Date
Friday 24 June 2022 to Sunday 26 June 2022

GOOD-BYE AND GOOD LUCK!

BIG BOOK FESTIVAL 

24th – 26th June 2022

WARSAW, OTWOCKA 14

Join us for the 10th edition of the most exciting literary festival in Warsaw.

Meet us at Otwocka 14 in Warsaw, at the heart of Praga Północ district, where we reimagine the former gum factory into a world of literature. This year’s theme GOOD-BYE AND GOOD-LUCK! reflects on the decade of exciting experiments in literature and inspires to look forward to what’s coming next – in books and art. Join us for 40 events taking place over three days, with visits by 100 guests from Poland and abroad. 

After the pandemic brake we relaunch personal visits from foreign writers and embrace the chance of meeting in person again. 

All festival events are free of charge. None of them will be streamed on-line. 

Just be there! 

Form more on this year’s program: https://bigbookfestival.pl/

The British Scene and Big Book Festival 2022

We welcome three exciting British authors in Warsaw

DEATH AND THE GIRLS

Honour and disgrace in India. Hate crimes and all the things that remain off-limits to the good girls of world’s largest democracy. Meet SONIA FALEIRO awarded reporter and author from India, living in the UK.

Polish-English translation by Aga Zano

Host: Sylwia Chutnik

Partnered by British Council

Saturday, June 25th 

THE PILL OF GOOD AND EVIL

Is our world hounded by the ghosts of the past? Can we remain lucid with the triumphs of alt-right and the grip of on-line culture on our lives? Are there still values to be kept and saved? Listen to HARI KUNZRU, reknowned British writer, whose latest acclaimed novel is the „The Red Pill”. 

Polish-English translation by Aga Zano

Host: Łukasz Grzymisławski  

Partnered by British Council  

Saturday, June 25th

GRAB IT AND RUN

What was it like to live and hustle in South Kilburn, a war zone of London city, among boys all too eager to become men. With violence and vengeance at all cost, between hope and despair. And how he left it all behind. Listen to GABRIEL KRAUZE, British author of Polish origin, talking about his smashing first novel “Who They Was”.

Polish-English translation by Tomasz S. Gałązka

Host: Max Cegielski

Partnered by British Council

Sunday, June 26th, 18.00

The British Scene is partnered by British Council Poland