{"id":683,"date":"2023-11-19T17:43:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T17:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblary.ie\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:13:52","slug":"festiwal-oczytani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biblary.ie\/index.php\/festiwal-oczytani\/","title":{"rendered":"Festiwal O’Czytani\/O’Czytani Literary Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

O\u2019Czytani Literary Festival
A Literary Beginning of Summer in Dublin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The O\u2019Czytani Literary Festival is the largest and only Polish literary festival in Ireland, organised since 2018 by the Polish Community Centre Biblary in Dublin. The festival was created to provide a space for Polish literature, intercultural dialogue, and artistic exchange within Ireland\u2019s multicultural landscape, while also supporting the voices of migrant writers and readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biblary has been active in Dublin since 2007 as a community and cultural organisation promoting literature, the arts, and intercultural engagement. From the beginning, the organisation has delivered author talks, workshops, family activities, concerts, and multidisciplinary cultural projects for Polish, Irish, and wider migrant communities. Guests of Biblary have included Mariusz Szczygie\u0142, Szczepan Twardoch, Max Czornbyj, Magdalena Witkiewicz, Aubena Grabowska, Artur Andrus, Marek Nied\u017awiecki, Rafa\u0142 Bryndal, Maciej Or\u0142o\u015b, Maria Czubaszek, Jakub \u017bulczyk, Wojciech Chmielarz, Ewa Woydy\u0142\u0142o, and Dorota Mas\u0142owska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The O\u2019Czytani Festival grew out of these individual literary events and became an annual festival celebrating contemporary Polish literature, multilingual creativity, and cultural participation. Held each June, the festival combines author talks, literary discussions, creative writing workshops, poetry events, literary walks, and community engagement activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Czytani creates opportunities for Polish, Irish, and international audiences to meet through literature, conversation, and the arts. A central focus of the festival is supporting diasporic and migrant writers by creating opportunities for artistic visibility, networking, professional exchange, and intercultural dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival also includes participatory and open-access events such as Poetry Jam Sessions, open mic evenings, family workshops, and the International Literary Marketplace showcasing writers, publishers, and literary organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name O\u2019Czytani references both literature and reading (\u201cczytanie\u201d in Polish) and the Irish cultural context through the characteristic apostrophe commonly associated with Irish surnames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festival events take place in venues including the CIE Hall Sports & Social Club in Inchicore and in collaboration with academic and community partners across Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festiwal O\u2019Czytani<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Literacki pocz\u0105tek lata w Dublinie<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festiwal Literacki O\u2019Czytani w Polskiej Bibliotece Biblary to wydarzenie dla os\u00f3b spragnionych kontaktu z j\u0119zykiem ojczystym, tw\u00f3rcami, pisarzami i postaciami, kt\u00f3re bior\u0105 aktywny udzia\u0142 w \u017cyciu kulturalnym w kraju i w Irlandii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biblary dzia\u0142a w Dublinie od 2007 roku i od samego pocz\u0105tku stowarzyszenie mia\u0142o w swoich celach szersz\u0105 dzia\u0142alno\u015b\u0107 ni\u017c tylko samo prowadzenie biblioteki. Mi\u0119dzy innymi s\u0105 to spotkania autorskie, zaj\u0119cia dla dzieci, warsztaty, koncerty. Go\u015b\u0107mi Biblary byli mi\u0119dzy innymi Artur Andrus, Marek Nied\u017awiecki, Rafa\u0142 Bryndal, Maciej Or\u0142o\u015b, czy Maria Czubaszek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Z tych pojedynczych wydarze\u0144 narodzi\u0142 si\u0119 dwudniowy festiwal. Jego celem by\u0142o stworzenie okazji do spotka\u0144 z pisarzami z Polski, \u015bledzenia aktualnych trend\u00f3w w kulturze oraz przestrzeni do bycia razem, zawierania nowych znajomo\u015bci i poszerzania horyzont\u00f3w\u201d – t\u0142umaczy Aneta Kubas, prezes Biblary i dyrektor artystyczna festiwalu.- Festiwal odbywa si\u0119 w czerwcu, wprowadzaj\u0105c uczestnik\u00f3w w atmosfer\u0119 wakacji, lata, dobrej zabawy, a przy okazji daje poczucie, \u017ce bior\u0105 udzia\u0142 w wa\u017cnym wydarzeniu w \u017cyciu irlandzkiej Polonii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program festiwalu jest tak planowany, by trafia\u0142 do jak najszerszego grona odbiorc\u00f3w. W\u015br\u00f3d go\u015bci specjalnych znale\u017ali si\u0119 Jakub \u017bulczyk, Ewa Woydy\u0142\u0142o, Wojciech Chmielarz, czy Dorota Mas\u0142owska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W programie znajduj\u0105 si\u0119 tak\u017ce wydarzenia dla dzieci, jak np. warsztaty z autork\u0105 ilustracji do ksi\u0105\u017cki \u201cDr Hibernica Finch\u2019s compelling compendium of Irish Animals\u201d, Ag\u0105 Grandowicz; wycieczki z przewodnikiem, czy spotkania z autorami blog\u00f3w kulinarnych.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Czytani to tak\u017ce przestrze\u0144 na liryk\u0119, np. \u201cPoetyckie Jam Session\u201d \u2013 czyli wolny mikrofon dla wszystkich pisz\u0105cych. Nasza sala widowiskowa zamienia si\u0119 w artystyczn\u0105 w kawiarni\u0119, w kt\u00f3rej przy oprawie muzycznej, lampce wina i przek\u0105skach, mo\u017cna zaprezentowa\u0107 fragmenty w\u0142asnej poezji czy prozy, ale tak\u017ce pos\u0142ucha\u0107, co gra w duszach innych.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sk\u0105d pomys\u0142 na nazw\u0119 festiwalu: O\u2019Czytani?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Nazwa ta powsta\u0142a po burzy m\u00f3zg\u00f3w z komitetem steruj\u0105cym festiwalu: Hani\u0105 D\u0105browsk\u0105, sekretarzem stowarzyszenia Biblary oraz Ginger i Zuz\u0105, aktywnymi dzia\u0142aczkami dubli\u0144skiego sztabu WO\u015aP. Nazwa nawi\u0105zuje oczywi\u015bcie do tematu festiwalu \u2013 czytania i literatury, ale tak\u017ce znalaz\u0142 si\u0119 w niej element dubli\u0144ski \u2013 czyli apostrof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jednym z go\u015bci Biblary by\u0142 Maciej Or\u0142o\u015b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festiwal Literacki O\u2019Czytani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biblary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CIE Hall Sports & Social Club<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Library Square<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inchicore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dublin 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darmowy parking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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