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2008
KOCHA, LUBI I ZARTUJE - *book signing cancelled*
FOUND IN TRANSLATION Award - New annual competition!
CENSORSHIP AS A CREATIVE FORCE - Literary Panel at UCL
WARSAW 1920: LENIN'S FAILED CONQUEST OF EUROPE - by Adam Zamoyski
INNER WORKINGS. LITERARY ESSAYS 2000-2005 - by J. M. Coetzee / introduction by Derek Attridge
WALLPAPER* CITY GUIDE: WARSAW - Publisher: PHAIDON
LIKE EATING A STONE - by Wojciech Tochman / translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
PUSH NOT THE RIVER - by James Conroyd Martin
THE FICTION OF TADEUSZ KONWICKI. COMING TO TERMS WITH POST-WAR POLISH HISTORY AND POLITICS - by Katarzyna Zechenter / preface by John Bates
BREAKING THE RULES. THE PRINTED FACE OF THE EUROPEAN AVANT GARDE 1900-1937 - edited by Stephen Bury
CASTORP - by Paweł Huelle / translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
DEATH IN DANZIG - by Stefan Chwin / translated by Philip Boehm
BILL JOHNSTON - FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE FOUND IN TRANSLATION AWARD
LAUNCH OF THE SPRING 2008 ISSUE OF POETRY WALES - featuring Julia Fiedorczuk, Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało and Jerzy Jarniewicz
PAWEŁ HUELLE SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE 2008 - for the novel "Castorp"
THE TIMES/STEPHEN SPENDER PRIZE FOR POETRY TRANSLATION - Deadline: 23 May, 2008
ART IN EXILE: POLISH PAINTERS IN POST-WAR BRITAIN - by DOUGLAS HALL
POLES @ LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL - Klimowski & Schejbal, Krajewski, Pawluskiewicz & Hopkin

2007
THE MOUSE TRAP BOOK - on dealing with institutions in contemporary curatorial practice
POLAND ST. UNDERGROUND - FREE 3D Animation / Games / Art / Live Music / Books / Art / Fashion

2006
A Concise History of Poland by Jerzy Lukowski & Hubert Zawadzki. A book launch at the Polish Embassy, London
Poetry Wales the launch of the Polish issue with readings by Marzanna Kielar, Jerzy Jarniewicz, Tomasz Rozycki, Elzbieta Wojcik-Leese. London Welsh Centre
Jerzy Giedroyc - Conference and an exhibition. General Sikorski Museumm, London
The Cinema of Roman Polanski. Dark Spaces of the World - John Orr & Elzbieta Ostrowska (eds)

2005
In The Garden Of Memory by Joanna-Olczak-Ronikier - a book launch and a literary talk at the Jewish Cultural Centre, London
Holocaust And The Moving Image - film screenings and the book launch at the Imperial War Museum London
Continued by Piotr Sommer - poetry reading and literary talks at the 17th Aldeburg Poetry Festival and at the Polish Cultural Institute
Mercedes-Benz by Pawel Huelle - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
Antoni Libera - a talk at the Dublin Writers Festival
Fiction from the New Europe - Stefan Chwin and Pavel Hak - a literary talk at the Royal Festival Hall, London
Dreams Od Fire - a poetry reading at the Polish Cultural Institute
Central European Literature - a panel debate and poetry reading at the Polish Cultural Institute
Survivors Experiences of the Holocaust in Nazi Occupied Poland - a book debate at the Polish Cultural Insitute

2004
Homeland by Clare Francis - an evening with the author at the Polish Cultural Institute
Maria Jastrzebska - readings in London and Lewes
Heart Of Poland - Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski and the Poetry of Warsaw - presentation by Anita Jones Debska at the Polish Cultural Institute
Fine Line: New Poetry From Eastern And Central Europe by Edward Pasewicz and Agnieszka Kuciak - a book launch in London, Manchester and Hay-on-Wye, Wales
A River By Angry Dogs by Mira Hammermesh - a book launch at the Polish Embassy, London
Piotr Sommer - readings, lectures and workshops - UK Tour
Photographing The Holocaust by Janina Struk – a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute

2003
'Hidden Territories: The Theatre Of Gardzienice' by Wlodzimierz Staniewski -a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
Rising' 44 - The Battle For Warsaw by Norman Davis - a book launch at the Polish Embassy, London
Silesian Poets ( Bartlomiej Majzel, Maciej Melecki, Marta Podgornik, Krzysztof Siwczyk) readings in London, Cardiff and Bristol
Altered State: The New Polish Poetry - UK Tour of Polish Poets (Julia Fiedorczuk, Marzanna Kielar, Tadeusz Pioro, Andrzej Sosnowski) launching the anthology
Olga Tokarczuk - an evening with the writer at the Polish Cultural Institute
Fires In My Heart an evening of Polish Love Poetry presented by Anita Jones-Debska at the Polish Cultural Institute

2002 Pet Shop by Ewa Lipska - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
The Girl in the Red Coat by Roma Ligocka - a book launch at the Polish Embassy, London
Jerzy Jarniewicz - readings at the Polish Cultural Institute and at the Oxford University
Microcosm - Portrait of a Central European City by Norman Davis and Roger Moorhouse - a presentation on the city of Wroclaw at the Polish Embassy, London
Encounters With Tadeusz Kantor by Krzysztof Miklaszewski - a book presentation at the Polish Cultural Insitute
An Eve With Adam - an evening of 19th century Polish Poetry at the Polish Cultural Institute
The Secret by Andrzej Klimowski - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
Farewells To Plazma by Natasza Goerke - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute

2001
Polish Women Poets - an evening of poetry and music and the Canal Cafe, Little Venice, London
Ewa Lipska - readings at the Polish Cultural Institute and at the Lincoln College, Oxford
Lying Down with Dogs - a personal portrait of a Polish exile by Marek Zygadlo - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute (part of the History in Focus season)
Concise History of Poland by Jerzy Lukowski and Hubert Zawadzki - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Insitute (part of the History in Focus seson)
recycling by Tadeusz Rozewicz - a book launch at PCI and dramatised readings from recycling in Oxford and Warwick (part of the Rozewicz Festival)
Malvina, or the Heart's Intuition by Maria Wirtemberska - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
By Devil's Luck by Stanislaw Likiernik - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
White Raven by Anrzej Stasiuk - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
Cracow in the European Core - a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
Cyprian Norwid - Poems, Letters, Drawings a book launch, Conavon Court, Manchester

2000
Borders in Art edited by Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius – a book launch at the Polish Cultural Institute
Magnetic Poles by George Gomori - a presentation of essays on modern Polish literature at the Polish Cultural Institute