About the History and Culture Foundation
We exist since 2004. We publish historical books, organize fairs and literary open airs including: the Warsaw International Book Fair, the Historical Book Fair with the competition for the KLIO Award, the Book Fair in Katowice, the Literary Open Air in Gdynia and the Autumn Book Fair. We implement projects aimed at popularizing historical knowledge and popularizing reading through an attractive model of presenting Polish and world literature.
In 2022, we organized four fair events and one literary open-air, i.e.:
- we provided the audience with 18 days of contact with literature and its creators;
- we had 1,020 exhibitors in total;
- 1,380 authors took part in our events;
- 1,660 meetings with authors took place on stages and at exhibitors’ stands;
- we were visited by approx. 182,000 people!
we conducted and resolved three competitions – for the KLIO Award, the Academia Award and the Grand Prix of the Criminal Warsaw Festival
Calendar of events of the History and Culture Foundation in 2023-2026
The Warsaw International Book Fair 2023
25-28 May 2023; Warsaw, Palace of Culture and Science and plac Defilad
The Autumn Book Fair 2023
1-3 September 2023; Warsaw, plac Defilad (in front of Kinoteka)
The Book Fair in Katowice 2023
3-5 November 2023; Katowice, Międzynarodowe Centrum Kongresowe (International Convention Centre in Katowice)
The Historical Book Fair 2023
30 November – 3 December 2023; Warsaw, the Royal Castle, the Kubicki Arcades
The Warsaw International Book Fair 2024
23-26 May 2024; Warsaw, Palace of Culture and Science and plac Defilad
The Warsaw International Book Fair 2025
15-18 May 2025; Warsaw, Palace of Culture and Science and plac Defilad
The Warsaw International Book Fair 2026
21-24 May 2026; Warsaw, Palace of Culture and Science and plac Defilad
The Warsaw International Book Fair 2027
20-23 May 2027; Warsaw, Palace of Culture and Science and plac Defilad
More information in Polish, please visit: www.historiaikultura.pl