The International Book Arsenal Festival announces an open call for participation in the Book Arsenal Fellowship Program 2025.
Foreign publishers, rights managers, literary agents and other professionals of the book industry interested in cooperation with Ukraine are invited to participate in the competitive selection.
The Book Arsenal Fellowship Program is a professional program of the International Book Arsenal Festival that contributes to strengthening international cooperation with Ukraine in the book field by establishing direct contacts between professionals from Ukraine and abroad and acquainting with the local literary and book scenes. The program was launched in 2024 and is annual.
The second season of the Book Arsenal Fellowship Program again offers publishers and literary agents from different countries the opportunity to expand their business, to find new partners and to gain a deeper understanding of the global publishing industry. And also to support Ukraine and their Ukrainian colleagues. The format of our program brings together caring professionals who are ready to promote sustainability, innovation and international cooperation in our critical times
—Yuliia Kozlovets, Director of the International Book Arsenal Festival.
In 2025, the Book Arsenal Fellowship Program will be held for the second time despite Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. Up to 8 foreign professionals will be selected to participate in the Book Arsenal Fellowship Program, who will attend the 13th International Book Arsenal Festival, which will be held on May 29-June 1, 2025 in Kyiv. The program is curated by cultural manager, organizer of book and educational programs and projects Oksana Karpiuk.
The participation in the program will include presentations-acquainting events with the Ukrainian book market, field-specific institutions and the opportunities they provide, attending the festival events and B2B meetings with Ukrainian publishers.
The application for participation in the Book Arsenal Fellowship Program, Kyiv, Ukraine is open at the link. The submission deadline is March 9 inclusive.
The applicants selected for the participation in the program will have received confirmation by April 4. The Book Arsenal Fellowship Program covers participants’ travel expenses and accommodation costs in Kyiv for the duration of the program.
The address for questions and clarifications is [email protected]. In the subject of the letter, please, indicate Book Arsenal Fellowship Program, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Book Arsenal is an international event organized by the Mystetskyi Arsenal. The festival has been held since 2011, and has become one of the most influential literary and artistic events in Eastern Europe. In 2019, it won The Literary Festival Award of the International Excellence Awards. The mission of the International Book Arsenal Festival is to create such interactions between people, communities, institutions when the combination of aesthetic experience and intellectual inclusion in the context of a book strengthens the capacity of a person and society.
The Book Arsenal Fellowship Program takes place within the 13th International Book Arsenal Festival and is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation.