Four days at EXPO Kraków with more than five hundred exhibitors and hundreds of author meetings — Poland’s largest book fair, free to enter.
Theme: “Uwaga: drugi człowiek”, marking 90 years since Agnieszka Osiecka’s birth
Source: ksiazka.krakow.pl, checked on 14 September 2026.
Updated: September 2026
The Kraków International Book Fair is the country’s main book event: large and small publishers, hundreds of authors and a programme that fills the EXPO hall for four days.
Entry is free and stands usually sell at a discount, which is why many Polish readers do a year’s worth of book buying here.
Log what you buy, your progress and the quotes you underline. Free, no account needed to start.
Start for freeThe calmest hours: publishers have time to talk and the talks have no queue.
The stand discounts mean you leave with more books than you intended.
EXPO Kraków is in Czyżyny and the tram stops at the door; the car park fills quickly.
Kraków International Book Fair 2026 runs 22–25 Oct 2026 at EXPO Kraków, Kraków.
At EXPO Kraków, Kraków.
Yes, admission is free.
Yes, admission is free for all visitors.
Yes, exhibitors sell directly and usually at a discount.