As part of the seventh edition of the Bliżej Polski (Closer to Poland) programme in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, on Wednesday, March 11, the “Academia Coffee” of the Centre for Polish Language and Culture at the Faculty of Philosophy of Matej Bel University organized an event in cooperation with the Book Institute and the Polish Institute in Bratislava. These institutions once again promoted Polish reportage to the local audience. The guest of the event was Joanna Czeczott, a Polish reporter and political scientist.

In 2026, some new translations of Polish books were published abroad, including the Croatian translation of Leo Lipski’s Piotruś, the Italian translation of Szczepan Twardoch’s novel Null, and a selection of poems by Wojciech Bonowicz in English.

On March 10 one of the most important book fairs in the publishing world, London Book Fair, opens. The Book Institute, as every year, is organising the Polish stand to enable domestic publishers and literary agencies to make business contacts and sell rights.