As well as being ‘Ukraine’s greatest living novelist’, Andrey Kurkov is Ukraine’s greatest living cultural ambassador and chronicler of war. He is constantly on the move, talking about Ukraine at public events across the world, tirelessly championing his fellow writers and artists, and docum
THE POLKA PODCAST. Episode 4: Polish Children’s Books
Polish children’s publishing is growing and has a strong focus on striking artistic illustrations, detailed non-fiction, and sensitive real-world topics. Children’s publishing in Poland is expanding. The National Library of Poland received 3132 children’s titles in 2025, compared with 2829
In preparation for a planned exhibition of Polish photography in 2027, we have invited Wioletta Greg to lead literary events exploring the relationship between photography, observation and storytelling. For Greg, memory aided by photography has been central to her work. Events held in both Polish an
Ten years on, Litro brings back Breaking Borders with a new question: What divides us now? In 2017, Litro published Breaking Borders. Ten years later, some of the borders we were writing about have hardened, while others are being redrawn through language, technology, migration and AI. Breaking Bord
