Warsaw International Book Fair - Reportage Day - Poland in South Africa

Warsaw International Book Fair - Reportage Day

28.05.2026

Reportage Day, a meeting with the authors of the five best reportage books of 2025, will take place on Saturday, May 30th, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the National Stadium. The event is part of the International Book Fair.

The arena of the PGE National Stadium; in the foreground, a large poster with the words "Warsaw Book Fair" written on it. The walkway to the poster is lined with red carpet; in front of the poster is a red couch on which a woman and a man are sitting and talking; behind the poster, the stadium arena is filled with people and stands.

Readers will be met by Kasper Bajon, Joanna Czeczott, Anna Bikont, and international guests Emily Carrington from Canada and Peter Pomerantsev, who lives in the UK and the USA.

This year's list of nominees includes books addressing the participation of ancestors in the colonization of Africa, the lives of Polish Jews immediately after the war, sexual trauma and the path to justice, a trip to Kazakhstan, known as the largest prison in the USSR, and the mechanisms of information warfare.

137 books were submitted for the 17th edition of the Ryszard Kapuściński Award: 96 were written in Polish and 41 were translations. The reports were published by 35 publishing houses, and three titles were self-published.

Admission to all events is free. The meetings are translated into Polish and Polish Sign Language. During the meetings, you will be able to ask questions of the authors and receive autographs afterwards. Detailed information about Reportage Day is also available at:

https://kultura.um.warszawa.pl/-/dzien-reportazu-targi-ksiazki-2026

Photos: Mariusz Cieszewski

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In the foreground, a group of people gathered around a table; on the table, a model of a wooden church, trees, and agricultural fields; In the background, bookshelves and the crowded sections of the PGE National Stadium arena.

In the foreground, a group of event participants, their backs to us, sit in a small room in sector D11 of the PGN Narodowy stadium, listening to the three speakers; to the left of the event participants, a dozen or so books are displayed on shelves; in the background, below, is the stadium arena, and in the background, opposite, are other sectors of the stadium;