Mountains of Literature Festival 2025. Programme

4 July | Friday

JEDLINA-ZDRÓJ

Jedlinka Hotel
ul. Zamkowa 2
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–10.15 Little Mountains of Literature. Radio workshop for children (7–9 years old): Does radio have a soul? Moderated by Katarzyna Stoparczyk 

10.30–11.45 Little Mountains of Literature. Radio workshop for children (10–12 years old): Does radio have a soul? Moderated by Katarzyna Stoparczyk 

DZIKOWIEC

Nowa Ruda District Public Library Branch No. 1
Dzikowiec 95b 
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–11.15 Little Mountains of Literature. A lesson with Sylwia Chutnik: You too can become a mischief-maker

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a 
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop with Walery Topojew: Shamanism and the present – truth, myth, manipulation. Moderated by Katarzyna Byłów, translated by Jana Karpienko

KŁODZKO

Local Activity Centre in Kłodzko
ul. Waleriana Łukasińskiego 43
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Vegan culinary workshop with  Dominika Olejnik (Stewunia) and a conversation with Kacper Potępski over a shared meal about transgenderism, equality and neurodiversity

SARNY CASTLE

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e 
all-day ticket needed

od 12.00 Tour de Constitution educational initiative (co-organizer: Active Democracy Foundation)

12.00 opening of the Mountains of Literature Festival: president of the Olga Tokarczuk Foundation Grzegorz Tokarczuk

12.30 Mikołaj Grynberg, Rok, w którym nie umarłem [The Year I Didn’t Die]. The author in conversation with Eliza Kącka (co-organizer: Agora Publishers)

14.00 Weronika Kostyrko, Róża Luksemburg. Domem moim jest cały świat [Rosa Luxemburg. The Whole World is my Home]. The author in conversation with Urszula Glensk (co-organizer: Marginesy Publishers)

15.30 Georgi Gospodinow, Death and the Gardener. The author in conversation with Michał Nogaś, translation from Bulgarian: Krum Krumov (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

17.00 reading aloud: fragments of The Promised Land by Władysław Stanisław Reymont read by Daniel Olbrychski and Andrzej Seweryn

18.30 Animals – victims of war. Wojciech Tochman in conversation with Małgorzata Kolankowska (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

20.00* Discussion on Epepe by Ferenc Karinthy with the participation of Olga Tokarczuk, Nicolas Grospierre and Ryszard Koziołek (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

21.30 concert: Możdżer Danielsson Fresco Trio

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e 
free admission, no entry passes needed

22.30 opening of the exhibition After the Rain*. A few words by Jaga Hupało and Agnieszka Klimczak, manifesto by Agnieszka Szpila.  Sisterhood of Rivers ceremony: Cecylia Malik, Grażyna Smalej, Małgorzata Grygierczyk. Performance: Edka Jarząb, Joanna Suppan

*all events from the art programme can be found at the end of the programme

5 July | Saturday

JEDLINA-ZDRÓJ

Jedlinka Hotel
ul. Zamkowa 2
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–11.30 Little Mountains of Literature. Radio workshop for the young (17–22 years old): Give us the voice!! Moderated by Katarzyna Stoparczyk

RADKÓW

Łąkowa 1 Centre
ul. Łąkowa 1
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Seminar moderated by Magdalena Środa: How to act with words? From rhetoric to propaganda. Module I

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop moderated by Wojciech Tochman: The art of reportage

ŚCINAWKA GÓRNA

obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop-walk: Relationships – people and rivers. Moderated by Jan Mencwel and Stolovelasy

OPOLNICA

Ostoja Sztuki
Opolnica 49
obligatory e-mail registration at artsjagahupalo@gmail.com, the number of places is limited

9.00–14.00 art workshop: Sisters Rivers – Cecylia Malik, Grażyna Smalej, Małgorzata Grygierczyk

WAŁBRZYCH

The Jerzy Szaniawski Drama Theatre in Wałbrzych
pl. Teatralny 1, Wałbrzych 
tickets needed

18.00 THE AGE OF ROCK. Musical with songs by QUEEN performed by the Fabryczna Music Theatre from Ludwikowice Kłodzkie (co-organizers: The Jerzy Szaniawski Drama Theatre in Wałbrzych, Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre)

SARNY CASTLE

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e 
free admission, no entry passes needed

11.00–11.45 A mirror or a window? Education as a story about the world and ourselves. A meeting with Ewa Satalecka and Marta Godzisz from the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e
all-day ticket needed

od 12.00 Tour de Constitution educational initiative (co-organizer: Active Democracy Foundation)

12.00 Halszka Witkowska, Monika Tadra, Niewysłuchani. O śmierci samobójczej i tych, którzy pozostali[Unheard. On death by Suicide and Those Who Remained]. The authors in conversation with Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska

13.30 Philosophy versus manipulation and hate speech. Tadeusz Gadacz and Magdalena Środa, authors of Krótka historia filozofii współczesnej [Short History of Contemporary Philosophy] in conversation with Irek Grin

15.00 How could it have come to that? Götz Aly in conversation with Olga Mannheimer, translation of the meeting: Karolina Golimowska

16.30 Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, Kocia muzyka. Historia chóralna pogromu krakowskiego [Making a Racket. A Choral History of the Cracow Pogrom]. The author in conversation with Urszula Glensk

18.00 Anda Rottenberg, Schyłek. Dziennik 2019–2022 [At the Close. Diary 2019–2022]. The author in conversation with Małgorzata Omilanowska

19.30* Patrick Radden Keefe, The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream. The author in conversation with Michał Nogaś, translation from English: Kasia Janusik (co-organizer: Czarne Publishers)

21.30 concert: Kaśka Sochacka

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e 
free admission, no entry passes needed

22.30 After the rain exhibition – curatorial tour and conversations with the artists

23.30 Kinga Rudaś, Sefa Sagir – tour of the multimedia exhibition of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw

00.00 After the Rain exhibition. Pola Dwurnik – a tour with torches

6 July | Sunday

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a, Nowa Ruda
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Little Mountains of Literature. Illustration workshop with Ola Szmida

10.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop moderated by Wojciech Tochman: A reportage book

RADKÓW

Łąkowa 1 Centre
ul. Łąkowa 1
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Seminar moderated by Magdalena Środa: How to act with words? From rhetoric to propaganda. Module II

ŚCINAWKA GÓRNA

Eduard Petzold European Centre for Garden Art
Ścinawka Górna 40e
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. An introductory seminar and a nature-poetry walk with Urszula Zajączkowska

WAŁBRZYCH

The Jerzy Szaniawski Drama Theatre in Wałbrzych
pl. Teatralny 1, amphitheatre
free admission, no entry passes needed

18.00 VICTORY. Concert of military and patriotic songs (an accompanying event, organizer: The Jerzy Szaniawski Drama Theatre in Wałbrzych)

SARNY CASTLE

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e
all-day ticket needed

od 11.00 Tour de Constitution educational initiative (co-organizer: Active Democracy Foundation)

11.00 Joanna Bator, W moje strony. Trzy wyprawy w stronę wyobraźni, współczucia i troski [Into my Homeland. Three Journeys Towards Imagination, Compassion and Care]. The author in conversation with Eliza Kącka (co-organizer: Znak Publishers)

12.30 Sylwia Chutnik, Justyna Bilik, Kłirówy. Te, które złamały zasady [Queers. Those Who Broke the Rules]. The authors in conversation with Aleksandra Majak

14.00 Ewa Mańkowska, Hanna i Dorota [Hanna and Dorota]. The author in conversation with Małgorzata Omilanowska (co-organizer: EMG Publishers)

15.30 Raising through a story – on literature which helps to grow up. Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel, Grzegorz Kasdepke and Agata Romaniuk in conversation with Katarzyna Stoparczyk

17.00 Invasive species. Dorota Sumińska, Adam Wajrak and Urszula Zajączkowska in conversation with Krzysztof Łapiński

18.30* Hate. Jurek Owsiak in conversation with Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska

20.00 reading aloud: fragments of Dress Rehearsal by Olga Tokarczuk read by Marek Kondrat, Andrzej Seweryn and Maciej Stuhr

22.00 concert: ZALEWSKI

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e
free admission, no entry passes needed

00.00 curatorial tour of the multimedia exhibition of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw

7 July | Monday

DZIKOWIEC

Nowa Ruda District Public Library Branch No. 1
Dzikowiec 95b
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–11.15 Little Mountains of Literature. A lesson with Dorota Sumińska: Let’s talk animals

11.30–12.45 Little Mountains of Literature. A lesson with Grzegorz Kasdepke: The big book of feelings

RADKÓW

Łąkowa 1 Centre
ul. Łąkowa 1
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Seminar moderated by Magdalena Środa: How to act with words? From rhetoric to propaganda. Module III

ŚCINAWKA GÓRNA

Eduard Petzold European Centre for Garden Art
Ścinawka Górna 40e
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. An introductory seminar and a nature-poetry walk with Urszula Zajączkowska

WAŁBRZYCH

District and City Public Library “Under the Atlantes Library”
Rynek 9, Wałbrzych
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop on inclusive language with Lena Bielska

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a
free admission, no entry passes needed

od 12.15 Tour de Constitution educational initiative (co-organizer: Active Democracy Foundation)

12.15 Ewa Winnicka, Miasteczko Panna Maria. Ślązacy na Dzikim Zachodzie [Panna Maria Town. Silesians in the Wild West]. The author in conversation with Małgorzata Kolankowska (co-organizer: Czarne Publishers)

13.45* From an idea to a book – a meeting between the word and the image. Sylwia Chutnik, Malwina Hajduk, Ola Szmida and Agata Romaniuk in conversation with Dorota Oczak-Stach

15.15 Grzegorz Bogdał, Idzie tu wielki chłopak [A Big Guy is Coming Here], Mateusz Pakuła, Skóra po dziadku [My Grandpa’s Skin]. The authors in conversation with Eliza Kącka (co-organizers: Czarne Publishers, Agora Publishers)

16.45 Agnieszka Taborska, Spiskowcy wyobraźni. Surrealizm [Conspirators of Imagination. Surrealism]. The author in conversation with Anda Rottenberg

18.15 In search of the truth. Magdalena Grzebałkowska, Weronika Kostyrko and Ewa Mańkowska in conversation with Jana Karpienko

19.45 Renata Lis, Moja ukochana i ja. Ślub [My Beloved and I. Marriage]. The author in conversation with Aleksandra Majak (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a
tickets needed

21.30 concert: RGG & Robert Więckiewicz: Planet LEM

Nowa Ruda Town Public Library
ul. Bohaterów Getta 10
free admission, no entry passes needed

14.00 Aga Zano, czwarte wymieranie [fourth extinction], Maria Kwiecień, outback. The authors in conversation with Emilia Konwerska (co-organizers: Wrocław Literature House, Warstwy Publishers)

15.30 Less known Polish literature. Jan Baron, Wszyscy jesteśmy głupcy [We Are All Fools], Krzysztof Fedorowicz, Zimowe cięcie winorośli [Winter Grapevine Clipping]. The authors in conversation with Karol Maliszewski

17.00 Literature without borders. Czech writers at the Mountains of Literature Festival. Jan Škrob, Reál [Real Life]. The author in conversation with Antonina Tosiek, translation from Czech: Anna Wanik

8 July | Tuesday

DZIKOWIEC

Nowa Ruda District Public Library Branch No. 1
Dzikowiec 95b
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–11.30 Little Mountains of Literature. The weaver of clouds – a theatre performance and workshop. Moderated by Katarzyna Jackowska-Enemuo, with the participation of Józef Jackowski and Mateusz Szemraj

DZIERŻONIÓW

Dzierżoniów Cultural Centre
ul. Świdnicka 23, Dzierżoniów
Pegazik Room
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

12.00–14.00 Little Mountains of Literature. Workshop with Agata Romaniuk: Creating stories live with Ms Evening Story

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–11.30 Little Mountains of Literature. Workshop moderated by Krzysztof Łapiński: How to handle a troll?

10.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop with Katarzyna Kasia and Grzegorz Markowski: How to speak in public without offending others

KŁODZKO

Local Activity Centre in Kłodzko
ul. Waleriana Łukasińskiego 43
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–11.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop with Magdalena Grzebałkowska and Ewa Winnicka: How to get old without dignity

9.00–11.30 Flying People’s University. Workshop with Katarzyna Błażejewska-Stuhr: Positive eating – debunking myths and a healthy relationship with the body and food

Ateliere A1
ul. Spadzista 8/1a

9.00–11.00 a meeting with poetry and painting: Gosia Krawczyk and Wojtek Kielar

Hedgehog Rehabilitation Centre
ul. Lutycka 14a

10.00–11.00 On saving hedgehogs. A meeting with Iza Rutkowska from the Hedgehog Rehabilitation Centre

Kłodzko Amphitheatre
ul. Nowy Świat 57
free admission, no entry passes needed

od 11.30 Tour de Constitution educational initiative (co-organizer: Active Democracy Foundation)

11.30 Robert Małecki, Rumor [Clatter]. The author in conversation with Waldek Mazur (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

13.00 Monika Muskała, Rondo Rodeo [Rodeo Roundabout]. The author in conversation with Olga Wróbel

14.30 Magdalena Grzebałkowska, Dezorientacje. Biografia Marii Konopnickiej [Disorientations. A Biography of Maria Konopnicka]. The author in conversation with Waldek Mazur (co-organizer: Znak Publishers)

16.00 Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel, 12 dni. Patchwork rodzinny [12 Days. A Family Patchwork]. The author in conversation with Małgorzata Kolankowska

17.30 presentation of the results of the Tymoteusz Karpowicz Literary Review Competition

18.00 Servants, peasant women, authors. Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak in conversation with Irek Grin. Premiere of the new issue of “Notatnik Literacki” [The Literary Notebook].

19.30 Katarzyna Kasia, Grzegorz Markowski, Siedem życzeń. Rozmowy o źródłach nadziei [Seven Wishes. Conversations on Sources of Hope]. The authors in conversation with Amelia Sarnowska

DZIERŻONIÓW

Synagogue
ul. Krasickiego 28
free admission, no entry passes needed

11.30 Dorin Blau and Rafael Blau, Cudem ocalona synagoga w Dzierżoniowie [Miraculously Saved Synagogue in Dzierżoniów]. The authors in conversation with Marek Sztark

13.00 Helena Lindskog, Miejsce urodzenia: Dzierżoniów [Place of Birth: Dzierżoniów]. The author in conversation with Paulina Jóźwin

Zbyszek Cinema
ul. Świdnicka 23
free admission, no entry passes needed

14.30 Katarzyna Zyskowska, Nocami krzyczą sarny [Roe Deer Scream at Night]. The author in conversation with Monika Bisek-Grąz

16.00 a meeting with Grzegorz Kasdepke. The author in conversation with Dorota Oczak-Stach

17.30 Joanna Bator, W moje strony. Trzy wyprawy w stronę wyobraźni, współczucia i troski [Into my Homeland. Three Journeys Towards Imagination, Compassion and Care]. The author in conversation with Eliza Kącka (co-organizer: Znak Publishers)

19.00 a meeting with Adam Wajrak. The author in conversation with Karolina Kuszlewicz

Zbyszek Cinema
ul. Świdnicka 23
tickets needed

21.00 concert: Artur Andrus

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Public Library
ul. Bohaterów Getta 10
free admission, no entry passes needed

14.00 Young voices. Adrian Korlacki, Ćwiczenia na długich czasach [Long Exposure Exercises], Agata Puwalska, Funky Forest. Poemat pozoru [Funky Forest. A Poem of Appearance], Antonina Tosiek, żertwy [sacrifices]. The authors in conversation with Zofia Bałdyga

15.30 Anna Janko, Załamanie pogody. Wiersze z lat 1974–2023 [Break in the Weather. Poems 1974–2023], Bianka Rolando, Absyda [Apse], Mirka Szychowiak, Poza zasięgiem [Beyond Reach]. The authors in conversation with Karol Maliszewski

17.00 Maciej Robert, mniejsza o ludzi [never mind people], Dariusz Sośnicki, Reprezentacja zwierząt [Animal Representation]. The authors in conversation with Emilia Konwerska (co-organizers: Wrocław Literature House, Warstwy Publishers)

9 July | Wednesday

DZIKOWIEC

Nowa Ruda District Public Library Branch No. 1
Dzikowiec 95b
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–11.15 Little Mountains of Literature. A lesson with Adam Wajrak: Protecting nature

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Little Mountains of Literature. Illustration workshop with Malwina Hajduk: Kocia szajka [The Gang of Cats]

RADKÓW

Łąkowa 1 Centre
ul. Łąkowa 1
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop with Karolina Kuszlewicz: Courage, empathy and knowledge! That’s what animals need from us

LUDWIKOWICE KŁODZKIE

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65
free admission, no entry passes needed

10.30–11.30 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme and a meeting with Piotr Butkiewicz, Łukasz Woźniak and Katarzyna Sobocka

Nowa Ruda District Cultural Centre in Ludwikowice Kłodzkie
ul. Fabryczna 2
free admission, no entry passes needed

12.00 Mateusz Pakuła, Lucek, Ludwika i sprawa Świętego Jogurta [Lucek, Ludwika and the Case of St Yoghurt], Marcin Szczygielski, Bajtowe wersety [Byte Verses]. The authors in conversation with Dorota Oczak-Stach

13.30 Agnieszka Tomaszewicz, Joanna Majczyk, Architekci i „paragraf aryjski”. Przypadek SARP-u (1934–1939) [Architects and the “Aryan paragraph”. The case of SARP (1934–1939)]. The authors in conversation with Małgorzata Omilanowska (co-organizer: EMG Publishers)

15.00 Urszula Glensk, Pinezka. Historie z granicy polsko-białoruskiej [Drawing Pin. Stories from the Polish-Belarussian Border]. The author in conversation with Katarzyna Byłów (co-organizer: Czarne Publishers)

16.30 Magdalena Barbaruk, Ruch Amereidy [The Amereida Movement]. The author in conversation with Aleksandra Majak

18.00 Filip Łobodziński, Filip Łobodziński? The author and main character in conversation with Amelia Sarnowska

19.30 Michał Bilewicz, Traumaland. Polacy w cieniu przeszłości [Traumaland. Poles in the Shadow of the Past]. The author in conversation with Edwin Bendyk

Nowa Ruda District Cultural Centre in Ludwikowice Kłodzkie
ul. Fabryczna 2
tickets needed

21.30 concert: Zespół Reprezentacyjny

DZIERŻONIÓW

The Market Square
free admission, no entry passes needed

od 12.00 Tour de Constitution educational initiative (co-organizer: Active Democracy Foundation)

Zbyszek Cinema
ul. Świdnicka 23
free admission, no entry passes needed

14.00 Katarzyna Kasia, Grzegorz Markowski, Siedem życzeń. Rozmowy o źródłach nadziei [Seven Wishes. Conversations on Sources of Hope]. The authors in conversation with Amelia Sarnowska

15.30 Lech Moliński, Jerzy Wypych, Te wszystkie Raje, Zrywy i Jutrzenki. O małych kinach na Dolnym Śląsku [All Those Paradises, Dashes and Morning Stars. On Small Cinemas in Lower Silesia]. The authors in conversation with Monika Bisek-Grąz (co-organizers: Wrocław Literature House, Warstwy Publishers)

17.00 Katarzyna Grochola, Nigdy w życiu! [Never Ever!]. The author in conversation with Małgorzata Kolankowska (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

18.30 Robert Małecki, Rumor [Clatter]. The author in conversation with Olga Wróbel (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

20.00 Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak, Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach [Peasant Women. The Story of Our Grandmothers]. The author in conversation with Eliza Kącka

10 July | Thursday

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a, Nowa Ruda
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Seminar moderated by Edwin Bendyk: Ex-centre. Module I

WAŁBRZYCH

BWA Wałbrzych Gallery of Art
ul. Piotra Wysockiego 29
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–11.30 Flying People’s University. Workshop with Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz: Anti-gypsy attitude as a global phenomenon shaping the fate of Romani communities

SOKOŁOWSKO

Zdrowie Cinema
ul. Główna 36
free admission, no entry passes needed

11.00–13.30 Borg Borkowski, Jaga Hupało, Antonia Wolff and Kacper Nowak-Gocławski, Jan Sikorski, Marta Surovy, screenings of artistic films Film Dawn and a photography exhibition as part of the After the Rain exhibition

WAŁBRZYCH

BWA Wałbrzych Gallery of Art
ul. Piotra Wysockiego 29
free admission, no entry passes needed

11.45–13.00 Literature without borders. Czech writers at the Mountains of Literature Festival. Kateřina Tučková, Bílá Voda [White Water]. The author in conversation with Magdalena Knedler, translation from Czech: Zofia Bałdyga

Former Mine
ul. Piotra Wysockiego 29
free entry passes needed, available at https://www.biletyonline.starakopalnia.pl/rezerwacja/termin.html?y=2025&m=7&back=1&idl=2&idw=46&idg=4

od 11.45 Tour de Constitution educational initiative (co-organizer: Active Democracy Foundation)

13.15 screening of the film Scarborn by Paweł Maślona

15.30* a discussion about the film. Michał Bilewicz and Adam Leszczyński in conversation with Edwin Bendyk

16.45 Katarzyna Grochola, Nigdy w życiu! [Never Ever!]. The author in conversation with Olga Wróbel (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

18.15 Pierwsza dama [The First Lady]. Jolanta Kwaśniewska in conversation with Emilia Padoł

19.45* Gnosis. Olga Tokarczuk and Leszek Kolankiewicz in conversation with Tomasz Stawiszyński

Former Mine
ul. Piotra Wysockiego 29
tickets needed

21.30 concert: Łona | Konieczny | Krupa

ŻMIGRÓD

The A. Kamiński Town and District Public Library in Żmigród
ul. Wrocławska 12
free admission, no entry passes needed

18.00 Ewa Woydyłło, Wszystkiego najlepszego! Jak dbać o własne szczęście [Best Wishes! How to Take Care of One’s Own Happiness]. The author in conversation with Gabriela Affek (co-organizer: Reading Agglomeration)

11 July | Friday

WAŁBRZYCH

District and City Public Library “Under the Atlantes Library”
Rynek 9
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–10.30 Little Mountains of Literature. Workshop with Daria Jendrzejewska: Small constructions, big stories – workshop in creative LEGO building (4–6 years old)

10.30–12.00 Little Mountains of Literature. Workshop with Daria Jendrzejewska: From an idea to a masterpiece – children’s imagination in the world of LEGO (7–10 years old)

LUDWIKOWICE KŁODZKIE

Nowa Ruda District Cultural Centre in Ludwikowice Kłodzkie
ul. Fabryczna 2
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

9.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Workshop with Jakub Gałęziowski: Oral history in my neighbourhood

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Seminar moderated by Edwin Bendyk: Ex-centre. Module II

Nowa Ruda Town Public Library
ul. Bohaterów Getta 10
a closed event for the winners of the short story competition

10.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Creative writing workshop: Fiction, fixation, mystification. Module I with Karol Maliszewski

12.15–14.15 Flying People’s University. Creative writing workshop: Fiction, fixation, mystification. Module II with Miłka Malzahn

SARNY CASTLE

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e
all-day ticket needed

11.00* Pierwsza dama [First Lady]. Jolanta Kwaśniewska in conversation with Emilia Padoł

12.30 Oksana Zabużko, Po trzecim dzwonku [After the Third Bell]. The author in conversation with Michał Nogaś (co-organizer: Agora Publishers)

14.00 Let sleeping dogs lie. Piotr Chmielewski, Michał Figura and  Katarzyna Kozyra-Zyskowska in conversation with Radosław Ślusarczyk

15.30 Anne Applebaum, Koncern Autokracja. Dyktatorzy, którzy chcą rządzić światem [Autocracy Concern. Dictators Who Want to Rule the World]. The author in conversation with Michał Nogaś (co-organizer: Agora Publishers)

17.00 Legal aspects of hate. Michał Bilewicz and Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias in conversation with Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram

18.30 Should access to social media be regulated? Katarzyna Bąkowicz, Adam Bodnar and Magdalena Dziewguć in conversation with Igor Borkowski. Introduction by Piotr Voelkel (co-organizer: SWPS University)

20.00 Mr Antoni. The author of the biography of Antoni Słonimski Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak and his secretary Adam Michnik in conversation with Irek Grin

21.30 concert: Pidżama Porno

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e
free admission, no entry passes needed

23.00 Jaga Hupało, performance The Shine as part of the exhibition After the Rain

12 July | Saturday

GAJÓW, THE PARK

obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

6.00–9.00  Flying People’s University. Workshop: a SPA walk along ROS (Radków Walking Ring Road). Guided by: Lucyna Piwowarska-Dmytrów, Wojtek Grzesiak, Michał Derencz, Paulina Jóźwin (Stolovelasy)

NOWA RUDA

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a
obligatory e-mail registration at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

10.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Seminar moderated by Edwin Bendyk: Ex-centre. Module III

Nowa Ruda Town Public Library
ul. Bohaterów Getta 10
a closed event for the winners of the short story competition

10.00–12.00 Flying People’s University. Creative writing workshop: Fiction, fixation, mystification. Module III with Zbigniew Kruszyński

WAŁBRZYCH

District and City Public Library “Under the Atlantes Library”
Rynek 9
free admission, no entry passes needed

12.00 Literature without borders. Czech writers at the Mountains of Literature Festival. Petra Hůlová, Stručné dějiny Hnutí [The Movement]. The author in conversation with Tomasz Grabiński

SARNY CASTLE

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e
all-day ticket needed

11.30 On disinformation in the media. Anne Applebaum and Adam Michnik in conversation with Dorota Wysocka-Schnepf

13.00 Ewa Woydyłło, Wszystkiego najlepszego! Jak dbać o własne szczęście [Best Wishes! How to Take Care of One’s Own Happiness]. The authors in conversation with Jana Karpienko (co-organizer: Literackie Publishers)

14.30 Limits of hate. On the situation on the Polish-Belarussian border and hate speech. Maja Ostaszewska in conversation with Urszula Glensk

16.00 Swoją drogą [My Own Way]. Bogdan de Barbaro in conversation with Justyna Dąbrowska (co-organizer: Agora Publishers)

17.30 Hunting the truth. On lies told by hunters. Mikołaj Dorożała and Radosław Ślusarczyk in conversation with Karolina Kuszlewicz

19.00 reading aloud: fragments of Дім для Дома [Dom’s Dream Kingdom] by Victoria Amelina read by Maja Ostaszewska (co-organizer: Wrocław Literature House, Warstwy Publishers)

20.00* Głos. Echo [Voice. Echo]. Wojciech Mann and Katarzyna Kubisiowska in conversation with Małgorzata Kolankowska (co-organizer: Znak Publishers)

21.30 concert: Hołdys / Waglewski / Karimski Orchestra

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e
free admission, no entry passes needed

23.00 performance by Joanna Suppan accompanying the interactive installation by Sefa Sagir and Anna Klimczak (co-organizer: Wiktor Krokosz)

Programme of the Little Mountains of Literature

obligatory e-mail registration for all events at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

4 July | Friday

Jedlinka Hotel
ul. Zamkowa 2, Jedlina-Zdrój

9.00–10.15 Radio workshop for children (7–9 years old): Does radio have a soul? Moderated by Katarzyna Stoparczyk

10.30–11.45 Radio workshop for children (10–12 years old): Does radio have a soul? Moderated by Katarzyna Stoparczyk

Nowa Ruda District Public Library
Branch No. 1, Dzikowiec 95b

10.00–11.15 Lesson with Sylwia Chutnik: You too can become a mischief-maker

5 July | Saturday

Jedlinka Hotel
ul. Zamkowa 2, Jedlina-Zdrój

9.00–11.30 Radio workshop for the young (17–22 years old): Give us the voice! Moderated by Katarzyna Stoparczyk

6 July | Sunday

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre,
ul. Strzelecka 2a

9.00–12.00 Illustration workshop with Ola Szmida

7 July | Monday

Nowa Ruda District Public Library
Branch No. 1, Dzikowiec 95b

10.00–11.15 Lesson with Dorota Sumińska: Let’s talk animals

10.30–12.45 Lesson with Grzegorz Kasdepke: The big book of feelings

8 July | Tuesday

Nowa Ruda District Public Library
Branch No. 1, Dzikowiec 95b

9.00–11.30 The weaver of clouds – a theatre performance and workshop. Moderated by Katarzyna Jackowska-Enemuo, with the participation of Józef Jackowski and Mateusz Szemraj

Dzierżoniów Cultural Centre
ul. Świdnicka 23, Dzierżoniów, Sala Pegazik

12.00–14.00 Workshop with Agata Romaniuk: Creating stories live with Ms Evening Story

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a

10.00–11.30 Workshop moderated by Krzysztof Łapiński: How to handle a troll?

9 July | Wednesday

Nowa Ruda District Public Library
Branch No. 1, Dzikowiec 95b

10.00–11.15 Lesson with Adam Wajrak: Protecting nature

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre,
ul. Strzelecka 2a

9.00–12.00 Illustration workshop with Malwina Hajduk: Kocia szajka [The Gang of Cats]

11 July | Friday

District and City Public Library “Under the Atlantes Library”
Rynek 9, Wałbrzych

9.00–10.30 Workshop with Daria Jendrzejewska: Small constructions, big stories – workshop in creative LEGO building (4–6 years old)

10.30–12.00 Workshop with Daria Jendrzejewska: From an idea to a masterpiece – children’s imagination in the world of LEGO (7–10 years old)

Programme of the Flying People’s University

obligatory e-mail registration for all events at lul@fundacjaolgitokarczuk.org, the number of places is limited

4 July | Friday

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a

9.00–12.00 Workshop with Walery Topojew: Shamanism and the present – truth, myth, manipulation. Moderated by Katarzyna Byłów, translated by Jana Karpienko

Local Activity Centre in Kłodzko
ul. Waleriana Łukasińskiego 43

9.00–12.00 Vegan culinary workshop with  Dominika Olejnik (Stewunia) and a conversation with Kacper Potępski over a shared meal about transgenderism, equality and neurodiversity

5 July | Saturday

Łąkowa 1 Centre
ul. Łąkowa 1, Radków

9.00–12.00 Seminar moderated by Magdalena Środa: How to act with words? From rhetoric to propaganda. Module I

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a

10.00–12.00 Workshop moderated by Wojciech Tochman: The art of reportage

Ścinawka Górna

10.00–12.00 Workshop-walk: Relationships – people and rivers. Moderated by Jan Mencwel and Stolovelasy

6 July | Sunday

Łąkowa 1 Centre
ul. Łąkowa 1, Radków

9.00–12.00 Seminar moderated by Magdalena Środa: How to act with words? From rhetoric to propaganda. Module II

Eduard Petzold European Centre for Garden Art
Ścinawka Górna 40e

9.00–12.00 An introductory seminar and a nature-poetry walk with Urszula Zajączkowska

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a

10.00–12.00 Workshop moderated by Wojciech Tochman: A reportage book

7 July | Monday

Łąkowa 1 Centre
ul. Łąkowa 1, Radków

9.00–12.00 Seminar moderated by Magdalena Środa: How to act with words? From rhetoric to propaganda. Module III

Eduard Petzold European Centre for Garden Art
Ścinawka Górna 40e

9.00–12.00 An introductory seminar and a nature-poetry walk with Urszula Zajączkowska

District and City Public Library “Under the Atlantes Library”
Rynek 9, Wałbrzych

9.00–12.00 Workshop on inclusive language with Lena Bielska

8 July | Tuesday

Local Activity Centre in Kłodzko
ul. Waleriana Łukasińskiego 43

9.00–11.00 Workshop with Magdalena Grzebałkowska and Ewa Winnicka: How to get old without dignity

9.00–11.30 Workshop with Katarzyna Błażejewska-Stuhr: Positive eating – debunking myths and a healthy relationship with the body and food

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a

10.00–12.00 Workshop with Katarzyna Kasia and Grzegorz Markowski: How to speak in public without offending others

9 July | Wednesday

Łąkowa 1 Centre 
ul. Łąkowa 1, Radków

9.00–12.00 Workshop with Karolina Kuszlewicz: Courage, empathy and knowledge! That’s what animals need from us

10 July | Thursday

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a

10.00–12.00 Seminar moderated by Edwin Bendyk: Ex-centre. Module I

BWA Wałbrzych Gallery of Art
ul. Piotra Wysockiego 29

10.00–11.30 Workshop with Elżbieta Mirga-Wójtowicz: Anti-gypsy attitude as a global phenomenon shaping the fate of Romani communities

11 July | Friday

Nowa Ruda District Cultural Centre in Ludwikowice Kłodzkie 
ul. Fabryczna 2

9.00–12.00 Workshop with Jakub Gałęziowski: Oral history in my neighbourhood

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a

10.00–12.00 Seminar moderated by Edwin Bendyk: Ex-centre. Module II

Nowa Ruda Town Public Library
ul. Bohaterów Getta 10
a closed event for the winners of the short story competition

10.00–12.00 Creative writing workshop: Fiction, fixation, mystification. Module I with Karol Maliszewski

12.15–14.15 Creative writing workshop: Fiction, fixation, mystification. Module II with Miłka Malzahn

12 July | Saturday

GAJÓW, THE PARK

6.00–9.00 Workshop: a SPA walk along ROS (Radków Walking Ring Road). Guided by: Lucyna Piwowarska-Dmytrów, Wojtek Grzesiak, Michał Derencz, Paulina Jóźwin (Stolovelasy)

Nowa Ruda Town Cultural Centre
ul. Strzelecka 2a

10.00–12.00 Seminar moderated by Edwin Bendyk: Ex-centre. Module III

Nowa Ruda Town Public Library
ul. Bohaterów Getta 10
a closed event for the winners of the short story competition

10.00–12.00 Creative writing workshop: Fiction, fixation, mystification. Module III with Zbigniew Kruszyński

The art programme

free admission, no entry passes needed

4 July | Friday

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

11.00–17.00 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme: Piotr Butkiewicz, Katarzyna Sobocka, Łukasz Woźniak

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

22.30 opening of the exhibition After the Rain*. A few words by Jaga Hupało and Agnieszka Klimczak, manifesto by Agnieszka Szpila.  Sisterhood of Rivers ceremony: Cecylia Malik, Grażyna Smalej, Małgorzata Grygierczyk. Performance: Edka Jarząb, Joanna Suppan

5 July | Saturday

Ostoja Sztuki
Opolnica 49
obligatory e-mail registration at artsjagahupalo@gmail.com, the number of places is limited

9.00–14.00 art workshop: Sisters Rivers – Cecylia Malik, Grażyna Smalej, Małgorzata Grygierczyk

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

11.00–17.00 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme: Piotr Butkiewicz, Katarzyna Sobocka, Łukasz Woźniak

Sarny Castle 
Ścinawka Górna 40e

11.00–00.30 After the Rain exhibition

11.00–11.45 A mirror or a window? Education as a story about the world and ourselves. A meeting with Ewa Satalecka and Marta Godzisz from the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw

22.30 After the rain exhibition. Curatorial tour and conversations with the artists

23.30 Kinga Rudaś, Sefa Sagir – tour of the multimedia exhibition of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw

00.00 After the Rain exhibition. Pola Dwurnik – a tour with torches

6 July | Sunday

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

11.00–17.00 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme: Piotr Butkiewicz, Katarzyna Sobocka, Łukasz Woźniak

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

11.00–00.30 After the Rain exhibition

00.00 curatorial tour of the multimedia exhibition of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw

Ateliere A1
ul. Spadzista 8/1a, Kłodzko

13.00–18.00 Open day. Visits to Ateliere A1 workshop

7 July | Monday

Jaga Hupało Space of Creation 
ul. Bohaterów Getta 12, Nowa Ruda

9.00–20.00 Anna Hupało-Sikorska, window exhibition, knitted puddles, as part of the After the Rain exhibition

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

11.00–20.00 After the Rain exhibition

13.00–18.00 Open day. Visits to Ateliere A1 workshop

8 July | Tuesday

Ateliere A1
ul. Spadzista 8/1a, Kłodzko

9.00–11.00 a meeting with poetry and painting: Gosia Krawczyk and Wojtek Kielar

9.00–16.00 Open day. Visits to Ateliere A1 workshop

Hedgehog Rehabilitation Centre
ul. Lutycka 14a, Kłodzko

10.00–11.00 On saving hedgehogs. A meeting with Iza Rutkowska from the Hedgehog Rehabilitation Centre

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

11.00–17.00 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme: Piotr Butkiewicz, Katarzyna Sobocka, Łukasz Woźniak

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

11.00–20.00 After the Rain exhibition

9 July | Wednesday

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

10.30–11.30 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme and a meeting with Piotr Butkiewicz, Łukasz Woźniak and Katarzyna Sobocka

10.30–17.00 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme: Piotr Butkiewicz, Katarzyna Sobocka, Łukasz Woźniak

Ostoja Sztuki
Opolnica 49

10.30–15.00 Panta rhei exhibition of post-flood photographs and visual materials: Piotr Kramnik, Renata Plaga, Ireneusz Pacan, Mariusz Przygoda

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

11.00–20.00 After the Rain exhibition

Ateliere A1
ul. Spadzista 8/1a, Kłodzko

13.00–18.00 Open day. Visits to Ateliere A1 workshop

10 July | Thursday

Ostoja Sztuki
Opolnica 49

10.30–15.00 Panta rhei exhibition of post-flood photographs and visual materials: Piotr Kramnik, Renata Plaga, Ireneusz Pacan, Mariusz Przygoda

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

11.00–17.00 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme: Piotr Butkiewicz, Katarzyna Sobocka, Łukasz Woźniak

Zdrowie Cinema
ul. Główna 36, Sokołowsko

11.00–13.30 Borg Borkowski, Jaga Hupało, Antonia Wolff and Kacper Nowak-Gocławski, Jan Sikorski, Marta Surovy, screenings of artistic films Film Dawn and a photography exhibition as part of the After the Rain exhibition

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

11.00–20.00 After the Rain exhibition

11 July | Friday

Ostoja Sztuki
Opolnica 49

10.30–15.00 Panta rhei exhibition of post-flood photographs and visual materials: Piotr Kramnik, Renata Plaga, Ireneusz Pacan, Mariusz Przygoda

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

11.00–17.00 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme: Piotr Butkiewicz, Katarzyna Sobocka, Łukasz Woźniak

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

11.00–00.30 After the Rain exhibition

23.00 Jaga Hupało, performance The Shine as part of the exhibition After the Rain

12 July | Saturday

Ostoja Sztuki
Opolnica 49

10.30–15.00 Panta rhei exhibition of post-flood photographs and visual materials: Piotr Kramnik, Renata Plaga, Ireneusz Pacan, Mariusz Przygoda

Ludwikowice Gallery
ul. Główna 65, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie

11.00–17.00 After the Rain exhibition as part of the art programme: Piotr Butkiewicz, Katarzyna Sobocka, Łukasz Woźniak

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

11.00–00.00 closing of the exhibition After the Rain, conversations with the artists and curators

Sarny Castle
Ścinawka Górna 40e

23.00 performance by Joanna Suppan accompanying the interactive installation by Sefa Sagir and Anna Klimczak (co-organizer: Wiktor Krokosz)