The third episode of The Polka Podcast is now available to list on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, but also on YouTube and Amazon Music. Part 1: Polish poetry now Our guest, Piotr Florczy
It’s clear from everything he writes – poetry, novels, plays and libretti – that Fiston Mwanza Mujila dances to several literary and musical tunes. And what a nimble-footed d
The second episode of The Polka Podcast is now available to list on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, but also on YouTube and Amazon Music. Part 1 of the episode focuses on main literature
Julia Franck has always drawn on her own life story to tell her stories, but reading her autobiographical novel, Worlds Apart, it is now even clearer to me how much her fiction ref
The first episode of The Polka Podcast has landed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and YouTube. The conversation delves into the exploration of Polish literature and film.
The conversation delves into the exploration of Polish literature and film. Part one focuses on screen adaptations of Olga Tokarczuk’s books. Part two is a conversation with Poli
The Polka has a new sibling! Yes, you read that right. The marriage of the European Literature Network (ELNet) and the Polish Cultural Institute (PCI), in my role as PCI’s Head o
Thank you to all of you for your riveting reviews, blogs, books, translations, festivals, events, and ofcourse, for your generous support and good humour. This past year I’ve vis
The Italian novelist and children’s writer, Nadia Terranova, was born in Messina on the coast of northeast Sicily, and it’s this specific geography that inspires her latest nov
In November this year I made my annual pilgrimage to the Danube town of Krems in Lower Austria. It’s a highlight of my year when I get to meet, interview and spend quality time w
