Ania Ready: I Also Fight Windmills – a literary photobook, Book Presentation, Talk & Signing

The first photobook by the Polish-British artist Ania Ready, combining Ready’s photography and the writing of trilingual author Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska to explore themes of displacement, creativity, loneliness, and social exclusion.
08 02.2024 Events, Literature, Visual arts

Open seminar: Reading Filipowicz with Translator Anna Zaranko

Enter the fascinating world of the writer's work in conversation with award-winning translator Anna Zaranko, who translates Filipowicz's work into English
25 01.2024 Events, Literature

20 Letters to Joseph Conrad up for Auction

Letters to Joseph Conrad up for auction as part of the sale of Library collection of founder of Foyles bookshop.
31 01.2024 Events, Literature, News

Holocaust Memorial Day: Resistance at Auschwitz

Jack Fairweather on the life of Polish resistance hero Witold Pilecki as part of a joint event organised by the Polish Cultural Institute and the British Library to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024
22 01.2024 Events, History, Literature, News

Found in Translation Award 2024: Nominations Open!

With a prize including a one month residency in Krakow and a cash prize of 16, 000 PLN, the FiTA award honours the best translation of Polish literature into English in 2023.
15 01.2024 06 02.2024 Events, Literature, News

Book Talk: ‘The Forgers’ by Roger Moorhouse

Historian Roger Moorhouse talks about his new book about the inspirational story of the Polish diplomats who forged identity documents that saved thousands of Jewish lives in WWII.
17 01.2024 Events, History, Literature

Book Talk: ‘Chasing Phileas Fogg: 80 Days on the Borealis’ by Wiktor Moszczyński

Join the author for a book talk and photo slideshow from his adventure tracing the travels of Verne's protagonist, Phileas Fogg
15 01.2024 Events, Literature, News

NEW Polish cookbook to be released in February

Soon to be released: Ren Behan's second cookbook, The Sweet Polish Kitchen
29 02.2024 31 12.2024 Events, Literature, News

A WWII Paratrooper’s Memoir

From the Soviet Gulag to Arnhem: A Polish Paratrooper's Epic Wartime Journey by Nicholas Kinloch
30 06.2023 30 06.2024 Books, Events, Literature, News, Resources