Work on the 10 editions of the “Bolesławiec Yearbook” involved a total of 137 authors working closely with the editorial team: Edmund Maliński, Anna Bober-Tubaj and Grzegorz Matoryn. The jubilee edition was preceded by texts serving as a kind of summary of the periodical’s decade of activity. In the words of full professor Jan Miodek, PhD hab., the “Bolesławiec Yearbook” is “a publishing symbol of the Poland of small homelands, (…) the Poland of the most valuable social initiatives,” while its greatest merit is “the complementarity of historical and contemporary themes, building bonds between generations.” Summarising the publication from the perspective of his many years as its academic reviewer, full professor Grzegorz Strauchold, PhD hab., emphasised the Yearbook’s role as a place presenting “the immense and diverse achievements of Bolesławiec’s residents.”
The jubilee edition has 252 pages and is exceptionally diverse in subject matter. It contains 47 articles divided into 9 thematic sections. The section Research into the History of Bolesławiec features four articles by Adam Baniecki, Robert Klementowski, Jan Żuralski and Andrzej Olejniczak. The Articles and Materials on Local Topics section contains 7 articles by Stanisław Ratajski, Ewa Ołenicz-Bernacka, Adam Faltyn, Lesław Kasprzycki, Danuta Maślicka, Kamilla Dudek, Zbigniew Marek and Zdzisław Mirecki.
\\A substantial part of the Bolesławiec Yearbook 2017 is the Announcements section, devoted to important events that took place in the past year. It contains 9 texts by Joanna Sawicka, Barbara Glinkowska, Ewa Lijewska-Małachowska, Lesław Kasprzycki, Maria Szpak, Ewa Słonina, Maria Adamowicz and Barbara Smoleńska.
The Contemporary Creativity of Bolesławiec Residents section contains texts devoted to people associated with local ceramic production: Danuta Amborska, Anna Pasierbiewicz and Magdalena Gazur, written by employees of the Bolesławiec museum: Anna Bober-Tubaj, Monika Czarnota, Anna Puk and Barbara Glinkowska. Ewa Ołenicz-Bernacka interviewed the graphic artist Elżbieta Woźniewska. The Interests of Bolesławiec Residents section, in turn, presents the interests of young Bolesławiec filmmaker Przemek Kania, whom Ewa Ołenicz-Bernacka interviewed.
The Memories of Bolesławiec Residents section contains 3 texts by Zygmunt Brusiło, Grzegorz Strauchold and Stanisław Broniszewski. The In Memoriam section was prepared by Edmund Maliński, Zygmunt Brusiło, Grażyna Hanaf and Andrzej Leśniewski.
The penultimate section is the nearly thirty-page Bolesławiec Chronicle, prepared by Edmund Maliński and Magdalena Zientara, documenting the most important events of 2017. The “Bolesławiec Yearbook” concludes with Reviews and Discussions of publications written by Bolesławiec residents or issued by local institutions, including both academic and popular-science publications. They were prepared by Grzegorz Strauchold, Monika Czarnota, Edmund Maliński, Izabela Epa, Rev. Jacek Pietruszka, Joanna Mysłek-Michnowska, Grażyna Hanaf and Maria Sobolska.
The “Bolesławiec Yearbook 2017” will be available for purchase at the promotional price of PLN 30 during the meeting at the town hall and for the first two weeks after the publication enters the market, at both departments of the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec and at the Tourist Information Point in the Market Square.