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2013

december 2013

december 2013

Although there is just a little over a week left until Christmas and most of us are turning our thoughts to the Christmas menu, shopping, and searching for the right Christmas tree and presents, you did not disappoint us yet again, and, as usual, turned up in crowds for the book swap at the Wyspiański […]
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November 2013

November 2013

Neither rain nor the Ski Jumping World Cup competition and the sensational victory of young Polish ski jumper, Krzysztof Biegun, discouraged you. As usual, you turned up in crowds at the Wyspiański Pavilion to participate in this year’s penultimate edition of the Second Life of a Book campaign. This time, Katarzyna Grochola’s novels were an […]
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Arteteka – november 2013

Arteteka – november 2013

Yet again, you have not disappointed! On Sunday afternoon, you turned up in crowds at the Arteteka of the Regional Public Library in Krakow to take part in a swap – in breaking with tradition, it was not a book, but an album swap. Albums with Gwen Stefani’s music and music by the Red Hot […]
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October 2013

October 2013

For the entire past week, the city witnessed a real celebration of literature. Krakow received the honourable title of UNESCO City of Literature, the Conrad Festival and the Book Fair traditionally attracted crowds of visitors, and we swapped books in as many as four places. And traditionally, participants of The Second Life of a Book […]
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Gołębnik – october 2013

Gołębnik – october 2013

After the summer break and passed exams, students of the Faculty of Polish Studies returned with new energy and this year’s last but one book swap. The fourth edition of The Second Life of a Book at Gołębnik attracted more than 300 people, and nearly 200 books gained new owners.
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September 2013

September 2013

Another book exchange and another success! This edition of Drugie Życie Książki [The Second Life of a Book] was exceptional because it was the first one this autumn. The cold and unfavourable weather did not discourage you from visiting the Wyspiański Pavilion and swapping your books. We would like to thank each and every of […]
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August 2013

August 2013

It was indeed a very special edition of the Second Life of a Book. Not only because we exchanged books on a Saturday instead of Sunday, and not only because this was the last summer edition of the campaign. First, rain threatened us and we rushed to move the tables with books into the Wyspiański […]
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July 2013

July 2013

Even over 30 degrees of heat did not put off fans of literature, who appeared in large numbers on Sunday in the Library of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow at ul. Lipowa 4 during the summer book swap held under the Second Life of a Book campaign. The first participants were present half […]
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Najedzeni fest! – June 2013

Najedzeni fest! – June 2013

There was a lot going on at the Forum Przestrzenie! The building was taken over by owners of restaurants and bars, people running online stores with foodstuffs, chefs, and bloggers, as well as – or maybe above all – enthusiasts of great food. All that as part of the Najedzeni Fest! culinary festival. The Second […]
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June 2013

June 2013

As usual, you did not let us down! Despite the beautiful weather that favoured walks and entertainment in the open air, many of you visited two weekend book swaps organised as a part of the Second Life of the Book campaign. From Friday till Sunday, we swapped books for the youngest readers at the Children’s […]
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Arteteka – may 2013

Arteteka – may 2013

The great premiere exchange is over! Yesterday, for the first time in the history of The Second Life of a Book, in cooperation with the Provincial Public Library in Krakow, we encouraged you to exchange your CDs. We had films, educational games, music and even several audio books.
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May 2013

May 2013

16th of May the book swap began in the Milosz Festival Centre at the Malopolska Garden of Arts and at the Galeria Krakowska shopping centre. And attendance was high again: in four days, almost 500 people swapped books!
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Gołębnik – May 2013

Gołębnik – May 2013

The third edition of the Second Life of a Book in Gołębnik campaign took place on Wednesday (the 15th of May) in Gołębnik – i.e. at the Faculty of Polish Studies of Jagiellonian University (on ul. Gołębia 14). As this was the last edition of the campaing this semester, it is no wonder that the […]
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April 2013

April 2013

The first spring edition of the Second Life of a Book campaign attracted huge crowds: more than 200 people turned up for the book swap on the square in front of the Wyspiański Pavilion last Sunday afternoon. More than 1,000 volumes found new owners.
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March 2013

March 2013

True book lovers will not be put off even by the bitter frost. In spite of the extremely adverse weather, yesterday’s book swap at the Wyspiański Pavilion was successful: more than 100 persons exchanged almost 1,000 books. It is worth noticing the participants’ keen interest in children’s books, the number of which gradually increases during […]
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Gołębnik – March 2013

Gołębnik – March 2013

This year’s second book swap has just taken place at Gołębnik (the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University) as a part of the Second Life of a Book campaign. As usual, the book swap attracted crowds of readers – not only students of the Jagiellonian University, but also those attending other higher education […]
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February 2013

February 2013

The record has been broken! Yesterday’s book swap at the Wyspiański Pavilion attracted more than 200 visitors and included nearly 1,500 books – this was the third book swap organised this year. We apologise to everyone who complained about the lack of space! We hope that it will be warmer next month so that we […]
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January 2013

January 2013

The first book swap scheduled for this year under the The Second Life of a Book campaign is already over. As usual, you did not disappoint us and visited the Wyspiański Pavilion in great numbers. Almost 700 volumes found new owners, including as many as two copies of the Dreams and Secrets autobiography by Danuta […]
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Gołębnik – January 2013

Gołębnik – January 2013

On Wednesday (16th January), over 300 people took part in this year’s first edition of The Second Life of a Book in Gołębnik campaign. More than 180 volumes found new owners. The Second Life of a Book in Gołębnik campaign is a return of the idea of book swapping at the Faculty of Polish Studies. […]
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