{"id":35817,"date":"2026-09-10T06:59:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T06:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/?p=35817"},"modified":"2026-09-15T07:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T07:55:35","slug":"mck-na-gdanskich-targach-ksiazki-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/mck-na-gdanskich-targach-ksiazki-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC at the Gda\u0144sk Book Fair 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the European Solidarity Centre, visitors will be able to browse publications from as many as 73 publishers. This is the first edition of the Gda\u0144sk Book Fair organised since Gda\u0144sk was awarded the title of UNESCO City of Literature (2025). The organisers have planned over 100 literary events for the fair\u2019s visitors. The fair will also feature an awards ceremony for the Kameralne Bookshops Literary Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest of honour at the fair \u2013 Lviv<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The guest of honour at the 2026 edition of the Gda\u0144sk Book Fair will be Lviv, a UNESCO City of Literature. In connection with this, individual publishers will also be presenting works by Ukrainian authors, translated into Polish. At the ICC Publishing House stand, visitors will be able to find \u201cUkrainian Worlds of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth\u201d<\/a> by Natalia Starczenko, \u201cUkraine. Overcoming the past: the global history of Ukraine\u201d<\/a> by Jaros\u0142aw Hrycak, and the albums accompanying the exhibitions presented at the International Cultural Centre: \u201cUkraine. A different angle on neighbourhood\u201d<\/a>, \u201cOdessa: The Long 20th Century in Art\u201d<\/a> and \u201cThe Armenian Cathedral in Lviv and Its Creators\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ICC Books at the Gda\u0144sk Book Fair 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We will be showcasing publications from the International Cultural Centre in Krak\u00f3w at stand no. 12 at the European Solidarity Centre in Gda\u0144sk. Visitors can look forward to our latest books and albums, as well as posters and prints, all at attractive prices.Among the new releases and most popular publications available in our range are, among others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImagined Capitals: Cities of the Habsburg Monarchy as Centres of Nations, 1815\u20131918\u201d<\/a> \u2013 a book by Dr \u0141ukasz Galusek, exploring the phenomenon of the \u201cimagined capital\u201d \u2013 the city as a form of national existence in the absence of a sovereign state. The author analyses the relationship between urban centres and the national community, demonstrating how a sense of distinctiveness and the pursuit of autonomy were shaped through architecture, culture and urban space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCarpathia\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Prof. Maciej Janowski describes a space where man and landscape form a community of fate. It is a narrative, written with literary attention and historical erudition, about a multinational area where different ethnic and religious groups have coexisted for centuries. The author considers, among other things, what characterises the category of \u201cmountainousness\u201d and recounts how the cultural and historical landscape of the Carpathians has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cZ\u0142oto i srebro Zadaru\u201d by Miroslav Krle\u017ea<\/a> \u2013 a book by one of the most important writers of the 20th century, an intellectual and cultural critic from Zagreb. In this new publication, ICC looks at Dalmatian art as a mirror of history and human conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArchipelagos: A Personal Atlas of Questions and Experiences\u201d by Drago Jan\u010dar<\/a> \u2013 the author takes the reader on a journey \u2013 not only between the islands of the Yugoslav \u201carchipelago\u201d, but also to the Bosphorus, the fields of Flanders and Trieste. It is also a journey through time, to places that can tell many stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBr\u00e2ncu\u0219i. Sculpting with Light\u201d<\/a> \u2013 this photobook is an attempt to enter the world of one of the most important artists of the 20th century \u2013 the Romanian sculptor Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i. The bilingual Polish-English publication opens with a text by Do\u00efna Lemna, curator of the exhibition at the ICC Gallery and an outstanding expert on the artist’s work. The catalogue also contains reproductions of 40 original photographs by Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i from prestigious private collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eHerito\u201d, No. 59: Moravia<\/a> \u2013 in this issue of the magazine, we explore Moravian identity, history, culture and architecture, taking readers from Ostrava, through Olomouc, to Brno and Znojmo. The issue includes, among other things, articles on the interwar avant-garde in Brno, the phenomenon of modernist Zl\u00edn, Ostrava\u2019s industrial heritage and the debates surrounding Moravian distinctiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy is Romania Different?\u201d Lucian Boia<\/a> \u2013 the new edition of the book explores complex issues related to Romanian identity, myths and the nature of the country’s transformation and modernisation at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. This comprehensive study of Romanian history provides insight into the country’s paradoxical and difficult journey from one of the harshest communist dictatorships to a democratic member state of the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlants and animals. Atlases of natural history in the age of Linnaeus\u201d (second expanded edition)<\/a> \u2013 is a 240-page album presenting masterful illustrations from old natural history atlases \u2013 colourful, precise and full of detail. At the dawn of modern plant and animal taxonomy, they were not only scientific documentation but also a testament to the beauty of nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also invite you to visit the ICC Bookshop website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practical information about the Gda\u0144sk Book Fair 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Address:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

European Solidarity Centre
Plac Solidarno\u015bci 1
80-863 Gda\u0144sk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair opening days and times:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11\u201313 September 2026
Friday 10.00\u201318.00
Saturday 10.00\u201318.00
Sunday 10.00\u201317.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission to the fair is free.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further information is available on the Gda\u0144sk Book Fair 2026 website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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