About the events
In September, the Workshops of Culture Publishing House will be present at two book fairs – in Lviv and Lublin. At both events, we will present our latest publications and invite you to thematic meetings about the publishing house’s activities, including translations of Ukrainian literature.
XXXIII Lviv BookForum | September 10-13
This year has been particularly difficult for Ukraine as it continues to fight. During the war, critical infrastructure and public buildings are being destroyed, while bookstores and publishing houses have gone up in flames. Our presence at the Forum is therefore not only an opportunity to meet and talk about books, but also an expression of our support, solidarity and concern for Ukraine. All the more so because this year’s theme is “Literature’s Responsibility”.
Details
When: September 10-13, 2026
Where: Lviv Palace of Arts, Kopernika 17, Lviv – 3rd floor, booth 329
Admission: tickets required, more information on the Lviv BookForum website
Meeting with Weronika Homeniuk (Sofia Yablonska Foundation) and translator Iwona Boruszkowska on the Polish translation of “Czar Maroka” by Sofia Yablonska
When: September 10, 2026 (Thursday), 15:00-16:00
Where: Lviv Palace of Arts, Kopernika 17, Lviv – Фото-музей (Photo Museum)
Czar Maroka is a fascinating travel reportage combining the immediacy of field notes with anthropological reflection and a critique of the colonial gaze. The author describes life in Marrakesh and its surroundings: colorful marketplaces, fire-eaters and snake charmers, religious rituals, and the everyday lives of women hidden away in harems. Read more ⯈
Presentation of the Workshops of Culture Publishing House and translations from Ukrainian into Polish – Aleksandra Zińczuk, Olga Maciupa
When: September 11, 2026 (Friday), 13:00-14:00
Where: Lviv Palace of Arts, Kopernika 17, Lviv – hall 1
The detailed program is available on the Lviv BookForum website.
Lubelskie Targi Książki | September 25-27
At the end of the month, we will also meet you in our home city of Lublin. During Lubelskie Targi Książki, you will be able to visit the Workshops of Culture Publishing House booth, where you will find, among other things, our latest books published this year. We also invite you to two author-led book presentations.
Details
When: September 25-27, 2026
Where: Targi Lublin, Dworcowa 11, Lublin – hall C, booth 31 Admission: tickets required, more information on the Lubelskie Targi Książki website
“Komedia Judyty” and other dramatic works by Siergiej Kowalow – meeting with the author
When: September 25, 2026 (Friday), 17:00-18:00
Where: Targi Lublin, Dworcowa 11, Lublin – Pavilion Stage
According to one of the book’s translators, Beata Siwek, Kowalow’s work has enormous stage potential, revealing the most pressing problems, fears and longings of contemporary people, national and individual traumas, and universal desires, needs and hopes. It is a body of work in which a hermeneutic interplay with the texts of European culture takes the reader on a fascinating journey into unknown worlds – from which one returns as someone else. Read more ⯈
Spiritual portraits of the authors of the Parisian “Kultura” – a meeting with Łukasz Marcińczak, hosted by Maciej Wodziński
When: September 27, 2026 (Sunday), 13:00-14:00
Where: Targi Lublin, Dworcowa 11, Lublin – Pavilion Stage
What did Czesław Miłosz, Witold Gombrowicz, Józef Czapski and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński have in common apart from belonging to the Parisian “Kultura” circle? Łukasz Marcińczak examined their work and biographies through the lens of spiritual and existential quests. Read more ⯈
For the detailed program, visit the Lubelskie Targi Książki website.
About the Publisher
Wydawnictwo Warsztaty Kultury, run by the municipal institution Workshops of Culture in Lublin, is a small, niche publishing house focused on the literature and culture of Central and Eastern European countries. Its publishing activity centres mainly on the “Wschodni Express” series. The series primarily features prose and essays spanning a wide range of genres, as well as poetry. Its authors include some of the most distinguished writers from Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. The publishing house also takes pride in its collaboration with Bohdan Zadura, one of Poland’s foremost translators of Ukrainian prose and poetry. Among its achievements is the “Angelus” award, granted in 2022 for the translation from Hungarian of Zoltán Mihály Nagy’s book “Szatański pomiot”. The translation was made by Daniel Warmuz. Another significant achievement for Workshops of Culture was “Punkt zerowy” by Artem Czech reaching the shortlist for the Ryszard Kapuściński Award in 2020.
All books published by Workshops of Culture in Lublin can be found on the publisher’s website.