Poznań Book Fair of Literature for Children and Teenagers (PST) is the first book fair in Poland devoted entirely to literature for children and teenagers. The fair, sponsored by the Minister of Culture, the Minister of Education, the Marshall of the Poznań Voivodship and the Mayor of the city of Poznań, was inaugurated in June 2002 on the premises of the former imperial palace in Poznań, currently the seat of the Zamek Cultural Centre. The first PST fair was attended by thirty publishers and was accompanied by an exhibition of Danish books and of collections of illustrations from the Bolonia Children's Book Fair 2002. We organised a panel discussion called "the book and the child – the opening of the world" and took the participants on "literary trips into the wonderworld."
The second PST book fair will last from 30the May to 1st June 2003. The fair will be accompanied by conferences, discussions, book promotions, exhibitions, concerts and workshops with children. A special guest of PST II will be Kanon Książek dla Dzieci i Młodzieży (Literary Canon for Children and Teenagers). On the 1st of June, the closing day of the fair and International Children's Day, PST will promote and celebrate the habit of reading aloud during a grand read-aloud event.

The organisers:
Polskie Towarzystwo Wydawców Książek (Polish Association of Book Publishers). Founded in 1921, this professional association which brings publishers together is an institution with the status of a legal person.

Office: ul. Szpitalna 8 lok. 4, 00-031 Warszawa
Tel./Fax +48 22 826 07 35; e-mail: ptwk@wp.pl
Poznań Branch: ul. Ratajczaka 44 I p., 61-728 Poznań
Tel./Fax +48 61 85 18 601; e-mail: Wydawnictwo.Miejskie@cim.poznan.pl
Centrum Kultury "Zamek" (Zamek Cultural Centre) in Poznań – local government institution established
by the decision of Poznań City Council and regulated by a statute.

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