Poland
Polish Section of IBBY
Polska Sekcja IBBY
Multimedialna Biblioteka dla Dzieci
I Młodzieży nr XXXI
ul. Tyniecka 40a
02-621 Warsaw
Tel [int. +48] 22 831 67 27
E-mail: ibby@ibby.pl
Facebook: @PolskaSekcjaIBBY
Instagram: ps.ibby
President and Liasion Officer
Ms Joanna Piekarska
E-mail: joanna.piekarska@ibby.pl
(address of the section)
Vice-President
Ms Małgorzata Chojecka
E-mail: malgorzata.chojecka@ibby.pl
(address of the section)
Secretary
Ms Ewa Wilczyńska
E-mail: ewa.wilczynska@ibby.pl
(address of the section)
The Polish Section of IBBY was established in 1974.
Each year the Section organizes the Book of the Year contest, in which writers, illustrators and reading promotion activists can participate. Since 2000 the Polish Section of IBBY has presented an annual medal for lifetime achievements to outstanding Polish authors and illustrators.
The Polish Section nominates writers, illustrators and translators for the IBBY Honour List, candidates for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) as well as for national and other international awards.
The Section takes part in organizing exhibitions of children’s book illustration and symposiums – both Polish and international. It supports reading promotion among young people in cooperation with libraries, bookshops and publishing houses.
The activities of the Polish Section of IBBY are mostly financed by its members but also by different sponsors. The Section is an important source of information about Polish children books; both in Poland and around the world.