New date and formula of Big Book Festival 2020

The eighth international Big Reading Festival will be held August 28-30 August in Warsaw. Due to the pandemic, the planned edition at the end of June is moving to the last weekend of the holiday. The festival will have a new formula – all events will be broadcasted on the internet.

The slogan of this year's edition is #PURE LOVE. The Big Book Festival celebrates books as a great and gentle power of love. Literature doesn't hurt – it opens, connects and delights. We read without prejudices and divisions. With commitment, devotion and passion.

“It is said that true love knows no boundaries and will overcome everything. We love reading, which is why we will organize this year's Big Book Festival and give readers from outside Warsaw and Poland the opportunity to participate in online events. We like challenges, so we will prepare special formulas for events tailored to exceptional circumstances. This difficult time is conducive to literature, reveals the need for meetings, conversations and experiencing together. We have an idea how to answer it,” Anna Król and Paulina Wilk, from the Culture Doesn't Hurt Foundation, co-founders of the festival, said. 

The Big Book Festival will last three days. All events can be watched live on the website www.bigbookfestival.pl. The audience will also participate in the events – depending on the health and safety regulations in force during the festival.

(WBJ)