Kyiv | 8 September | “Kupidon” knayp-club | Pushkinska st., 1-3/5 | Beginning at 13:00 | Admission is free

On Saturday, September 8 at 13:00 we invite everyone to visit the “Kupidon” knayp-club (Pushkinska st., 1-3/5) for the joint reading of Stefan Żeromski’s novel “Early Spring” and a cup of coffee or tea. Admission is free.

Come read this novel with us! For, as the President of Poland Andrzej Duda said, “Although this novel was written almost a hundred years ago, its relevance is striking. Therefore, I think that this book would be interesting to everybody.” This year’s the National Reading will take place for the eighth time. Considering the uniqueness of the 2018 year, the First Lady of Poland Agata Kornhauser-Duda announced during the official event in the President Palace in Warsaw that the book for the National Reading 2018 would be the “Anthology of Independence”. The anthology includes 44 texts, from the medieval religious hymn “Holy Mother” to contemporary Polish literary works. The high point of this action will be the joint reading of Stefan Żeromski’s novel “Early Spring” on Saturday, September 8, 2018.

Let us remind you that in 2012 the President of Poland initiated the all-Polish action “National Reading”, which is aimed at the popularization of Polish literary heritage, strengthening of self-identification and promotion of the dramatic reading culture in its best forms.

Thus, on September 8, 2018 joint readings of Stefan Żeromski’s novel “Early Spring” will be organized throughout Poland in schools, libraries, cultural institutions and the like. The Polish Institute in Kyiv also takes part in this literary relay race, and its representatives will wait for all those wishing to participate in the “Kupidon”. The text will be available on site.