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Lublin libraries leading the way in stunning design and sustainability

Dubbed the future face of libraries in which ‘culture meets the sustainable lifestyle’, the creations by GK-Atelier Grzegorz Kłoda have set the design world aflutter. Press materials

Dubbed the future face of libraries in which ‘culture meets the sustainable lifestyle’, the creations by GK-Atelier Grzegorz Kłoda have set the design world aflutter.

No place, no home: famous Polish museum in Switzerland faces eviction from castle home

The museum houses a huge collection of art and historical items, and has played home for Polish exiles.

Last post: long-lost letter returned to recipient after 23 years in university library

A letter from a grandfather to his granddaughter, tucked away in an embryology textbook 23 years ago, has been returned to its owner after it was discovered by a Wrocław University student.

Just the ticket: Stunning design for Warsaw tower scoops top award to find “library for tomorrow”

The tower is designed to be “a social platform for learning and development”.

My heart will always be in Nowy Sącz: Exhibition in honour of theatre dame Zofia Rysiówna

A beautiful exhibition in honour of Zofia Rysiówna’s 100 birthday is being held in the cellars of the J. Szujski Public Library in Nowy Sącz.

Show me the Monet! Warsaw’s Royal Castle leads the way in bringing museums out of the cold

The go-ahead to reopen comes 53 days after the castle closed its doors in March and is part of the second stage of what the government is calling ‘defrosting the economy’.

Read all about it! Virtual library assistant helps readers find books based on their moods and preferences

The “Automatic Reviewer – Intelligent Book Recommendation System” uses deep learning technology and natural language processing. These enable its software to mimic the workings of the human brain and read, understand and derive meaning from human languages – in this case, the content of a book.

What a swimmingly good idea! Gdańsk re-introduces its libraries on beaches scheme to get people reading more

The initiative involves putting mini-libraries at popular bathing spots in the city where readers can choose from a wide range of books, from classical literature to science fiction, along with books for children and young people.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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