The Polish Book Institute

The 26^th International Book Fair – Publishers’ Forum, one of the largest book fairs in Ukraine, ended in Lviv. Every year Polish literature is present at the fair, promoted by the Book Institute and the Polish Institute in Kiev.

On Friday in Lviv, at the International Book Fair, Anatoliy Ivchenko, the owner of the Urbino publishing house, was handed the Publishers' Forum award for the Ukrainian translation of Banzai. Japonia dla dociekliwych (“Banzai. Japan for the Inquisitive") by Zofia Fabianovska-Micyk (text) and Joanna Grochocka (illustrations), in the category Best Book for Teenagers.

Today marks the beginning of the 26^th International Book Fair - Publishers' Forum in Lviv and the accompanying 14^th Lviv Literary Festival. Next to the Kyiv ‘Book Arsenal’, this event is the largest book event in Ukraine. The Book Institute together with the Polish Institute in Kyiv and the National Cultural Centre have prepared a rich programme.