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Book prepared by the ICC Publishing House in 2018 in Czech Republic. Jiří Gruša's user manual has gained so much recognition from Polish readers that it quickly disappeared from the book shelves. On the occasion of the  23rd International Book Fair in Krakow (October 24-27, 2019), we decided to reprint it. The story of Czech history, myths and legends, as well as the dark sides of this country's past, written with imagination is available in our online bookstore.

We invite you to the next meeting of the cycle organized for years together with the Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding entitled Polish-Russian dialogue at the International Cultural Center. This time prof. Tamara M. Smirnov from the Faculty of Humanities of the St. Petersburg State University of Space Equipment will talk about the Polish diaspora in pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary St. Petersburg. Meeting in Russian with simultaneous translation into Polish.

Every photographer visiting the capital of Małopolska faces a challenge - how to convey the beauty of the city, its magic and rich history.

The Higher Theological Seminary of the Congregation of Resurrectionists in Krakow is an icon of Polish postmodernism. We invite you for the last city walk this year, during which we will take a closer look at this extraordinary architectural assumption in Krakow's Ruczaj.

As every year, we invite parents and guardians with children aged 4 to 10 for special St. Nicholas' educational workshops. Their program will be completely unique, because Saint Nicholas will visit us with a basket full of Christmas presents. The number of places is limited. Earlier e-mail registrations (warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl) or by phone (12 42 42 860) apply. Cost: PLN 10 per participant. We also invite Ukrainian and Russian-speaking children to the workshops.

St. Nicolas Day is a special day for both children and adults. On this occasion, we have prepared a special program and a lot of gifts. We encourage you to look for Santa at Main Square 25th from 10.00-16.00 with a sack full of gifts and special tickets * for the exhibition  Photobloc. Central Europe in Photobooks.

International Center of Culture, College of Eastern Europe Jan Nowak-Jeziorański in Wrocław and the editors of the bimonthly "New Eastern Europe" invite you to a meeting with Bogumila Berdychowska, a journalist specializing in the history of Ukraine and Polish-Ukrainian relations. An opportunity to talk is the volume of correspondence of Jerzy Giedroyc and Bohdan Osadczuk, which was recently published thanks to the efforts of the College of Eastern Europe. The meeting will be hosted by Iwona Reichardt (NEE) and Łukasz Galusek (ICC).

The 28th Wrocław Good Book Fair will take place from December 5th until 8th, 2019. We invite you to the ICC stand for our new publications, albums and books on the history and heritage of Central Europe

The international ILUCIDARE project explores the relationship between innovation and heritage as well as diplomacy and heritage. As part of the project, we collect local examples of projects and initiatives related to heritage-based innovation and heritage used in diplomacy. Our goal is to analyze and promote the potential of heritage in both innovation and diplomacy. This task is impossible without your help! We encourage you to share your knowledge about heritage-led innovation and diplomacy and complete a short survey!

Romanian Institute of Culture, Universitas Publishing House invite you to an author's meeting with Dan Coman, a Romanian writer, author of a novel published in Polish Parochia and the translator of the book Joanna Kornaś-Warwas. The conversation will be led by Jakub Kornahuser. ICC is an event partner.

Agata Wąsowska-Pawlik, director of the ICC and prof. Jacek Purchla, the founder and director of our institution for many years, visited Bahrain at the special invitation of Sheikh Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, president of the Office of Culture and Monuments of Bahrain.

December is the darkest month of the year. To make you feel better, we have overestimated all e-books from the ICC's publishing offer. The promotion is valid in our online bookstore and on publio.pl and woblink.pl until December 31.

The National Heritage Institute invites you to the conference "Volunteering for heritage. Let's work together in Europe", organized together with the International Cultural Center in Krakow, the "To Protect Good" Foundation and European Heritage Volunteers.

What distinguishes literature from Central and Eastern Europe? What brings and distances the contemporary literary texts of our neighbors? What is literature created "at crossroads" and how do translators find themselves there? The participants of the Central European Rozstaje project - writers, literary scholars and translators - will talk about this in the ICC. ICC is an event partner.