Witold Szablowski, author portrait
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Witold Szablowski

Witold Szabłowski is an award-winning Polish journalist and the author of What's Cooking in the Kremlin, How to Feed a Dictator, and Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny. When he was twenty-four he had a stint as a chef in Copenhagen, and at age twenty-five he became the youngest reporter at one of Poland’s largest daily newspapers, where he covered international stories in countries including Cuba, South Africa, and Iceland, and won awards for his features on the problem of illegal immigrants flocking to the European Union and the 1943 massacre of Poles in Ukraine. His book about Turkey, The Assassin from Apricot City, won two awards and was nominated for Poland’s most prestigious literary prize. Szabłowski lives in Warsaw.
What's Cooking in the Kremlin
How to Feed a Dictator
Dancing Bears

Books

What's Cooking in the Kremlin
How to Feed a Dictator
Dancing Bears

Books for LGBTQIA+ History Month

For LGBTQIA+ History Month in October, we’re celebrating the shared history of individuals within the community and the importance of the activists who have fought for their rights and the rights of others. We acknowledge the varying and diverse experiences within the LGBTQIA+ community that have shaped history and have led the way for those

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Books for National Depression Education and Awareness Month

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Horror Titles for the Halloween Season

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