Author meeting with Ada Rączka about BYŁOBYŚBYŁO

During the meeting we will read excerpts from the book Byłobyśbyło* and do several literary exercises focused on using other people’s texts when writing your own poetry.

We will also talk about “building a house from quotes,” using excerpts from Sara Ahmed’s book Living a Feminist Life.**

What we will do:

• read
• write
• exchange inspirations
• discuss

There will also be an opportunity to buy a copy of the book Byłobyśbyło.

Who we invite: everyone who likes to write and/or read

Participant limit: 15

Registration: w51@bpwola.waw.pl

Free admission.

Expected meeting duration: 80 min.

* Ada Adu Rączka, Byłobyśbyło, Katalog Press, Warszawa–Kraków–Rybnik 2024

** Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life, trans. Magdalena Kunz, Krytyka Polityczna, Warszawa 2024

Place: Lending Library for Adults and Youth No. 51 – “Traveler’s Club”, ul. M. Bielskiego 3, Warsaw.

Information about the venue and accessibility:

• The library is located in a standalone pavilion.
• The entrance to the building is at sidewalk level and leads through the entrance door into a vestibule. Then another door leads directly into the branch interior.
• Both the exterior and interior doors are 88 cm wide and are opened manually. The exterior door has a 2 cm-high threshold.
• Just behind the entrance door there is a vestibule with doors leading to the branch interior.
• The space in the vestibule is sufficient to allow people using wheelchairs to maneuver freely.
• There are no stairs inside the building – all rooms are on one level.
• A parking space for people with mobility disabilities is located near the building at ul. Marcina Bielskiego 2; there is no such space in the parking lot directly in front of the building.
• The toilet is partially adapted for wheelchair users. It does not have an alarm device.
• The branch is equipped with an induction loop to assist hearing.
• Assistance dogs are allowed.

Getting there by public transport:

• Bus stops: Park Moczydło 01, 02, 03, 04; Metro Księcia Janusza 05 and 06
• Buses: 129, 171, 184, 190, 197, 201, 249, 523
• Metro: Księcia Janusza