. Rowerem na Ural, do miejsca zesłania Ojca. Wspomnienia Ojca, wspomnienia córki’ (Połowinka. A bicycle journey to the Ural Mountains, to the place of my Father’s exile. Father’s recollections, daughter’s recollections).

Meeting with Basia and her creators: – Marianna Oklejak and Zofia Stanecka – host: publishing house Egmont

Meeting with Basia and her creators: – Marianna Oklejak and Zofia Stanecka – host: publishing house Egmont

Workshop for children – Agata Komorowska and Grzegorz Nowicki.

Traces of memory. 50 years of the Museum of the Pawiak Prison in Warsaw, promotion of a book about Pawiak, meeting with the author

The jubilee publication presents the history of the prison from its construction (according to a design by Henryk Marconi in 1837), through the revolution period of 1905–1907, the two decades of the interwar period, and the time of World War II.        

It also describes the first forms of commemorating the victims among the rubble of the demolished prison, the construction of the Pawiak Prison Museum, permanent exhibitions, the Pawiak Tree Monument, as well as anniversaries and other celebratory events, such as the Pawiak Memorial Days or the Night of Museums.                

Promotion of the book by Joanna Gierczyńska “Ślady pamięci. 50 lat Muzeum Więzienia Pawiak”, published by the Museum of Independence in Warsaw

Charlotte Link has so far written 23 novels and crime stories, accounting for more than 26 million books sold. Where does she get her stories? How does she research the details? And does she really do nothing else all day but write? The bestselling writer answers these and other questions in a conversation with young people.

A discussion with Charlotte Link, for school children aged 14 or older.

Workshop for children – Anna Komorowska and Grzegorz Nowicki.

In this creative workshop for school children, Daniela Kohl, the illustrator of the German “Lotta” books, explains how to convert a story into a picture story and she shows how a comic works a little bit like a short film. In groups, children then develop their own comics using a Lotta idea.

A creative workshop for school children aged between 10 and 12, with Daniela Kohl.

Registration required.   

The presentation of the book titled "Moscow. Portrait-guide. History - sights - cultural life" by Grzegorz Wisniewski, the Polish historian of culture, essayist, translator (Adam Marshalek publishing house)

Speaker: The Polish historian of culture, essayist, translator, Grzegorz Wisniewski.

Agnieszka Mielech signs books from the series “Emi i Tajny Klub Superdziewczyn” and “Jaga Czekolada”. She will also moderate the workshop “Kreatywne warsztaty z Tajnym Klubem Superdziewczyn”

on the occasion of the premiere of the latest book in the series, titled “List w butelce”. Have fun!    

The participants of the workshop will have the opportunity to meet the author of the books about Emi, play the board game “Poszukiwacze przygód” (The Adventurers), participate in a drawing competition and win awards! There are many surprises waiting for the participants: board games, books, gadgets.

Professor Anna Giza is signing her book „Uczeń czarnoksiężnika, czyli społeczna historia marketingu” ["The sorcerer’s apprentice or the social history of marketing"] at the stand of the University of Warsaw Press no 66/BK.

Wojciech Widłak writes stories about a Merry Snout (Wesoły Ryjek) who has a Mom, a Dad, a tortoise toy, a tail and, naturally, a snout – a merry one. The meeting will also be very merry.

Host: publishing house Media Rodzinne

Meeting with Martin Widmark and Emilia Dziubak, the author and the illustrator of the book for children “Tyczka w krainie szczęścia”.

The meeting with the master of the suspenseful prose, Tatyana Polyakova.

Speaker: The Russian writer, the author of the works in the genre of "caper story", Tatiana Polyakova.

Meeting with Evald Flisar, one of the most prominent Slovene writers. Playwright, essayist, globetrotter (he visited some 90 countries), a Sydney subway driver, editor of an encyclopaedia in London, author of radio dramas and television theatre performances for the BBC, scriptwriter in Hollywood, president of the Slovene Writers' Association (1995–2002), since 1998 the editor-in-chief of the oldest Slovene literary magazine “Sodobnost”.  Author of the prize winning novels translated into Polish by Marlena Gruda and published as “Obserwator” and “Na złotym wybrzeżu” by Wydawnictwo EZOP.
Edward Flisar’s works have been translated into 39 languages, including Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, Bengali, Hindi, Malay, Indonesian, Nepalese, Marathi and Amharic.
The meeting will take place at the “red literary couch”.

Meeting with the author of the book "Design, designer i metamorfozy miejskie. Studium socjologiczne". Discussion between the author and word-wide known designer Marek Cecuła.

Meeting with José Ángel Leyva, a Mexican poet, essayist, prose writer, art critic, publisher and editor-in-chief of the literary magazine “La Otra”. The talk will be moderated by Krystyna Rodowska, poet, essayist, translator of French and Spanish-language literature, translator of Leyva’s new poetry volume into Polish.  

Maciej Wierszycki signs her two volumes  of poetry "Dla ciebie się stałem" and "Byłem"

How I became a GROM operative. A meeting with NAVAL, a former operative of the special forces unit GROM, author of the book “Ostatnich gryzą psy” and “Przetrwać Belize”.

The meeting with the master of the suspenseful prose, Tatyana Polyakova.

Speaker: The Russian writer, the author of the works in the genre of "caper story", Tatiana Polyakova.

Biographic dictionary of the Polish participants of the Spring of Nations in Hungary 1848–1849 and “Lustro dzieciństwa”. Istvan Kovacs, Rafał Rogulski.

“O srebrnej łyżeczce” – meeting with Justyna Bednarek and Daniel de Latour – host: publishing house Egmont

“O srebrnej łyżeczce” – meeting with Justyna Bednarek and Daniel de Latour – host: publishing house Egmont

Full of Rabbits and other Lotta stories for the whole family
A reading and question session, with Alice Pantermüller
For children aged 8 and above
Chair: Małgorzata Sroka

Lotta has two eight-year-old blood brothers and she really loves animals. She can even charm snakes... An enjoyable reading session for large and small alike, with the author of Lotta’s diaries.

Meeting with the blogger and author of "Wymysły Malitki DIY". During the meeting the author will sign her book and will organize a creative workshop for all interested.

Meeting with Gabriela Cichowska, the illustrator of children's book „Zguba Michałka” written by prominent Polish poet Julia Hartwig.

“Fear is the greatest motor for action. Fear changes people. It can destroy them or make them resistant to attacks. Who wields power over fear has power over men and even whole crowds.” A conversation with Maxime Chattam.

Małgorzata Kierenko signs his magic fairy tale for children "Pod okiem księżyca"

We will introduce children into the world of the visually impaired. They will learn what their fingers can see and how much they can see when they close their eyes.

Host: publishing house Adamada

Meeting with the authors of the comic book “Irena” about Irena Sendlerowa: Jean-David Morvan, Séverine Tréfouël, David Evrard, Walter.

For children aged 8 and above. You want to draw a rabbit, but it always ends up looking like a dead fish? Illustrator Daniela Kohl demonstrates some simple drawing tricks for Lotta’s favourite animals.

A workshop for children and parents, with illustrator Daniela Kohl

Mariusz Czubaj signs autographs on his novels "Martwe popołudnie" and "R.I.P.".

„Malina Szał Dziewczyna".

Dorota Schrammek, A well-known author of female bestsellers signs his first children's book "Skarpetkowy potwór"

SAILING TO THE SEA! – a plastic arts workshop for children with the author Piotr Karski

Ahoy! Together we will sail to to sea! We will have many adventures, meet the inhabitants of the oceans, visit uncharted lands and safely come back to port, where we will describe our journey just as sailors do.

Host: publishing house Dwie Siostry

Klara Molnar, a true-born Hungarian, together with Tadeusz Olszański, journalist and graduate of Hungarian studies, will be signing their book „Na węgierskim stole. Pysznie i domowo”.

Ewa Hangel, the author of cookbooks and admirer of one-pot meals, will be signing her latest book „Vege Kociołkowanie” and her earlier titles, „Kociołkowanie po polsku” and „Garnek rzymski”.

Tadeusz Olszański, journalist and graduate of Hungarian studies together with Klara Molnar, a true-born Hungarian, will be signing their book „Na węgierskim stole. Pysznie i domowo”.

For children aged 8 and above. A few dots and a wavy line: that’s the face done... The Lotta’s Life illustrator, Daniela Kohl, shows us how to draw the two best friends – as easy as pie.

A workshop for children and parents with illustrator Daniela Kohl

Charlotte Link, the queen of German crime writing, talks about her new novel “Die Betrogene” (“The Deceived”).

There is only one person whom Kate Linville, a detective with Scotland Yard, really loves: her father. When he is brutally murdered, Linville finds out that her father’s past has been a deception… Bestselling author Charlotte Link discusses (the background to) her novel “The Deceived”.

Chair: Adam Szaja.          

Radek Knapp on the problems of immigrants – wisely, in a poetic spirit and with a unique sense of absurdity. The meeting will be moderated by Agata Passent.

Graham Masterton signs autographs on his latest novel "Buried".

A discussion on the book “Pacyfik i Eurazja. O wojnie”, a bestseller in the recent months and the most popular book in the area of geopolitics of the recent years. Time will show if the author’s predictions will prove accurate and whether his work will be praised equally to the works of authors such as: Studnicki, Bocheński, or the Mackiewicz brothers. Geopolitics is worth talking about.

“Uśmiech” is a story of Tekla, a girl who did not want to smile. Do you want to know why and what has to happen to make her smile again? Meet the Author of the novel.

Host: publishing house Zielona Sowa

Professor Marek Belka, former prime minister and until recently head of NBP, who will be signing his book „Selfie”.

Participants of the meeting: Jacek Raczek, a missionary. Dariusz Gaczyński, César Rosales-Miranda.

A quarter of a century has passed since the death of the first Polish martyr missionaries: the Blessed Michał Tomaszek and the Blessed Zbigniew Strzałkowski. During that time, many biographies have been written about them. But so far they were usually authored either by other members of the Franciscan order or by completely unrelated people. This book is the first biography written by someone closely related to one of them, namely with the Blessed Michał Tomaszek – his nephew, Jacek Raczek… The undeniable value of the publication is proven by the fact that it was not written ‘on bended knees’, and although the author is related to the protagonist by blood, he does not whitewash anything in his past. He does not cover anything up, does not omit unfavourable facts, does not justify his uncle’s choices and he does not pretend there’s heroism where there is none. He simply attempts to provide an objective account of the Blessed Michal Tomaszek’s life.  

Wojciech Letki signs his two children's books: "Opowieści z dzikiej puszczy" (premiere) and "O Bazyliszku i nie tylko historia prawdziwa"

Presentation of the Polish translation of Peter Oliver Loew’s book “Wir Deutschen. Geschichte der Polen in Deutschland” (München: C.H. Beck 2014). The interview with the author will be conducted by the Director of the German Historical Institute (NIH), Professor Miloš Řezník.

The author presents the history of Poles in Germany, discussing Polish immigration and the historical Polish minorities in Germany, from the Middle Ages to the present. Today the Polish community – the second largest minority group in Germany – is highly diverse. It includes displaced people who no longer acknowledge any Polish identity but speak Polish at home, often the Silesian dialect. There are those who want to integrate with the German society as quickly as possible and those who try to remain Polish. There are people who emigrated for economic or political reasons – some of them have Polish citizenship and some have German citizenship. Furthermore, every year Germany hosts hundreds of thousands of Polish seasonal workers. At the same time, Germany is inhabited by the descendants of those who ended up there because of World War II and even of economic migrants from the pre-war period.  

Treasure hunting, sailing and adventures with Agnieszka. What adventure awaits us this time? The best!

Host: publishing house Zielona Sowa

The forgotten emigrant writers Antoni Sobański

The forgotten emigrant writers Anatol Krakowiecki

The forgotten emigrant writers Antoni Bogusławski

The forgotten emigrant writers Tadeusz Sułkowski

The forgotten emigrant writers Wiesław Antoni Lasocki

The forgotten emigrant writers

Premiere of the Polish edition of the book “Islam – den ellevte landeplage” (Islam, the 11th plague) by Hege Storhaug, a Norwegian feminist and human rights activist. The lecture and debate will be moderated by Piotr Ibrahim Kalwas, a Muslim. The book was published in Norway in 2015 and immediately became a bestseller. By now, 5 editions of this book have been published, with 100,000 copies in total. This book is a controversial, difficult and shocking testimony to the threats to Europe posed by radical Islam. The text is full of challenges, especially for those who profess the idea of multicultural coexistence, dialogue and tolerance. It faces the readers with facts, statistical data and quotes that might be difficult to accept and which have been collected over the years of work for the Human Rights Service – an organisation dedicated to helping children and women from Muslim families, among others. Hege Storhaug is an activist known especially in leftist circles, but still she has written a book that obviously rejects leftist ideals. She is very popular in Scandinavian countries, and after the publication of this book the interest in her increased even further, especially because of the massive wave of criticism she was faced with.

Meeting with the author of the book  "Sztuka interaktywna. Społeczny kontekst odbioru". Video demonstration of some interactive instalations.

Discussion on chic noir and the phenomenon of Paula Hawkins in the context of her latest thriller “Into the Water”.

Book promotion: „Pan Toti i sprawa z makaronem”, Pan Toti i ziarenko”, Pan Toti i robocik”; meeting with the author. Creative fun for children.

Before they leave home, a mother tells her son that the place they are going to will be magical, one where stories are told by singing. Kacper is thrilled at the prospect of the magic he has imagined. And you? Do you want to go to a magical meeting?

Host: publishing house Tadam

Mariusz Szczygieł presents young reporters

Mariusz Szczygieł will talk with the authors of this year’s reportage debuts: Kamil Bałuk (“Wszystkie dzieci Louisa”), Aleksandra Lipczak (“Ludzie z Placu Słońca”), Remigiusz Ryziński (“Foucault w Warszawie”).

Meeting related to the publication of the Polish translation of the book “Les Sœurs savantes, Marie Curie et Bronia Dluska, deux destins qui ont fait l’histoire” (Polish title: “Uczone siostry. Rodzinna historia Marii i Broni Skłodowskich”, published by Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie).

Meeting with Krzysztof Charamsa, the author of “Kamień węgielny”, conducted by Krzysztof Tomasik.

Meeting with Maciej Pałka and Tomasz Pstrągowski.

Małgorzata Górna signs two volumes of his science-fiction series for children ages 9-12 years "Wieloświaty"

The author of the world bestseller “The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914”, which has just been published in Polish.

The Warsaw Prague talks about the inter-war period – meeting with Przemysław Olszewski and Mirosław Urbaniak

The Warsaw Prague talks about the inter-war period – meeting with Przemysław Olszewski and Mirosław Urbaniak

Meeting with Jakub Topor and Wiktor Talaga.

Meeting with Paweł Garwol and Paweł Rzodkiewicz. 

Danuta Parlak signs the book "Obcy w lesie" (award in the IBBY Polish Section Book of the Year 2015)

Current political and cultural events in the eyes of a doyen of Polish memoir, biography and fiction writers. Meeting with Józef Hen and his books “Powrót do bezsennych nocy”, “Bruliony profesora T”, “Mój przyjaciel król” The interview will be conducted by Remigiusz Grzela.

Dear Guests,

We cordially invite you to visit the TVP stand at Warsaw Book Fair 2017. On May 21, 2017, at 11:00 pm, Jan Płoński will be signed his latest book "Guide to Alternative 4 Series" (Przewodnik po serialu Alternatywy 4). This will be an opportunity to purchase a book at an attractive price and replace the word with the author himself. We will be waiting for you at stand 68/BK.

Welcome

Meeting with the author of „Administrategia”, Maciej Kisilowski, Professor of Law and Public Management at Central European University in Budapest, graduate of the Doctor of the Science of Law program at Yale University, holder of MPA degree in economics and public policy received from Princeton University and MBA degree received from INSEAD.

Adam Wajrak will talk about his adventure with Lolek the Dog.

Premiere of the book “LOLEK”

Agnieszka Dydycz and Antoś Oniśko (mom and son) sign the book "O Wojtku z planety Uran" (best book of the year 2016 in the poll of the vortal granice.pl))

Meeting with Kamil Olechwirowicz the author of photos from the album "A Golden Apple".

""A Golden Apple" are the photos next to which one cannot stay indifferent. This is the truth about ourselves, about our comfort zone which we do not leave willingly but for a mere instance. Photographs which one cannot forget easily".

Meeting with Polish booktuber, creator of Maja K. channel.