Program

  09:00- 17:00
Mystery Room:
A murder will take
place in Claaszen’s villa
Museum of Sopot

  11:00- 20:00
Book Fair Sopot Friends Square

  11:00- 20:00
Book Fair Sopot Friends Square

  11:00- 20:00
Book Fair Sopot Friends Square

  11:00- 20:00
Book Fair Sopot Friends Square

  13:00
In the Shadow.
Translator’s Role in the
Contemporary Literature
debate leading: Dagny Kurdwanowska National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Jacek Dehnel
Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Maciej Świerkocki

  13:00
Tolkien – Author of the 20th Century debate leading: Tomasz Pindur Sopoteka library

Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand
Michał Leśniewski

  13:00
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt France: comeback leading: Katarzyna Janowska National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

  14:00
Angel at Home;
Busy Bee in the Factory
All-purpose Servant
Historical award from Polityka Weekly leading: Martyna Bunda Wybrzeże Theatre Chamber Stage

Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak
Alicja Urbanik-Kopeć

  14:00
John Boyne
A Ladder to the Sky
Premiere at the Festival! leading: Łukasz Wojtusik Sopoteka library

John Boyne

  14:00
Joanna Ostrowska
Invisible. Forced sexual
labour during WWII
H/history leading: Sylwia Chutnik Wybrzeże Theatre Chamber Stage

Joanna Ostrowska

  14:30
Ilona Wiśniewska Nogaś on the beach leading: Michał Nogaś The beach by the Teatr na Plaży and the Atelier Club

Ilona Wiśniewska

  14:30
Jarosław Mikołajewski Nogaś on the beach leading: Michał Nogaś The beach by the Teatr na Plaży and the Atelier Club

Jarosław Mikołajewski

  14:30
Łukasz Orbitowski Nogaś on the beach leading: Michał Nogaś The beach by the Teatr na Plaży and the Atelier Club

Łukasz Orbitowski

  14:30
Barbara Klicka Nogaś on the beach leading: Michał Nogaś The beach by the Teatr na Plaży and the Atelier Club

Barbara Klicka

  15:00
On Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein:
contemporary perspective
on the myth
debate leading: Monika Coghen National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Eileen Hunt Botting
Grzegorz J.Nalepa
Lisa Vargo

  15:00
Citizenship in an age of Brexit
and freedom of movement
debate leading: Alastair Donald National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Madeline Grant
James Panton
Piotr Witwicki
Max Wind-Cowie

  15:00
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński.
Polish writer from the Vesuvius
The year of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński leading: Piotr Kieżun National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Marta Herling
Jarosław Mikołajewski

  15:00
From Mary Wollstonecraft
to Virginia Woolf – and onward
debate leading: Magdalena Heydel National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Charlotte Gordon
Laura Marcus

  16:00
Małgorzata Rejmer
Mud sweeter than honey
H/history leading: Paweł Goźliński Wybrzeże Theatre Chamber Stage

Małgorzata Rejmer

  16:00
Wojciech Chmielarz
Wound
Premiere at the Festival! leading: Łukasz Wojtusik Wybrzeże Theatre Chamber Stage

Wojciech Chmielarz

  17:00
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Why I’m No Longer Talking
to White People about Race
Women write the future:
Suffragettes, Writers, Activists
leading: Marta Perchuć-Burzyńska National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Reni Eddo-Lodge

  17:00
J. R. R. Tolkien’s ancestors
from Gdansk and Prussia
Varia leading: Dorota Karaś Museum of Sopot

Ryszard Derdźiński

  17:00
Ntailan Lolkoki
The Butterfly Wings
Women write the future:
Suffragettes, Writers, Activists
leading: Marta Perchuć-Burzyńska Smak Słowa

Ntailan Lolkoki

  17:00
Olga Wiechnik
MPs: First eight woman
H/history leading: Dagny Kurdwanowska Museum of Sopot

Olga Wiechnik

  17:00
Sarah Perry
The Essex Serpent
London calling:
Suffragettes, Writers, Activists
leading: Sylwia Chutnik National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Sarah Perry

  17:00
Grzegorz Gauden
Lviv: end of illusion.
Story of the November 1918 pogrom
H/history leading: Marian Turski National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Grzegorz Gauden

  18:00
Katie Green
Lighter Than My Shadow
London calling:
The Future, Suffragettes, Writers, Activists
leading: Olga Wróbel Smak Słowa

Katie Green

  18:00
Place for Girls About comics: Poland leading: Olga Wróbel Miejsce

Edyta Bystroń
Anna Krztoń

  18:00
Lijia Zhang
Socialism Is Great!
Women write the future:
Suffragettes, Writers, Activists
leading: Małgorzata Żerwe Smak Słowa

Lijia Zhang

  18:00
Performative reading of
A Number (Caryl Churchill)
Theatre by the Book leading: Aneta Kyzioł Wybrzeże Theatre Chamber Stage

Michał Lachman
Małgorzata Semil
Małgorzata Brajner

  19:00
Daisy Johnson
Everything Under
London calling:
Suffragettes, Writers, Activists.
Book launch at the festival!
leading: Natalia Szostak National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Daisy Johnson

  19:00
Sarah Hall
Madame Zero
London calling:
Suffragettes, Writers, Activists
leading: Magdalena Kicińska National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Sarah Hall

  19:00
Isabel Greenberg
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
London calling: about comics leading: Natalia Szostak National Gallery of Art in Sopot

Isabel Greenberg

  20:00
Tom Jones Film by the Book leading: Mateusz Werner Dwie Zmiany Club

  20:00
The Servant Film by the Book leading: Mateusz Werner Dwie Zmiany Club

  20:00
Performative reading of
Equus (Peter Shaffer)
Theatre by the Book Boto theatre

Kuba Zubrzycki

  20:00
The Sixth Informal Festival
of Acting the Song
Music by the Book Boto theatre

  20:00
The French Lieutenant’s Woman Film by the Book leading: Mateusz Werner Smak Słowa

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

  09:00- 17:00
Mystery Room:
A murder will take
place in Claaszen’s villa
Museum of Sopot

SOPOT BY THE BOOK FOR KIDS

  11:00
Art workshops with Rose Blake leading: Rose Blake Museum of Sopot

  14:00
Golden Hair Horse Workshops by Ambelucja bookshop Museum of Sopot

  16:00
Art workshops with Aleksandra Gołębiewska leading: Aleksandra Gołębiewska Miejsce

GAME BY THE BOOK

  11:00- 16:00
Sopot School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry
Street game Starting point: North Park

WORKSHOPS BY THE BOOK

  13:00- 15:00
Prism Reading.
Blurring experience universality
leading: Elżbieta Rutkowska Smak Słowa

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

  09:00- 17:00
Mystery Room:
A murder will take
place in Claaszen’s villa
Museum of Sopot

SOPOT BY THE BOOK FOR KIDS

  11:00
Saving Paddington Interactive game Museum of Sopot

  14:00
Penguin in peril Workshops by Ambelucja bookshop Museum of Sopot

  16:00
Reading on the carpet Miejsce

WORKSHOPS BY THE BOOK

  10:00- 14:00
Small but Perfectly Formed:
A Beginner’s Guide
to Writing Microfiction
Workshops on creative writing leading: Jan Carson

  12:00- 14:00
Cooking workshop inspired by 
the cuisine of Jane Austen
leading: Jakub Winkowski

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

  09:00- 17:00
Mystery Room:
A murder will take
place in Claaszen’s villa
Museum of Sopot

  20:00
Madame Pylinska
and Chopin’s Secret
Monodrama by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Ballroom in Sofitel Grand Sopot Hotel

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

SOPOT BY THE BOOK FOR KIDS

  11:00
Saving Paddington Interactive game Museum of Sopot

  14:00
Make Yourself a Pixie Workshops by Ambelucja bookshop Museum of Sopot

  16:00
Reading on the carpet Miejsce

WORKSHOPS BY THE BOOK

  10:00- 14:00
Small but Perfectly Formed:
A Beginner’s Guide
to Writing Microfiction
Workshops on creative writing leading: Jan Carson

ADDITIONAL EVENTS

  09:00- 17:00
Mystery Room:
A murder will take
place in Claaszen’s villa
Museum of Sopot

  17:00
Seagull on a stick leading: Dagny Kurdwanowska Museum of Sopot

Barbara Caillot
Aleksandra Karkowska

SOPOT BY THE BOOK FOR KIDS

  11:00
Limerick vs graphic
story i.e. introduction
to comics with Mr Lear
Family comic book workshops leading: Michał Rzecznik Museum of Sopot

  14:00
Thorough a Keyhole Workshops by Ambelucja bookshop Museum of Sopot

  16:00
Reading on the carpet Miejsce