National library premiere of the novel “Waldkauz”. Author's meeting with Szczepan Twardoch

Szczepan Twardoch — winner of the Nike 2026 Literary Award, Nike Readers and the Ambassador of New Europe Award — again at the Jerzy Pilch MBP Kielce! This time we will meet on the occasion of a unique event — the national library premiere of the novel “Waldkauz”. The author returns to Kielce readers with his latest book to tell about her characters, inspirations and the world he created on the pages of the novel. The meeting will take place on 4 November at 17:30 in the Poczytalnia Na Dvorec. The conversation will be moderated by Anna Roży. There will be an opportunity to purchase books at the meeting. Admission is free. Online streaming on social media.

“Waldkauz” is a story full of mysteries, a story of male friendship and duty towards loved ones, about redemption, love and what lies in the darkness separated from our world only by a thin, semi-permeable membrane. Wilhelm Pisulla knows the speech of birds and talks to drowned people, but even he cannot find his son devoured by the beast of war (Marginesy Publishing House).

Partners: Legimi, Special Economic Zone “Starachowice”, Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA, MESKO, Wydawnictwo Marginesy

Szczepan Twardoch - columnist, expert of the Silesian language and culture. Author of bestsellers such as “Morphine” (2012), “Drach” (2014), “The King” (2016), “Kingdom” (2018), “Humility” (2020), “Chołod” (2022), “Let's say Piontek” (2024), “Null” (2025). His books have sold over a million copies so far. The rights to his novels have been sold to more than a dozen countries. Winner of literary awards: Nike Literary Award 2026, Nike Readers 2026, Ambassador of New Europe, Passport “Polityka”. Involved in helping Ukraine. From the collections organized by him, more than one and a half million zlotys were donated for military equipment and cars for the Ukrainian army. He lives in Pilchowice in Upper Silesia.