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BIG BOOK FESTIVAL 2024  |  WE ARE AN ILLUSION!

Join us for three days of unlimited reading, talks and performances.

Be a part of Warsaw’s joyful international festival of reading and arts.

This year’s edition is inspired by illusions, misconceptions and phantoms.

Here are some events you may enjoy in English.

PANIC  |  THEATRE DANCE PERFORMANCE

Panic is the main protagonist and the scenery.
It is the language, the theme, the conversation itself.
Let’s get together. The history of panic shouldn’t be personal.

One man theatre and dance performance.

Written and directed by Luukasa Pärn.
Dancer: Aliaksei Liubchanka
Music: Eryk Arłou-Šymkus
Scenography and multimedia: Tatiana Dzivakova

SATURDAY, JUNE 21
20.00
Pick-up your free entrance ticket at 18.00.

Venue
BIG BOOK CAFE MDM
ul. Koszykowa 34/50

MY CHILD, THE ALGORITHM  |  SOUND POETRY PERFORMANCE

A queer single parent deconstructs and reconstructs her life in conversation with a toddler and Artificial Intelligence. Performance based on her latest book MY CHILD, THE ALGORITHM. AN ALTERNATIVELY INTELLIGENT BOOK OF LOVE, winner of Granta Book Of the Year in 2023. A funny exploration of love, life, dating and motherhood in London. Witty, hilarious and tender.

Partner: British Council
This event will not be streamed on-line.

HANNAH SILVA
Writer and performer working in sound poetry, radio and experimental non-fiction. An Artificially Intelligent Guide to Love (BBC Radio 4) starred Fiona Shaw and was the starting point for My Child, the AlgorithmSilva has authored seven other plays for BBC Radio 3 and 4. Her debut poetry collection Forms of Protest was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes. Talk in a bit, a record of sound poetry and music was in the Wire’s Top 25 albums of 2018. She lives in London with her child.

SATURDAY, JUNE 22
20.30
Venue
BIG BOOK CAFE DĄBROWSKIEGO
ul. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego 81

IT ALL STAYS IN THE FAMILY  |  CONVERSATION

How trauma moves from generation to another, what is the fate we inherit and why understanding yourself might sometimes not be enough to set yourself free from the burdens of families, societies and other people.
Hungarian psychologist and writer Noémi Orvos-Tóth speaks on her bestselling book „The Fate You Inherit”.

This event is chaired by Anna Sańczuk and translated from English to Polish by Anna Rosiak.

SUNDAY, JUNE 23
16.00
Venue
BIG BOOK CAFE DĄBROWSKIEGO
ul. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego 81

Access for all Big Book Festival events is free.

Big Book Festival is created by “Kultura nie boli” Fundation, an NGO dedicated to promoting love of books and joy of reading. Since 2012 we produce events and run two literary centers in Warsaw.

You can support us by visiting us at Big Book Café Dąbrowskiego and Big Book Café MDM or by making a donation.

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