Sessions with children and discussions about books and life in general very often get sidetracked by memories and the very beginnings of my work as a writer. So I talk about my travels on my motorbike and how it came about that after all these trips and racing in...
The mission of the Etz Chaim School for Dialogue between Cultures in Wroclaw resembles the thinking of an elite group of philosophers, which included one of the most outstanding Polish educators – Janusz Korczak. He shared his views with, for example, Alexander...
The Polish School in Paris has been associated with many prominent Poles, including Adam Mickiewicz, Joachim Lelewel, General Joseph Dwernicki, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Louis Mieroslawski, Luigi Biernacki (former Minister of Finance in Congress Poland) and Count...
I’m always happy to get an invitation to meet children who love reading, so on October 24 I went along to the Badet Children’s Bookshop in Szczecin to meet a group of smart kids who were equally keen to meet me! We talked about what it’s like to be a writer, creating...
On 6 October 2015, I took up an invitation from Lidia Zachwieja to visit the First Montessori School in Bydgoszcz. Together with the pupils, I led a discussion on books, adventure, illustrations and the importance of the imagination. It’s fantastic to hear how The...