Workshops of Culture Publishing House at the XXXIII Lviv BookForum
About the event
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.
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.