From 1 to 5 July, Lublin will once again become a meeting place for the most interesting contemporary literature of Central and Eastern Europe, for the 13th time. As part of this year\u2019s edition of the Eastern Express literary programme, Polish premieres of books by authors from Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania, author meetings, a poetry vernissage, and \u2013 for the first time \u2013 a symposium dedicated to the art of literary translation will take place. The series will be preceded by a special event \u2013 a meeting with Serhii Zhadan, taking place on 28 June at the National Museum in Lublin.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the 19th edition of Other Sounds organised by Workshops of Culture in Lublin and the 13th edition held as part of Culture of the East, a project implemented by the National Centre for Culture from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and by three cities in eastern Poland \u2013 Lublin, Bia\u0142ystok, and Rzesz\u00f3w.<\/p>\n Wschodni Express is a series of author meetings, presentations of the latest releases from Workshops of Culture Publishing House, and discussions devoted to the most interesting contemporary literature of Central and Eastern Europe. In the intimate courtyard of a historic townhouse in the Old Town at 7 Grodzka Street, stories of war and everyday life, memory, growing up, loneliness, politics, and love will resonate \u2013 told with tenderness, irony, and uncompromising honesty.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s edition brings as many as nine Polish-language premieres of books by writers from Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania. The catalogue also includes a title by Lublin-based author \u0141ukasz Marci\u0144czak<\/strong>, published as part of the \u201cZakotwiczone\u201d series. The Wschodni Express programme features meetings with such creators as Serhiy Zhadan, Maryna Hrymycz, Alhierd Bacharevich, Tania Malarczuk, Wo\u0142odymyr Dany\u0142enko, Dzwinka Matijasz, Ivan Semesiuk, and Hanna Jankuta<\/strong>. For the first time, the festival will also include the symposium \u201cThe Power of Translation\u201d<\/strong>, dedicated to the role of translators as guides between cultures and co-creators of literature in times of war and political tension.<\/p>\n June 28, Sunday, 16.00 | Wschodni Express inauguration | \u201cWalka bez regu\u0142\u201d \u2013 meeting with poet Serhiy Zhadan and a new book launch<\/strong>. The event will feature: Serhiy Zhadan \u2013 author, Aleksandra Zi\u0144czuk \u2013 translator, Tomasz Sikora \u2013 moderator | National Museum in Lublin \u2013 Gallery of 19th\u201320th Century Polish Painting<\/p>\n July 1, Wednesday, 10.00-14.00 | International Translation Symposium \u201cThe Power of Translation\u201d<\/strong> (detailed programme below) | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 5a \u2013 second floor<\/p>\n July 2, Thursday, 14.00 | Wschodni Express | \u201cThe Shortest Poem by Benediktas Janu\u0161evi\u010dius\u201d \u2013 exhibition opening and artist talk<\/strong>. Hosted by Zuzanna Mrozikowa | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 ground floor and patio | LT, PL<\/p>\n July 2, Thursday, 16.00 | Wschodni Express | Book launch: Maryna Hrymycz, \u201cK\u0142awka\u201d (translated from Ukrainian by Halina Surowiec)<\/strong>. The event will feature: Maryna Hrymycz \u2013 author, Halina Surowiec (online) \u2013 translator, Aleksander W\u00f3jtowicz \u2013 moderator | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio | PL, UA, PJM<\/p>\n July 2, Thursday, 17.30 | Wschodni Express | Book launch: Alhierd Bacharevich, \u201cPrzeszukanie w muzeum\u201d (translated from Belarusian by Bohdan Zadura)<\/strong>. The event will feature: Alhierd Bacharevich \u2013 author, Bohdan Zadura \u2013 translator, Bogumi\u0142a Berdychowska \u2013 moderator | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio | BL, PL, PJM<\/p>\n July 3, Friday, 16.00 | Wschodni Express | Book launch: Dzwinka Matijasz, \u201cMam na imi\u0119 Warwara\u201d (translated from Ukrainian by Andrij Savene\u0107)<\/strong>. The event will feature: Dzwinka Matijasz \u2013 author, Andrij Savene\u0107 \u2013 translator, \u0141ukasz Kaczy\u0144ski \u2013 moderator | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio | PL, UA, PJM<\/p>\n July 3, Friday, 17.30 | Wschodni Express | Book launch: Hanna Jankuta, \u201cKonstytucja\u201d (translated from Belarusian by Bohdan Zadura)<\/strong>. The event will feature: Hanna Jankuta \u2013 author, Bohdan Zadura \u2013 translator, Jan Burnatowski \u2013 moderator | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio | PL, PJM<\/p>\n July 4, Saturday, 16.00 | Wschodni Express | Book launch: Ivan Semesiuk, \u201cSerce Apaczy\u201d (translated from Ukrainian by Aleksandra Zi\u0144czuk)<\/strong>. The event will feature: Ivan Semesiuk (online) \u2013 author, Aleksandra Zi\u0144czuk \u2013 translator, \u0141ukasz Orbitowski \u2013 moderator | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio | PL, UA, PJM<\/p>\n July 4, Saturday, 17.30 | Wschodni Express | Book launch: Tania Malarczuk, \u201cBestiariusz\u201d (translated from Ukrainian by Marta Oduli\u0144ska)<\/strong>. The event will feature: Tania Malarczuk \u2013 author, Marta Oduli\u0144ska \u2013 translator, Ivan Davydenko \u2013 moderator | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio | PL, UA, PJM<\/p>\n July 5, Sunday, 16.00 | Wschodni Express | Book launch: Wo\u0142odymyr Dany\u0142enko, \u201cKlatka dla wilgi\u201d (translated from Ukrainian by Andrij Savene\u0107)<\/strong>. The event will feature: Wo\u0142odymyr Dany\u0142enko \u2013 author, Andrij Savene\u0107 \u2013 translator, Ewa Hadrian \u2013 moderator | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio | PL, UA, PJM<\/p>\n July 5, Sunday, 17.30 | Zakotwiczone | Book launch: \u0141ukasz Marci\u0144czak \u201eOdyseusze z Maisons-Laffitte. Duchowe portrety autor\u00f3w \u201eKultury\u201d paryskiej\u201d <\/strong>. The event will feature: \u0141ukasz Marci\u0144czak \u2013 author and Aleksandra Zi\u0144czuk \u2013 moderator | Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7 \u2013 patio | PL, PJM<\/p>\n \u201cWalka bez regu\u0142\u201d \u2013 meeting with poet Serhiy Zhadan and a new book launch<\/strong><\/p>\n June 28, Sunday, 16.00 | The event will feature: Serhiy Zhadan \u2013 author, Aleksandra Zi\u0144czuk \u2013 translator, Tomasz Sikora \u2013 moderator | National Museum in Lublin \u2013 Gallery of 19th\u201320th Century Polish Painting<\/p>\n \u201cWalka bez regu\u0142\u201d (fight without rules) is the latest bilingual poetry collection by Serhiy Zhadan, currently one of the most prominent voices in Ukrainian literature, as well as an artist and community leader. This author-curated selection brings together poems from various volumes, written between 1993 and 2020, alongside short pieces of poetic prose.<\/p>\n The book can be read as a hymn to the city of Kharkiv, but also, more broadly, as a celebration of the world itself. Zhadan\u2019s writing is multisensory, overwhelming the senses with images of the sea, the steppe, and bustling city streets. Within this world resonate the voices of Ukrainian literary classics, mysterious nature, and railway tracks. Among its gallery of archetypes and characters, we encounter Jonah and Jesus, workers and smugglers, sinners and saints, lovers and rebellious youth.<\/p>\n The first reader of this collection before publication, the acclaimed Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk \u2013 who, together with his wife Monika Sznajderman, introduced Zhadan\u2019s prose to Polish readers through Czarne Publishing House \u2013 summed up the texts gathered in this volume with the words: \u201cThese poems are shockingly beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n This book was published as part of the Literary Eastern Express project, implemented with the support of the European Union under the Creative Europe programme.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s edition of the Eastern Express meetings will also feature a new addition\u2014the symposium \u201cThe Power of Translation\u201d, dedicated to the role of translators as guides between cultures, witnesses to history, and co-creators of literature. In times of war, crisis, and political tension, translation becomes not only work with language but also a means of building understanding and reimagining the world through words.<\/p>\n Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n When: <\/strong>July 1, Wednesday, 10.00-14.00 The East of Culture \u2013 Different Sounds<\/strong><\/a> festival is a tribute to musicians who choose authenticity over popularity built on artistic compromise. At a time when culture is increasingly becoming a luxury commodity, Different Sounds serves as a reminder that quality should never be a privilege. It is an event for those who believe that music can be a space for encounter, reflection, and a sense of community\u2014not merely consumption. For seekers who understand that the greatest revelations emerge where there are no ready-made answers. In a world where everything seems to have a price, Different Sounds offers something beyond value: a moment when sound becomes a language of communication and the audience becomes a co-creator of the experience.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s line-up features Backengrillen<\/strong>, Therapy?<\/strong>, Sun Ra Arkestra<\/strong>, Dead Bob<\/strong>, Kap Bambino<\/strong>, D\u00e4lek<\/strong>, Tramhaus<\/strong>, Leila Bordreuil & Drew McDowall<\/strong>, Mats Gustafsson & Kimmo Pohjonen<\/strong>, Drank<\/strong>, Furia Plays Cinema<\/strong>, Marcin Masecki & Boleros<\/strong>, YANA<\/strong>, Hinode Tapes<\/strong>, Only Mess & Guests<\/strong>, Grupa Torpedo<\/strong>, AcidSitter<\/strong>, Nina Eba<\/strong>, Heinali & Andriana\u2014Yaroslava Saienko<\/strong>, and The B17<\/strong>. The organisers will also host the renowned Vienna-based record label Trost Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The East of Culture \u2013 Different Sounds festival is not only about music. It is also a meeting place for some of the most compelling voices in contemporary Central and Eastern European literature. These encounters will take place within the Eastern Express<\/strong> series, featuring conversations with authors, translators, and literary professionals, as well as presentations of the latest releases published by Workshops of Culture Publishing House.<\/p>\n The programme will also include exhibitions, talks, music workshops for children, and the return of last year\u2019s audience favourite\u2013the Sound Resets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As always, admission to all festival events is free of charge, with more announcements coming soon.<\/p>\n More information about the festival can be found at innebrzmienia.eu<\/strong><\/a> and nck.pl\/projekty-kulturalne\/projekty\/wschod-kultury<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n East of Culture \u2013 Different Sounds<\/strong> Organisers:<\/strong> Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, The National Centre for Culture Poland, The City of Lublin, the Workshops of Culture in Lublin.<\/p>\n The East of Culture \u2013 Different Sounds festival is committed to promoting gender equality in the music industry as part of the Keychange network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About the event From 1 to 5 July, Lublin will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-literature"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProgramme<\/h2>\n
Wschodni Express inauguration<\/strong><\/h2>\n
International Translation Symposium \u201cThe Power of Translation\u201d<\/h2>\n
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\nGdzie:<\/strong> Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 5a, auditorium
\nAdmission free<\/strong>
\nAccessibility:<\/strong> PJM (Polish Sign Language), certificates of participation in the event will be available on site.<\/p>\nAbout the East of Culture \u2013 Different Sounds<\/h2>\n
\nJuly 2-5, 2026, Lublin<\/strong>
\nAdmission free<\/strong><\/p>\n