Events 2026 - Книжковий Арсенал

Thursday, 28 May

17:00

The official opening ceremony of the festival

Main Stage

Thursday, 28 May

17:30

Focus Theme

Panel discussion “The Fog of War: Where the Truth Ends and Control Begins”

Panel discussion “The Fog of War: Where the Truth Ends and Control Begins”
In partnership with Hromadske Radio.

Participants: Peter Pomerantsev, Liubov Tsybulska.
Moderator: Andriy Kulykov.

Literary Stage

Thursday, 28 May

17:30

Main Program

Public talk “An Ongoing Voyage. How the Season of Culture Is Changing the Perception of Ukraine in France”

Public talk “An Ongoing Voyage. How the Season of Culture Is Changing the Perception of Ukraine in France”
Organizer: Ukrainian Institute, Institut Français, Embassy of France in Kyiv, Institut Français d’Ukraine.

Participants: Eva Nguyen Binh, Volodymyr Sheiko, Artem Chapeye, Juliette Donadieu, Maksym Butkevych.
Moderator: Tetyana Ogarkova.

Outdoor Stage

Thursday, 28 May

17:30

Main Program

Discussion “Active Memory: How We Commemorate, Document and Act”

Discussion “Active Memory: How We Commemorate, Document and Act”
Co-organizers: Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation, Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.

Participants: Tetiana Kovtunovych, Serhiy Prytula, Kateryna Datsenko.
Moderator: Liubov Halan.

Discussion Stage

Thursday, 28 May

18:00

We Are Not on an Island. A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk.

We Are Not on an Island. A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
With the support of the Polish Institute Kyiv.

Moderator: Andriy Lyubka.

Main Stage

Thursday, 28 May

18:00

Presentation of Yevhenii Volodchenko’s debut poetry collection “Dot. Nemo”

Presentation of Yevhenii Volodchenko’s debut poetry collection “Dot. Nemo”
Organizer: International Literature Corporation Meridian Czernowitz.

Participants: Yevgeniy Volodchenko (frontman of the band ”Kurgan & Agregat"), Dina Chmuzh.
Moderator: Alika Pikhtereva.

Publishing Stage

Thursday, 28 May

18:00

Main Program

Discussion “Barbusses and Remarques: A Generation of Authors at War”

Discussion “Barbusses and Remarques: A Generation of Authors at War”

Speakers: Artur Dron, Pavlo Kazarin, Pavlo Derevianko, Pavlo Belianskyi.
Moderator: Sofia Chelyak.

Author Stage

Thursday, 28 May

18:00

Presentation of the book “Mercury Between Us. A Bridge Between Two Different Cultures”

Presentation of the book “Mercury Between Us. A Bridge Between Two Different Cultures”
Organizer: NAIRI Publishing House

Participants: Daryna Maslo.
Moderator: Narine Maltseva.

Workshops Area

Thursday, 28 May

18:30

Main Program

Public discussion “Translation as an Encounter: Ukrainian and French Literature as a Cultural Bridge”

Public discussion “Translation as an Encounter: Ukrainian and French Literature as a Cultural Bridge”
Organizer: Ukrainian Institute, Institut Français, Embassy of France in Kyiv, Institut Français d’Ukraine.

Participants: Yaryna Melnyk, Ella Yevtushenko, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Philippe Robine, Sara Polacchi.
Moderator: Valentina Stukalova.

Literary Stage

Thursday, 28 May

18:30

Main Program

Discussion “Forbidden Beauty. Ukrainian Book Graphics Between Censorship and Freedom”

Discussion “Forbidden Beauty. Ukrainian Book Graphics Between Censorship and Freedom”

Participants: Vasyl Perevalskyi, Nataliia Kryvda.
Moderator: Myroslava Perevalska.

Discussion Stage

Thursday, 28 May

19:00

Discussion “New in Literature: Who Was Breaking and Creating the Canon”

Discussion “New in Literature: Who Was Breaking and Creating the Canon”
Organizer: Tempora Publishing House

Participants: Bohdana Romantsova, Arina Kravchenko, Maria Barzhanska.
Moderator: Nika Chulaevska.

Publishing Stage

Thursday, 28 May

19:00

Discussion “The Palestinian Question Through the Eyes of Palestinians”

Discussion “The Palestinian Question Through the Eyes of Palestinians”
Organizer: Lobster

Participants: Ilya Kusa.
Moderator: Ilya Chedoluma.

Workshops Area

Thursday, 28 May

19:00

Professional Program

Presentation of the exhibition “Littera Scripta Manent / Written Words Remain”

Presentation of the exhibition “Littera Scripta Manent / Written Words Remain”
Organizer: ArtiYa Calligraphy School.

Speakers: Alla Kalinichenko, Vitalina Lopukhina.

BookLab Space

Thursday, 28 May

19:30

Main Program

Serhiy Zhadan. New Texts

Serhiy Zhadan. New Texts
Co-organizer: Meridian Czernowitz

Main Stage

Thursday, 28 May

19:30

Curatorial Program of Iryna Slavinska

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Oleksandr Mykhed. Format: public interview.

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Oleksandr Mykhed. Format: public interview.

Format: public interview. Moderator: Iryna Slavinska.

Author Stage

Thursday, 28 May

19:30

Presentation of Savita “Diana Wagner’s book Diary of the Russian-Ukrainian War (2022–2024)”

Presentation of Savita “Diana Wagner’s book Diary of the Russian-Ukrainian War (2022–2024)”
Organizers: Publisher Oleksandr Savchuk, Goethe-Institut Ukraine.

Participants: Oleksandr Savchuk, Ursula Wagner, Karl Stenerud.
Moderator: Maria Shubchyk.

Discussion Stage

Thursday, 28 May

20:00

Main Program

Discussion “The Shattered World: How to Survive on Its Ruins?”

Discussion “The Shattered World: How to Survive on Its Ruins?”
Organizer: UkraineWorld and Kultpodcast.

Participants: Danylo Lubkivsky, Tetyana Ogarkova, Igor Semyvolos.
Moderated by Volodymyr Yermolenko.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

10:30

Discussion “A Crime Without a Sentence. How Testimony and Memory Work When International Justice Remains Inactive”

Discussion “A Crime Without a Sentence. How Testimony and Memory Work When International Justice Remains Inactive”
Organizer: AZOV.ONE.

Participants: Tetiana Katrychenko, Hanna Kurmtsanovska, Nestor Barchuk, Witness.
Moderator: Vira Kuryko.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

10:30

Meeting with the authors of “Ukrainian Fantasy: From Steampunk to Mythology”

Meeting with the authors of “Ukrainian Fantasy: From Steampunk to Mythology”
Organizer: Nebo BookLab Publishing.

Participants: Tata Lintu, Valeria Vesta, Yaryna Kendzor, Vladyslav Bondaruk.
Moderator: Valeria Tkachenko.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

10:30

Presentation of the book “Caring for the Spirit. Reflections on the Spiritual and Theological Foundations for Pastoral Care of Military Personnel”

Presentation of the book “Caring for the Spirit. Reflections on the Spiritual and Theological Foundations for Pastoral Care of Military Personnel”
Organizer: Dukh i Litera Publishing House.

Participants: Andriy Zelinsky, Oleksandr Vovkotecha, Serhiy Zosich.
Moderator: George Kovalenko.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

10:30

Professional Program

Book Сlubs: Drivers of Сommunities and the Market

Book Сlubs: Drivers of Сommunities and the Market
Organizers: MEGOGO BOOKS, Ukrainian Book Institute.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

10:30

Presentation of Leia Serpneva’s book “The City Without the Sky”

Presentation of Leia Serpneva’s book “The City Without the Sky”
Organizer: Pan Kotskyi Publishing House.

Participants: Leya Serpneva, Anna Boiko.
Moderator: Alona Silina.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

11:00

Presentation of Agatha Christie’s book “Autobiography”

Presentation of Agatha Christie’s book “Autobiography”
Organizer: STRETOVYCH Publishing House.

Participants: Roxana Shevchuk, Andriy Kurkov.
Moderator: Svitlana Stretovych.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

11:00

Professional Program

Published-Unpublished: What Will the Book Business Be Like after the Full-Scale War and How to Influence It Now

Published-Unpublished: What Will the Book Business Be Like after the Full-Scale War and How to Influence It Now
Organizer: Ukrainian Book Institute.

Participants: Oleksandra Koval, Artem Bidenko, Viktor Kruglov, Nataliia Kryvda, Andrii Kaspshyshak, Yevhen Hlibovitskyi, Oleg Khoma.
Moderator: Katia Kundelska-Kukharchuk.

Lecture Hall

Friday, 29 May

11:30

Main Program

Public talk “What Stands Between Ukrainian Books and Anglophone Market”

Public talk “What Stands Between Ukrainian Books and Anglophone Market”
Organizer: Razom for Ukraine.

Participants: Emma Shercliff, Andriy Kurkov, Maria Genkin, Kateryna Kazimirova.
Moderator: Ostap Slyvynsky.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

11:30

Main Program

Discussion: “Are We Rewriting or Writing Kyiv?”

Discussion: “Are We Rewriting or Writing Kyiv?”
Organizer: Kyiv History Museum.

Speakers: Svitlana Taratorina, Viktoria Mukha, Khristina Kulakovska.
Moderator: Atmosfernitsa — book blogger.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

11:30

Discussion “Being an Author-Military Serviceman/Servicewoman During a Full-Scale War”

Discussion “Being an Author-Military Serviceman/Servicewoman During a Full-Scale War”
Organizer: Buk-Druk Publishing Рouse.

Participants: Wilhelm Vityuk, Vasyl Piddubny, Oleg Kalashnikov, Vitaliy Zapeka.
Moderator: Olena Ishchuk.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

11:30

Publisher's Program

Meeting with the author of “Each of Us Has a Superpower”

Meeting with the author of “Each of Us Has a Superpower”
Organizer: Crocus Publishing.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

11:30

Meeting with the authors “Presentation of the Publication Atlas of Kyiv Region on Maps and Plans. Late 18th – Early 20th Century. From the Funds of the State Archives of Kyiv Region”

Meeting with the authors “Presentation of the Publication Atlas of Kyiv Region on Maps and Plans. Late 18th – Early 20th Century. From the Funds of the State Archives of Kyiv Region”
Organizer: Ukrainian Cartographic Group.

Participants: Rostislav Sossa, Mykhailo Gutman.
Moderator: Bohdan Sossa.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

12:00

Discussion “Contemporary French Children’s Literature in Ukraine. A Conversation about Emotions and Genres”

Discussion “Contemporary French Children’s Literature in Ukraine. A Conversation about Emotions and Genres”
Organizer: My Bookshelf Publishing House.

Participants: Valentina Stukalova, Ella Yevtushenko, Lyudmila Dyachenko.
Moderator: Melania Melnyk.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

12:00

Book Publishing as a Priority of State Policy

Book Publishing as a Priority of State Policy
Organizer: Ukrainian Book Institute.

Participants: Oleksandra Koval, Bohdana Laiuk, Olena Kondratyuk, Yevheniia Kravchuk.
Moderator: Vira Karasyova.

Lecture Hall

Friday, 29 May

12:30

Focus Theme

Panel discussion “Collective Captivity—Life under Occupation”

Panel discussion “Collective Captivity—Life under Occupation”
In partnership with Hromadske Radio

Participants: Serhiy Danilov, Olga Skrypnyk, Olena Stiazhkina, Roman Bondarchuk.
Moderator: Viktoria Yermolaeva.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

12:30

Presentation of the book ‘The Aquarium Full of Keys Returns Home’: Presentation of a New Book by Musician and Writer Yuriy Gurzhy

Presentation of the book ‘The Aquarium Full of Keys Returns Home’: Presentation of a New Book by Musician and Writer Yuriy Gurzhy
Organizers: Zhorzh Publishing House, Goethe-Institut Ukraine and Radio Khartia.

Participants: Yuriy Gurzhy, Roman Trifonov.
Moderator: Olena Huseynova.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

12:30

Main Program

Discussion “The Various Languages of Self-Help Literature”

Discussion “The Various Languages of Self-Help Literature”
Co-organizers: Vivat, PEN Ukraine, Charitable Fund Right to Protection, NGO EdCamp Ukraine, Superhumans.

Speakers: Svitlana Royz, Yuliia Skorykh, Natalia Rudzynska (Valevska).
Moderator: Nataliia Masyak.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

12:30

Main Program

Presentation “Documentary Writing and Memory: The Victoriia Amelina Program”

Presentation “Documentary Writing and Memory: The Victoriia Amelina Program”
Organizer: INDEX: Institute for Documentation and Exchange. International Renaissance Foundation.

Speakers: Kateryna Yakovlenko, Lucy Fulford, Anna Gruver.
Moderator: Sasha Dovzhyk.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

12:30

Presentation of books by the publishing house and publishing plans of Mediason

Presentation of books by the publishing house and publishing plans of Mediason
Organizer: Mediason Publishing House

Participants: Vladislav Sukennik, Lyudmila Filipovich, Oleksandr Bondar, Anastasia Vilinska.
Moderator: Marina Sukennik.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

13:00

Discussion “Overcoming the Inferiority Complex: How to Stop Thinking That ‘They’ Write Better Over There”

Discussion “Overcoming the Inferiority Complex: How to Stop Thinking That ‘They’ Write Better Over There”
Organizer: ORLANDO Publishing House.

Participants: Natalya Skorykova, Galina Tarasenko, Olena Kravets.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

13:00

Professional Program

Translate Ukraine: Beyond Languages-Giants

Translate Ukraine: Beyond Languages-Giants
Organizer: Ukrainian Book Institute.

Participants: Bohdana Laiuk, Olena Odynoka, Yulia Kozlovets, Volodymyr Sheiko, Benas Berantas.
Moderator: Ostap Ukrainets.

Lecture Hall

Friday, 29 May

13:00

Poetry reading Borys Humeniuk: ‘A Poem or a Precise Shot?’

Poetry reading Borys Humeniuk: ‘A Poem or a Precise Shot?’
Organizer: Bohdan Publishing House.

Participants: Ivan Andrusyak, Bohdan Pastukh, Serhiy Pantyuk, Vasyl Lyuty.

Outdoor Stage

Friday, 29 May

13:30

Main Program

Conversation “From ‘Bridgerton’ to ‘Hamnet’. Film Adaptation of Books as a Driver of Interest in Literature”

Conversation “From ‘Bridgerton’ to ‘Hamnet’. Film Adaptation of Books as a Driver of Interest in Literature”
Organizer: Radio Culture.

Participants: Yuriy Samusenko, Bogdana Romantsova.
Moderator: Yana Brenzey.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

13:30

Discussion “Involved: How the Totalitarian System Used Ordinary People”

Discussion “Involved: How the Totalitarian System Used Ordinary People”
Organizer: The Ukrainians Publishing.

Participants: Vira Kuryko, Eduard Andriushchenko.
Moderator: Myroslava Barchuk.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

13:30

Main Program

Discussion “What Does It Mean to Create Memory in the Moment?”

Discussion “What Does It Mean to Create Memory in the Moment?”
With the support of the Polish Institute Kyiv.

Participants: Wojciech Tochman, Anton Lyagusha, Larysa Denysenko.
Moderator: Valentyna, Sotnykova.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

13:30

Discussion “Southern Gothic in Contemporary Literature”

Discussion “Southern Gothic in Contemporary Literature”
Organizer: Potiah Publisher.

Participants: Book Beach.
Moderator: Oksana Kovalchuk.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

14:00

Main Program

Discussion “A Violated Testament: Why the Wall Between Poles and Ukrainians Is Growing”

Discussion “A Violated Testament: Why the Wall Between Poles and Ukrainians Is Growing”
Organizer: Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland.

Participants: Edwin Bendyk, Anna Dombrovska, Andriy Lyubka.
Moderator: Vadym Karpiak.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

14:00

Discussion “Bread as the Nation’s Code: National Identity and Geopolitical Struggle”

Discussion “Bread as the Nation’s Code: National Identity and Geopolitical Struggle”
Organizers: Bukrek Publishing House – Nibulon.

Participants: Petro Gadz, Daryna Maksymets, Lesya Hasydzhak.
Moderator: Anna Prygoda.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

14:00

Main Program

Discussion “Book Clubs as Spaces for Community Building”

Discussion “Book Clubs as Spaces for Community Building”
Co-organizer: 12-21 Youth Space.

Participants: Taras Kozachenko, Anhelina Stolitnia, Liza Kozlovets.
Moderator: Olesia Kotubei-Herutska.

Outdoor Stage

Friday, 29 May

14:00

Main Program

From Kyiv to Berlin: Ukrainian Literature on the German-Language Market Between Visibility and Barriers

From Kyiv to Berlin: Ukrainian Literature on the German-Language Market Between Visibility and Barriers
Organizers: Friedrich-Mauke-Verlag, Goethe-Institut Ukraine.

Participants: André Stör, Claudia Dathe, Kateryna Rumyantseva.

Literary Garden

Friday, 29 May

14:30

Main Program

“Women in Official and Public Diplomacy: Sketches, Essays, Interviews”. Open meeting with the heroines of the publishing project “The Female Face of Diplomacy”

“Women in Official and Public Diplomacy: Sketches, Essays, Interviews”. Open meeting with the heroines of the publishing project “The Female Face of Diplomacy”
Co-organizers: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Scientific Society of History of Diplomacy and International Relations, LLC Publishing House Sparrow.

Participants: Anastasia Bondar, Nataliia Nykyforak, Tetyana Filevska, Natalia Fiyalka.
Moderator: Iryna Matiash.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

14:30

Main Program

“The Hero and the Void: A Conversation about Heroism, Nihilism and International Relations”. Reflections on the topic of two books—Danylo Lubkivskyi’s “The Labors of Heracles. A Strategy for Victory in International Relations” and Taras Lyuty’s “The Empty Full Moon Rises”.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

14:30

Main Program

Conversation “The Magazine and the Reader: A History of Mutual Transformation”

Conversation “The Magazine and the Reader: A History of Mutual Transformation”
Co-organizers: The Ukrainian Week media, Communications Department of the Main Directorate of the National Guard of Ukraine.

Speakers: Inna Starovoitenko, Valeriia Ahibalova, Serhii Didyk, Oleksandr Mymruk.
Moderator: Oksana Khmelyovska.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

14:30

Presentation of the book “Live to the Fullest or Break Down. An Honest Conversation Without Filters About Us During the War”

Presentation of the book “Live to the Fullest or Break Down. An Honest Conversation Without Filters About Us During the War”
Organizer: TIME FOR CHANGE INFORM Publishing House.

Participants: Lyudmila Shepeleva.
Moderator: Konstantin Klymchuk.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

15:00

Presentation of the book “Fedir Krychevskyi”

Presentation of the book “Fedir Krychevskyi”
Organizer: RODOVID Publishing House.

Participants: Yulia Lytvynets, Vasyl Kosiv, Lyudmyla Zubko.
Moderator: Lidiya Lykhach.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

15:00

Curatorial Program of Iryna Slavinska

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Andriy Lyubka. Format: public interview.

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Andriy Lyubka. Format: public interview.

Moderator: Iryna Slavinska.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

15:00

Main Program

Public discussion ‘Beyond the Image of a Victim’ with an Exclusive Screening of an Excerpt from the Documentary Film ‘Traces’ (dir. Alisa Kovalenko, co-dir. Marysia Nikitiuk)

Public discussion ‘Beyond the Image of a Victim’ with an Exclusive Screening of an Excerpt from the Documentary Film ‘Traces’ (dir. Alisa Kovalenko, co-dir. Marysia Nikitiuk)
Organizers: SEMA Ukraine and 2Brave Productions.

Speakers: Alisa Kovalenko, Iryna Dovhan, Larysa Denysenko, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Marci Shore.
Moderator: Tetyana Ogarkova.

Lecture Hall

Friday, 29 May

15:00

Teens Program

Workshop from the printed graphics hub “Free Print”

Teens Space

Friday, 29 May

15:00

Poetry readings “The Road of Life. Veterans’ Poetry”

Poetry readings “The Road of Life. Veterans’ Poetry”
Organizer: Cultural Forces.

Participants: Valieriy Puzik, Yulia “Taira” Paevska, Nadiya Garan, Artur Dron.
Moderator: Igor Mitrov.”

Outdoor Stage

Friday, 29 May

15:00

Kids Program

Literary readings and gardening workshop “The Good and the Bad Seed”

Literary readings and gardening workshop “The Good and the Bad Seed”
Co-organizer: Educational and Cultural Initiative "bezprobiliv".

Participants: Natalia Andreyko, Oleksiy Kovalenko.

Literary Garden

Friday, 29 May

15:30

Main Program

Conversation “From the 90s to the Present: How the Humanitarian Canon Is Being Established”

Conversation “From the 90s to the Present: How the Humanitarian Canon Is Being Established”
Co-organizer: International Renaissance Foundation.

Participants: Claudia Dathe, Yevhen Bystrytsky, Anna Radchenko.
Moderator: Mykhailo Nazarenko.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

15:30

Main Program

The Voices of Our Days: Prose Readings

The Voices of Our Days: Prose Readings

Authors: Artur Dron, Kateryna Zarembo, Artem Chapeye, Valieriy Puzik.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

15:30

Discussion “Freedom to Act: How Ukrainian Creativity Is Changing the War and the World”

Discussion “Freedom to Act: How Ukrainian Creativity Is Changing the War and the World”
Organizer: Kovyla Publishing.

Participants: Serhiy Sobko, Dmytro Zhluktenko, Andriy Kobaliya.
Moderator: Viktoria Narizhna.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

15:30

Presentation of the book “The Role of Epictetus’ Stoicism in the Contemporary Ukrainian Context”

Presentation of the book “The Role of Epictetus’ Stoicism in the Contemporary Ukrainian Context”
Organizer: VERBA Publishing.

Participants: Yegor Butsikin, Oleksandr Ivanyuta.
Moderator: Oksana Shevchenko.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

16:00

Main Program

Conversation “How We Bear Witness to the Shared Pain Through the Language of Literature”

Conversation “How We Bear Witness to the Shared Pain Through the Language of Literature”
Co-organizers: Lithuanian Culture Institute.

Speakers: Danute Gailiene, Marci Shore, Larisa Didkovska.
Moderator: Marichka Paplauskaite.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

16:00

Presentation of Oleksandr Trehub’s book “The Cauldron Method”

Presentation of Oleksandr Trehub’s book “The Cauldron Method”
Organizer: Projector Publishing.

Participants: Oleksandr Tregub.
Moderator: Anna Karnaukh.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

16:00

Main Program

War is Proper Names. A Public Talk on How France Reads Stories of Ukraine

War is Proper Names. A Public Talk on How France Reads Stories of Ukraine
Organizer: Ukrainian Institute, Institut Français, Embassy of France in Kyiv, Institut Français d’Ukraine.

Participants: Ariane Shemen, Maelis da Kerangal, Tetyana Ogarkova.
Moderator: Yaryna Grusha.

Lecture Hall

Friday, 29 May

16:00

Main Program

A Dialog with Tradition: How Hannah Arendt and Friedrich Nietzsche (Re)Considered the Concepts of Ancient Philosophy

A Dialog with Tradition: How Hannah Arendt and Friedrich Nietzsche (Re)Considered the Concepts of Ancient Philosophy
Organizers: Sensor Media, Goethe-Institut Ukraine.

Participants: Taras Lyuty, Ksenia Zborovska.

Literary Garden

Friday, 29 May

16:30

Discussion “Ukrainian Feminism: History, Experience, Uncomfortable Questions”

Discussion “Ukrainian Feminism: History, Experience, Uncomfortable Questions”
Organizer: Creative Women Publishing.

Participants: Olena Strelnyk, Tamara Zlobina, Halyna Kotlyuk, Oksana Kis, Tamara Martsenyuk.
Moderator: Iryna Nikolaychuk.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

16:30

Discussion “Familiar Strangers: Central European Writers on How We Can Be Interesting to One Another”

Discussion “Familiar Strangers: Central European Writers on How We Can Be Interesting to One Another”
With the support of the Polish Institute Kyiv.

Participants: Marek Vadas (Slovakia), Krzysztof Chyzhevskyy (Poland), Lucian Dan Teodorovici (Romania), Peter Bognar (Hungary).
Moderator: Andriy Lyubka.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

16:30

Main Program

Not to Glorify But to Explain: How to Talk to Young People about the War and Their Role in the Army

Not to Glorify But to Explain: How to Talk to Young People about the War and Their Role in the Army
Organizers: Military Space Halt, Tech Force in UA in partnership with the Special Operations Center Аlpha of the Security Service of Ukraine.

Participants: Valentina Polovinka, Anastasia Mishkina, Pavlo Derevianko, Serhii Chirkov.
Moderator: Yurii Fedorenko.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

16:30

Poetic readings by authors of the poetry publishing house

Poetic readings by authors of the poetry publishing house
Organizer: Vognepys.

Participants: Ms. Kazka, Tetiana Podolyaka, Iryna Yashchuk, Iryna Varlamova, Viktoria Kulzhenko, Olesia Oleksiy, Vero Bulat, Sandra Vyshnya.
Moderator: Viktoria Koval.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

17:00

Professional Program

Drahomàn Prize 2025 award ceremony

Drahomàn Prize 2025 award ceremony
Organizers: Ukrainian Book Institute, Ukrainian Institute, PEN Ukraine. With the support of the ZMIN Foundation.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

17:00

Main Program

Public interview with Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy – Minister of Culture of Ukraine Tetyana Berezhna.

Public interview with Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy – Minister of Culture of Ukraine Tetyana Berezhna.
Organizer: Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

17:00

Teens Program

Between the Past and Us: A Conversation about Traditional Culture in Everyday Life.

Between the Past and Us: A Conversation about Traditional Culture in Everyday Life.

Participants: Sofia Andrushchenko, Stepan Andrushchenko.
Moderator: Daryna Andronyuk.

Lecture Hall

Friday, 29 May

17:00

Main Program

Collective Memory: Creating a Photo Album of Donetsk Region

Collective Memory: Creating a Photo Album of Donetsk Region

Speakers: Volodymyr Prylutskyi, Hanna Nevidoma, Natasha Chychasova.

Mala Gallery of the Mystetskyi Arsenal

Friday, 29 May

17:30

Main Program

Discussion “The Nation That Returns. What Is Our Odyssey?”

Discussion “The Nation That Returns. What Is Our Odyssey?”
Co-organizer: 1st Corps of the Ukrainian National Guard Azov.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

17:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of poetry projects of Publishing 333: “Abydobranich” by Yurii Kostyshyn and “Position” by Fedir Rudyi.

Presentation of poetry projects of Publishing 333: “Abydobranich” by Yurii Kostyshyn and “Position” by Fedir Rudyi.
Organizer: UA Comix / Publishing 333.

Participants: Fedir Rudyi.
Moderator: Kateryna Mikhalitsyna.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

17:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “About All the Secrets of ‘Four Secret Stories…’”

Presentation of the book “About All the Secrets of ‘Four Secret Stories…’”
Organizer: Murkit Publishing.

Participants: Sasha Voitsekhivska, Anastasia Muravitskaya.
Moderator: Yulia Pirogova.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

18:00

Performative Program

Every Heart Has Its Own Love. A Musical Program by Yuriy Gurzhy

Every Heart Has Its Own Love. A Musical Program by Yuriy Gurzhy
Organizer: Goethe-Institut Ukraine.

Participants: Yuriy Gurzhy (vocals, guitar), Galina Pechenizhska (vocals), Yevgeniy Dubovyk (keyboards), Tony Saxofoni (saxophone, flute).

Outdoor Stage

Friday, 29 May

18:00

Publisher's Program

Meeting with the authors of “The History of Kyiv Through the Stories of Its Residents”

Meeting with the authors of “The History of Kyiv Through the Stories of Its Residents”
Organizer: Plato’s Cave Publishing House.

Participants: Khristina Kulakovska, Taras Samchuk.
Moderator: Ruslan Myronenko.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

18:00

Main Program

Conversation “Dignity in Wartime: What Keeps a Person Going When the World Is Falling Apart?”

Conversation “Dignity in Wartime: What Keeps a Person Going When the World Is Falling Apart?”
Organizer: Mieroszewski Centre, New Poland.

Speakers: Vitaly Portnikov, Karolina Sulej-Kubik.
Moderated by Mariia Gorska.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

18:00

Professional Program

Calligraphy and art performance “Nedopysani”

Calligraphy and art performance “Nedopysani”
Organizer: ArtiYa Calligraphy School.

Artists: Vitalina Lopukhina, Anna Kizima, Natalia Gut, Ulyana Tsoryk, Oksana Shcherbakova, Elizaveta Chepugova, Oleksiy Chekal, and others.

BookLab Space

Friday, 29 May

18:30

Focus Theme

Panel discussion “Freedom: Absolute and Relative”

Panel discussion “Freedom: Absolute and Relative”

Participants: Marci Shore, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Maksym Butkevych, Anton Drobovych, Oleksandr Komarov.
Moderator: Nataliya Gumenyuk.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

18:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “Early Stus: A Poet and a Personality”

Presentation of the book “Early Stus: A Poet and a Personality”
Organizer: Smoloskyp Publishing House.

Participants: Dmytro Stus, Margarita Yegorchenko, Halyna Pochveruk.
Moderator: Rostyslav Semkiv.

Friday, 29 May

18:30

Publisher's Program

Meeting with the author of “How Culture, Memory and Beauty Become the Forms of Resistance and Allow Us to Preserve the Sense of Life Even in the Most Difficult Conditions”

Meeting with the author of “How Culture, Memory and Beauty Become the Forms of Resistance and Allow Us to Preserve the Sense of Life Even in the Most Difficult Conditions”
Organizer: #knigolove Publishing House.

Participants: Viktoria Belim.
Moderator: Anna Lodygina.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

18:30

Theatre of Veterans and Festival of First Plays Special Program

Reading of Valerii Puzik’s play “Schulz”

Lecture Hall

Friday, 29 May

18:30

Professional Program

Workshop on modern Ukrainian calligraphy

Workshop on modern Ukrainian calligraphy
Organizer: ArtiYa Calligraphy School.

Hosted by Veronika Chebanik.

Workshops Area

Friday, 29 May

19:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “The Garden”

Presentation of the book “The Garden”
Organizer: ist publishing.

Participants: Lisa German, Anna-Maria Kucherenko, Boris Filonenko.
Moderator: Kateryna Nosko.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

19:00

Publisher's Program

Meeting with the editorial staff of the publishing houses “German Romance: It Is Impossible Not to Fall in Love”

Meeting with the editorial staff of the publishing houses “German Romance: It Is Impossible Not to Fall in Love”
Organizers: TAK and READBERRY.

Participants: Iryna Oleshko, Alina Goncharova, Galina Sologub, Valeria Pavlenko.
Moderator: Atmosfernitsa.

Literary Garden

Friday, 29 May

19:00

Curatorial Program of Iryna Slavinska

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Lyuba Yakimchuk. Format: public interview.

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Lyuba Yakimchuk. Format: public interview.

Moderator: Tetyana Ogarkova.

Author Stage

Friday, 29 May

19:30

Publisher's Program

Remembrance evening “About Andrii Okhrimovych”

Remembrance evening “About Andrii Okhrimovych”
Organizer: Discursus | Brustury Publishing House.

Participants: Les Poderevyansky, Oleg Kryshchopa, Stepan Protsyuk.
Moderator: Ulyana Hlibchuk.

Literary Stage

Friday, 29 May

19:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion Halyna Pahutiak’s ‘Gothic of Urizh’ and ‘Tight People’. A Conversation about Magical Realism in Ukrainian Literature

Discussion Halyna Pahutiak’s ‘Gothic of Urizh’ and ‘Tight People’. A Conversation about Magical Realism in Ukrainian Literature
Organizer: Local History Publishing House.

Participants: Galina Pagutyak.
Moderator: Vitaliy Lyaska.

Discussion Stage

Friday, 29 May

19:45

Performative Program

Movie screening “Taras Triasylo” (1926, dir. Petro Chardynin) with a presentation by Stanislav Bytiutskyi and live musical accompaniment by noorj

Movie screening “Taras Triasylo” (1926, dir. Petro Chardynin) with a presentation by Stanislav Bytiutskyi and live musical accompaniment by noorj
Organizer: Dovzhenko-Centre.

Outdoor Stage

Friday, 29 May

20:00

Focus Theme

Discussion “Practices of Humanity: How We Preserve Freedom When the World Gets Complicated”

Discussion “Practices of Humanity: How We Preserve Freedom When the World Gets Complicated”

Participants: Henry Thomas Marsh, Tetyana Gavrysh.

Main Stage

Friday, 29 May

20:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the publishing series “Between ‘Was’ and ‘Will Be’: A New Ukrainian Narrative”

Presentation of the publishing series “Between ‘Was’ and ‘Will Be’: A New Ukrainian Narrative”
Organizer: ARC.UA Publishing House.

Participants: Uliana Suprun, Viktoria Annaeva, Valeria Zoyko, Marko Suprun.

Publishing Stage

Friday, 29 May

20:00

Publisher's Program

Discussion “The Code of the Future: Ukrainian Science Fiction in Search of Its Own Style”

Discussion “The Code of the Future: Ukrainian Science Fiction in Search of Its Own Style”
Organizer: Bohdan Publishing House.

Participants: Oleg Bazilevich, Olena Tereshchenko, Oleksandra Cherepan, Yulia Syromolot, Oleksiy Dekan.
Moderator: Diana Semak.

Lecture Hall

Friday, 29 May

20:30

Curatorial Program of Liuba Morozova

Concert “Silence That Remembers Sound”

Concert “Silence That Remembers Sound”

Participants: Oleg Skakun (trumpet), Yulia Skakun (saxophone), Genevieve Stronska (electric piano), Volodymyr Voit (narrator).

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

10:15

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the publishing house “From the Idea to the First Book: the Path of GLIMMER”

Presentation of the publishing house “From the Idea to the First Book: the Path of GLIMMER”
Organizer: GLIMMER Publishing House.

Participants: Oleksandra Mishina.
Moderator: Viktoria Prozorovska.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Remembering Every Person. Presentation of New Publications of the Research Program ‘Victims of the Polish-Ukrainian Confrontation of 1939–1947’”

Discussion “Remembering Every Person. Presentation of New Publications of the Research Program ‘Victims of the Polish-Ukrainian Confrontation of 1939–1947’”
Organizer: UCU Publishing.

Participants: Anton Drobovych, Andriy Yaremchuk, Volodymyr Kovalchuk.
Moderator: Myroslav Chekh.

Main Stage

Saturday, 30 May

10:30

Professional Program

Coffee with Translators

Coffee with Translators
Co-organizer: Translatorium.

Participants: Tetiana Savchynska, Daisy Gibbons.
Moderator: Veronika Yadukha.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

10:30

Main Program

Public talk about Alevtyna Kakhidze’s comics: “Freedom Diaries” or “Freedom in Diaries”

Public talk about Alevtyna Kakhidze’s comics: “Freedom Diaries” or “Freedom in Diaries”
Organizer: National Memorial Complex of the Heroes of Heavenly Hundred – Museum of the Revolution of Dignity.

Participants: Alevtina Kakhidze, Igor Poshyvailo, Anton Lyagusha.
Moderator: Natalia Daragan.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of Ihor Vityk’s book “Essays on the Recent History of the Formation and Development of the Ukrainian Army and Statehood. A Historical and Documentary Study”

Presentation of Ihor Vityk’s book “Essays on the Recent History of the Formation and Development of the Ukrainian Army and Statehood. A Historical and Documentary Study”
Organizer: Vadym Karpenko’s Publishing House.

Participants: Igor Vitik, Serhiy Kornya, Vasyl Tymkiv, Yuriy Krushanovsky.
Moderator: Vadym Karpenko.

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of new publications of the “Mystetstvo” Publishing House

Presentation of new publications of the “Mystetstvo” Publishing House
Organizer: Mystetstvo Publishing House.

Participants: Tetiana Kara-Vasylieva, Vyacheslav Korniienko, Mykola Yarmoliuk.
Moderator: Nina Prybeha.

Workshops Area

Saturday, 30 May

11:00

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Ukrainian-Jewish Cultural Interactions During the Full-Scale War”

Discussion “Ukrainian-Jewish Cultural Interactions During the Full-Scale War”
Organizer: NGO Ukrainian Jewish Encounter.

Participants: Vladislav Grynevych, Yosyp Zissels, Diana Klochko, Leonid Finberg.
Moderator: Vitaliy Chernoivanenko.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

11:00

Publisher's Program

Master class for children “Where Did the Leopard Get Its Spots” based on Rudyard Kipling’s texts

Master class for children “Where Did the Leopard Get Its Spots” based on Rudyard Kipling’s texts
Organizer: Zhorzh Publishing House.

Participants: Tetiana Belashchuk (Tanbelia), Serafima Bila, Kateryna Kartava, Valentina Komar.

Literary Garden

Saturday, 30 May

11:30

Main Program

How to Talk about Vulnerability Without Losing Strength?

How to Talk about Vulnerability Without Losing Strength?
Co-organizer: Suspilne Media.

Speakers: Kateryna Kalytko, Yevhenia Kuznetsova.
Moderator: Liza Tsarehradska.

Main Stage

Saturday, 30 May

11:30

Main Program

Discussion “How to Promote Ukrainian Classics Among Foreigners”

Discussion “How to Promote Ukrainian Classics Among Foreigners”
Organizer: The Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian Institute.

Speakers: Kate Tsurkan, Olga Petryshyn, Myroslav Laiuk, Volodymyr Sheiko.
Moderator: Olga Rudenko.

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

11:30

Professional Program

How to Get More Ukrainians to Read? A Conversation about the Results of the National Reading Survey

How to Get More Ukrainians to Read? A Conversation about the Results of the National Reading Survey
Organizer: Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.

Participants: Tetiana Berezhna, Bohdana Laiuk, Iryna Ivanchik, Inna Bilonozhko, Vladlena Baldyniuk.
Moderator: Yana Brenzey.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

11:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book about the influence of sport on politics “The Soft Power of Sport”

Presentation of the book about the influence of sport on politics “The Soft Power of Sport”
Organizer: Academy Publishing Center.

Participants: Oleksii Perevezentsev, Vadym Guttsait, Matviy Bidnyi.
Moderator: Maksym Andrushchenko.

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

11:30

Kids Program

Pears and Legs: Interactive Readings for the Youngest

Pears and Legs: Interactive Readings for the Youngest

Participants: Sasha Voitsekhivska, Olga Pinchuk.

Workshops Area

Saturday, 30 May

12:00

Publisher's Program

Discussion “To Laugh or to Cry: How to Read Kurt Vonnegut”

Discussion “To Laugh or to Cry: How to Read Kurt Vonnegut”
Organizer: The Library of Babel Publishing House.

Participants: Iryna Pobidash, Rostyslav Semkiv.
Moderator: Hanna Burlaka.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

12:00

Main Program

Discussion “Locality as a Strategy: How Communities Become Visible Cultural Players”

Discussion “Locality as a Strategy: How Communities Become Visible Cultural Players”
Organizer: Cultural Agency Tereny.

Participants: Tetyana Teren, Nataliia Mazharova, Rosana Tuzhanska, Nata Zhizhchenko.
Moderator: Yulia Tymoshenko.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

12:30

Main Program

Big conversation “Ukraine. The World of Trypillia: Discovering a Great History”

Big conversation “Ukraine. The World of Trypillia: Discovering a Great History”
Organizer: NGO NASHA OSNOVA.

Participants: Viktor Yushchenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Yuriy Melnyk, Ivan Malkovych, Vyacheslav Snisarenko.
Moderator: Iryna Vannykova.

Main Stage

Saturday, 30 May

12:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Freedom and Unfreedom in Captivity. Researching Captivated Russians”

Discussion “Freedom and Unfreedom in Captivity. Researching Captivated Russians”
Organizer: Ukraїner Publishing House.

Participants: Petro Yatsenko, Maksym Butkevych, Yulia “Taira” Paevska.
Moderator: Anastasia Levkova."

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

12:30

Main Program

Conversation “Culture of Distrust”

Conversation “Culture of Distrust”

Participants: Pascal Gielen, Natasha Chichasova.
Moderator: Kateryna Yakovlenko.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

12:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “Man Against Horror. ‘Birds in the Dark’ the First Inter-Author Collection of Military Horror in Ukraine”

Presentation of the book “Man Against Horror. ‘Birds in the Dark’ the First Inter-Author Collection of Military Horror in Ukraine”
Organizer: BILKA Publishing House.

Participants: Valieriy Puzik, Dimka Uzhastny, Pavlo Derevianko, Yevgen Lir.
Moderator: Serafima Bila.

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

12:30

Kids Program

Workshop on making up fairy tales, super serious and lighthearted texts by teens and kids from “Shybka” and “The Future Seer”

Workshop on making up fairy tales, super serious and lighthearted texts by teens and kids from “Shybka” and “The Future Seer”
Co-organizer: School Maibutni.

Participants: Alisa Lindeman, Dana Sirotyuk, students from the “Maybutni” school.

Workshops Area

Saturday, 30 May

13:00

Publisher's Program

Meeting with authors “What Soil Ukrainian Bestsellers Grow From”

Meeting with authors “What Soil Ukrainian Bestsellers Grow From”
Organizer: The Old Lion Publishing House.

Participants: Artur Dron, Illarion Pavliuk, Yevhenia Kuznetsova, Pavlo Derevianko.
Moderator: Marjana Savka.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

13:00

Main Program

Public talk From “Within the Text: A Conversation about Artem Chekh’s New Novel”

Public talk From “Within the Text: A Conversation about Artem Chekh’s New Novel”
Organizer: Litosvita.

Participants: Artem Chekh, Oleksandr Boichenko.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

13:00

Main Program

The Wisdom of Persephone. What the Garden Knows About Losses, Pauses, Recovering and Freedom. How to Remain Free While Submitting to Seasonality

The Wisdom of Persephone. What the Garden Knows About Losses, Pauses, Recovering and Freedom. How to Remain Free While Submitting to Seasonality
Organizer: Goethe-Institut Ukraine.

Participants: Vira Kuryko, Olga Zhurba, Tetiana Vatsenko-Bondareva (NGO “Live Despite Everything”), Olga Dubova.

Literary Garden

Saturday, 30 May

13:30

Main Program

Discussion “Under KGB Surveillance. The Life of Ukrainians During the Era of Stagnation”

Discussion “Under KGB Surveillance. The Life of Ukrainians During the Era of Stagnation”
Organizer: Center for Research on the Liberation Movement in collaboration with Radio Culture.

Participants: Maria Matios, Volodymyr Viatrovych.
Host: Serhii Stukanov.

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

13:30

Professional Program

Respect and Responsibility: A Conversation about Work Ethics in the Book Industry

Respect and Responsibility: A Conversation about Work Ethics in the Book Industry
In collaboration with the community of illustrators Illustractor and the Design for Ukraine non-governmental organization.

Participants: Mari Kinovich, Tetiana Savchynska, Nika Chulaevska, Yulia Iskova.
Moderator: Yaroslav Belinsky.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

13:30

Publisher's Program

Conversation “Interrupted Translation: How Thomas Wolfe’s ‘You Can’t Go Home Again’ Went from Being Banned to Being Published”

Conversation “Interrupted Translation: How Thomas Wolfe’s ‘You Can’t Go Home Again’ Went from Being Banned to Being Published”
Organizer: The Library of Babel Publishing House, TRANSLATORIUM.

Participants: VERBація translation group, Yaryna Melnyk.
Moderator: Bohdana Romantsova.

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

14:00

Focus Theme

Discussion “The Fragility of a Hero”

Discussion “The Fragility of a Hero”

Participants: Artem Chapeye, Artur Dron, Svitlana Povalyaeva, Maksym Butkevych.
Moderator: Tetyana Teren.

Main Stage

Saturday, 30 May

14:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “Cultural Colonization: Fear, Humiliation and Resistance to the Soviet Empire”. A conversation about the Ukrainian experience

Presentation of the book “Cultural Colonization: Fear, Humiliation and Resistance to the Soviet Empire”. A conversation about the Ukrainian experience
Organizer: LOCAL HISTORY Publishing House.

Participants: Vakhtang Kipiani.
Moderator: Yuriy Pukivsky.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

14:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “Presentation of the Exhibition and Book ‘Ukrainian Classical Prose: 25 Best Short Stories’”

Presentation of the book “Presentation of the Exhibition and Book ‘Ukrainian Classical Prose: 25 Best Short Stories’”
Organizer: STRETOVYCH.

Participants: Romana Romanyshyn, Andriy Lesiv, Rostyslav Semkiv.
Moderator: Svitlana Stretovych.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

14:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “Wind over Flowers. The Tales of Winged Povitrulias”

Presentation of the book “Wind over Flowers. The Tales of Winged Povitrulias”
Organizer: Risodentsia indie publishing.

Participants: Oleg Fedunchak, Tetyana Adamenko, Kseniia Kovalova, Iryna Tyshkevych.
Moderator: Tetiana Adamenko.

Workshops Area

Saturday, 30 May

14:30

Main Program

Conversation “Life as a Plot: Biography in the Contemporary Literary Process”

Conversation “Life as a Plot: Biography in the Contemporary Literary Process”

Speakers: Olena Korchova, Karolina Sulej-Kubik, Eva Raiska.
Moderator: Oleksandra Boiko.

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

14:30

Main Program

Conversation about inclusive literature: “When a Book Speaks to Every Child”

Conversation about inclusive literature: “When a Book Speaks to Every Child”
Co-organizer: Superhumans.

Speakers: Olena Pshenychna, Olga Stavnykovych, Nataliia Masyak.
Moderator: Kateryna Kobernyk.

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

15:00

Publisher's Program

Discussion “How to Tell Children about Ukraine Today?”

Discussion “How to Tell Children about Ukraine Today?”
Organizer: ASSA Publishing House.

Participants: Valentyna Vozna, Olena Shapoval, Artur Proydakov, Yulia Cherevan.
Moderator: Nadiya Velychko.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

15:00

Theatre of Veterans and Festival of First Plays Special Program

Discussion “The Theater of Veterans as a Tool of Contemporary Literature”

Discussion “The Theater of Veterans as a Tool of Contemporary Literature”

Participants: Maksym Kurochkin, Natalka Vorozhbyt.
Moderator: Yuriy Matsarsky.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

15:00

Professional Program

Discussion “The Common Language: Communication Between the Author, Translator and Editor”

Discussion “The Common Language: Communication Between the Author, Translator and Editor”
Co-organizer: Litosvita.

Participants: Olga Dubchak, Iaroslava Strikha,Yuliia Medvid-Hnepa.
Moderator: Maria Prydma.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

15:00

Kids Program

“About Violet Cats and Other Oddballs”: Family Readings of Children’s Poetry

“About Violet Cats and Other Oddballs”: Family Readings of Children’s Poetry

Participants: Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Maria Titarenko.

Literary Garden

Saturday, 30 May

15:30

Focus Theme

Discussion “The History of Unfreedom”

Discussion “The History of Unfreedom”

Participants: Marci Shore.
Moderator: Tymofii Brik.

Main Stage

Saturday, 30 May

15:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “How to Read Someone Else’s Intimacy. A conversation about the book ‘The Correspondence of Sofia Yablonska, Volodymyr and Rosaliia Vynnychenko’ (1928–1935)”

Presentation of the book “How to Read Someone Else’s Intimacy. A conversation about the book ‘The Correspondence of Sofia Yablonska, Volodymyr and Rosaliia Vynnychenko’ (1928–1935)”
Organizer: Komora Publishing House.

Participants: Oksana Shchur, Rostyslav Semkiv.
Moderator: Oksana Pavlenko.

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

15:30

Teens Program

“Target Audience”. A conversation about teenagers in cinema.

“Target Audience”. A conversation about teenagers in cinema.

Participants: Kateryna Hornostai, Mark Ivanchenko.
Moderator: Viktoria Hlusko.

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

16:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “Like a Tree Above the Water Streams”

Presentation of the book “Like a Tree Above the Water Streams”
Organizer: Nash Format Publishing House.

Participants: Andriy Zelinskyi, Oksana Zbitneva.
Moderator: Volodymyr Viatrovych.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

16:00

Performative Program

Musical program by the group MOVA and Albert Tsukrenko “O Word, You Are My Only Weapon: Songs of Ukrainian Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles Based on Poems of Classical Authors and the Sixtiers”

Musical program by the group MOVA and Albert Tsukrenko “O Word, You Are My Only Weapon: Songs of Ukrainian Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles Based on Poems of Classical Authors and the Sixtiers”

Participants: Albert Tsukrenko, the band MOVA.

Outdoor Stage

Saturday, 30 May

16:00

Publisher's Program

Discussion “How to Grasp Fortune by the Forelock. The Flight of Caerus over the GDR”

Discussion “How to Grasp Fortune by the Forelock. The Flight of Caerus over the GDR”
Organizers: Books – XXI Publishing House, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kyiv.

Participants: Khrystyna Nazarkevych, Claudia Dathe, Roksolana Sviato.

Literary Garden

Saturday, 30 May

16:30

Main Program

Public talk “Freedom, Doubt and Honesty in the Time of a Long War: How to Think about the Future of Ukraine”

Public talk “Freedom, Doubt and Honesty in the Time of a Long War: How to Think about the Future of Ukraine”
Organizer: Frontier Institute together with Ukraїner Publishing House.

Speakers: Maksym Butkevych, Bogdan Logvynenko, Olesia Ostrovska-Lyuta, Olena Stiazhkina, Oksana Forostyna.
Moderator: Kateryna Botanova.

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

16:30

Writer's Program

“The Closed Circle”. A Conversation of Translators from Neighboring Languages about the “Glass Walls” Which Prevent Breaking into the Market

“The Closed Circle”. A Conversation of Translators from Neighboring Languages about the “Glass Walls” Which Prevent Breaking into the Market

Participants: Oleksandr Vesheleni (Hungarian), Halyna Malyk (Slovak), Mihai Traista (Romanian).
Moderator: Olena Sheremet.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

16:30

Main Program

Discussion “Writing, Scrivere, Écrire about Ukraine. The Experience of the Ukrainian Female Authors Who Write in Foreign Languages”

Discussion “Writing, Scrivere, Écrire about Ukraine. The Experience of the Ukrainian Female Authors Who Write in Foreign Languages”
Organizer: PEN Ukraine.

Participants: Sasha Dovzhyk, Anna Koriagina.
Moderated by: Tetyana Teren.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

16:30

Professional Program

Performance on the creation of a collaborative art book

Performance on the creation of a collaborative art book
Organizer: ArtiYa Calligraphy School.

Participants: students of the ArtiYa Calligraphy School and the Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design.

BookLab Space

Saturday, 30 May

17:00

Main Program

The International Voyage of the Fieldwork: To Mark the 30th Anniversary of the First National Bestseller

The International Voyage of the Fieldwork: To Mark the 30th Anniversary of the First National Bestseller
Co-organizer: Komora Publishing House.

Participants: Oksana Zabuzhko, Maria Genkin, Beatrice Belyavtsiv.
Moderator: Anastasia Platonova.

Main Stage

Saturday, 30 May

17:00

Publisher's Program

Public talk “‘The Urge for Freedom’—A Dialog about Dissident and Human Rights Activist Petro Hryhorenko”

Public talk “‘The Urge for Freedom’—A Dialog about Dissident and Human Rights Activist Petro Hryhorenko”
Organizer: Clio Publishing House.

Participants: Myroslav Marynovych, Olena Lodzinska.
Moderator: Oleksandra Matviichuk.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

17:00

Teens Program

“Through the Prism”. Reading of texts by participants of the LitLab Teens of the Mystetskyi Arsenal

“Through the Prism”. Reading of texts by participants of the LitLab Teens of the Mystetskyi Arsenal

Moderator: Viktoria Karpukhno.

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

17:00

Kids Program

What Is Freedom? Art Workshop Inspired by Alevtyna Kakhidze’s Comics ‘Freedom Diaries’

What Is Freedom? Art Workshop Inspired by Alevtyna Kakhidze’s Comics ‘Freedom Diaries’
Co-organizer: National Memorial Complex of the Heroes of Heavenly Hundred – Museum of the Revolution of Dignity.

Workshops Area

Saturday, 30 May

17:00

Main Program

Presence Through Classics: ‘Ukrainian Library’ in Germany

Presence Through Classics: ‘Ukrainian Library’ in Germany
Organizer: Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kyiv.

Participants: Claudia Dathe. Moderator: Nelia Vakhovska.

Literary Garden

Saturday, 30 May

17:30

Publisher's Program

Conversation with experts “Tools and Prospects for the Integration of Ukrainian Books into the International Market”

Conversation with experts “Tools and Prospects for the Integration of Ukrainian Books into the International Market”
Organizer: The Old Lion Publishing House.

Participants: Andriy Lesiv, Romana Romanyshyn, Olga Besarab.
Moderator: Marjana Savka.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

18:00

Main Program

Performative reading of Liena Liahushonkova’s play “The Queen from Gardarike”

Performative reading of Liena Liahushonkova’s play “The Queen from Gardarike”
Organizer: National Union of Theater Artists of Ukraine.

Participants: Lena Lyagushonkova, David Petrosyan.
Moderated by: Olga Baybak.

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

18:00

Main Program

Eight Smart Questions about Our Victory. A Conversation Between Vadym Karpiak and Taras Chmut

Eight Smart Questions about Our Victory. A Conversation Between Vadym Karpiak and Taras Chmut
Co-organizer: 8th Air Assault Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

18:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “The Voice of Ukrainian Historiography. Presentation of the New Edition of the Works of the Outstanding Ukrainian Historian, Political Scientist and Publicist Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytskyi”

Presentation of the book “The Voice of Ukrainian Historiography. Presentation of the New Edition of the Works of the Outstanding Ukrainian Historian, Political Scientist and Publicist Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytskyi”
Organizer: Folio Publishers.

Participants: Yaroslav Hrytsak.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

18:30

Focus Theme

Discussion “Gratitude as a Pledge of Freedom”

Discussion “Gratitude as a Pledge of Freedom”
In partnership with Radio Khartia.

Speakers: Maksym Butkevych, Oksana Dashchakivska, Pavlo Kazarin, Taras Liuty.
Moderator: Ivanna Skyba-Yakubova.

Main Stage

Saturday, 30 May

18:30

Professional Program

Announcement of the winners of the international illustration competition Pictoric Illustration Contest (PIC)

Announcement of the winners of the international illustration competition Pictoric Illustration Contest (PIC)
Organizer: Pictoric.

Participants: Olena Staranchuk, Oleg Gryshchenko, Yulia Kozlovets, Romana Romanyshyn, Andriy Lesiv, Maria Shubchyk.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

18:30

Theatre of Veterans and Festival of First Plays Special Program

Reading of Yurii Matsarskyi’s play “Ahmed, Me and the Prophet Elijah”

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

18:30

Professional Program

Calligraphy workshop on Ukrainian Vyaz

Calligraphy workshop on Ukrainian Vyaz
Organizer: ArtiYa Calligraphy School.

Hosted by Natalka Kom’yakova.

Workshops Area

Saturday, 30 May

19:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of Natalka Vorozhbyt’s book “What Is This Play About?”

Presentation of Natalka Vorozhbyt’s book “What Is This Play About?”
Organizer: ARTBOOKS Publishing House.

Participants: Natalka Vorozhbyt, Kateryna Perkonos, Ganna Uliura.
Moderator: Maria Kurochkina.

Publishing Stage

Saturday, 30 May

19:00

Curatorial Program of Iryna Slavinska

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Yevheniia Kuznetsova. Format: public interview.

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Yevheniia Kuznetsova. Format: public interview.

Moderator: Vadym Karpiak.

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

19:00

Performative Program

Performance by äsc3ea and Viltse

Performance by äsc3ea and Viltse
Organizer: CMYK String-Bow Rave.

Outdoor Stage

Saturday, 30 May

19:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation “BabelMatrix or the Ukrainian Magic Cube: Translation as Freedom of Reading”

Presentation “BabelMatrix or the Ukrainian Magic Cube: Translation as Freedom of Reading”
Organizer: Anetta Antonenko Publishers.

Participants: Anetta Antonenko, Oleg Feshovets.
Moderator: Mykola Kravchenko.

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

19:30

Main Program

Discussion “Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the Turning Point in History: 50 Years of Upholding Ukrainian Sovereignty”

Discussion “Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the Turning Point in History: 50 Years of Upholding Ukrainian Sovereignty”
Organizer: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.

Participants: Oksana Yurkova, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Nataliia Khanenko-Frizen, Maryna Hrymych.
Moderator: Yevheniia Podobna.

Discussion Stage

Saturday, 30 May

20:00

Publisher's Program

Discussion “The 120th Anniversary of Kyiv ‘Prosvita’ with the presentation of the book Essays on the History of Kyiv ‘Prosvita’”

Discussion “The 120th Anniversary of Kyiv ‘Prosvita’ with the presentation of the book Essays on the History of Kyiv ‘Prosvita’”
Organizer: markobook Publishing House.

Participants: Pavlo Movchan, Kyrylo Stetsenko, Marko Melnyk, Ihor Stambol.
Moderator: Yevhen Buket.

Main Stage

Saturday, 30 May

20:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of Michael Brown’s book “The Presence Process. What Is Presence and How Does It Influence the Quality of Life?”

Presentation of Michael Brown’s book “The Presence Process. What Is Presence and How Does It Influence the Quality of Life?”
Organizer: HTO TSE?

Participants: Pasha Vrzheshch.
Moderator: Kira Kos.

Literary Stage

Saturday, 30 May

20:00

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “Episodes of War”

Presentation of the book “Episodes of War”
Organizer: Rainshouse Publishing House.

Participants: Andriy Kondratyev, Valeria Stepanenko.
Moderator: Viktoria Reins.

Lecture Hall

Saturday, 30 May

20:30

Curatorial Program of Liuba Morozova

Concert “Khotkevych. Electricity”

Concert “Khotkevych. Electricity”

Participants: Volodymyr Voit (Kharkiv diatonic bandura), Heorhii Potopalskyi (electronics).

Author Stage

Saturday, 30 May

20:30

Performative Program

Performance by “DvaTry” and “Symonenko”

Performance by “DvaTry” and “Symonenko”
Organizer: CMYK String-Bow Rave.

Outdoor Stage

Sunday, 31 May

10:30

Main Program

Discussion “From 1960s Belles-Lettres to Contemporary Science Fiction: Genocide and Colonialism in Genre Literature”

Discussion “From 1960s Belles-Lettres to Contemporary Science Fiction: Genocide and Colonialism in Genre Literature”
Organizer: National Historical and Memorial Reserve Bykivnia Graves.

Participants: Olesia Isayuk, Kateryna Pekur, Kateryna Lypa.
Moderator: Tetiana Sheptytska.

Main Stage

Sunday, 31 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Meeting with the editorial staff of the publishing house ‘Cultural Forces’ as a Platform for Promoting Ukrainian Military Literature

Meeting with the editorial staff of the publishing house ‘Cultural Forces’ as a Platform for Promoting Ukrainian Military Literature
Organizer: Cultural Forces.

Participants: Volodymyr Kondratyev, Ihor Mitrov, Oleksandr Babinsky, Andriy Ovcharuk.
Moderator: Vasyl Karpyuk.

Literary Stage

Sunday, 31 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Meeting with the authors of “Ukrainian Identity: From Ancient Symbols to Contemporary Fashion”

Meeting with the authors of “Ukrainian Identity: From Ancient Symbols to Contemporary Fashion”
Organizer: ADEF-Ukraine Publishing House.

Participants: Zinaida Vasina, Kostyantyn Bohomaz, Hanna Kryvolap.
Moderator: Alla Istomina.

Publishing Stage

Sunday, 31 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of publishing plans “From Classics to Fantasy”

Presentation of publishing plans “From Classics to Fantasy”
Organizer: Apriori Publishers.

Participants: Volodymyr Arenev, Oleksandra Kryvonos.
Moderator: Romania Strotska.

Author Stage

Sunday, 31 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Such Diverse Classics: Manga as a Modern Gem of Japanese Book Publishing”

Discussion “Such Diverse Classics: Manga as a Modern Gem of Japanese Book Publishing”
Organizer: Nasha Idea Publishing House.

Discussion Stage

Sunday, 31 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the publishing series “The Path to Victory 2024-2025”

Presentation of the publishing series “The Path to Victory 2024-2025”
Organizer: Publishing House of the Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Service of Ukraine.

Participants: Oleg Svidersky, Sergiy Morozov, Dmytro Khrust, Volodymyr Lemeshko.
Moderator: Anatoly Sitsinsky.

Lecture Hall

Sunday, 31 May

10:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of Anga Zelena’s book “The District of the Darnytsia Car Repair Plant”

Presentation of Anga Zelena’s book “The District of the Darnytsia Car Repair Plant”
Organizer: Noha Magazine.

Participants: Anga Zelena, Lisa Biletskaya.
Moderator: Philip Olenyk.

Workshops Area

Sunday, 31 May

11:30

Main Program

Conversation “About Us for Them: How to Speak to Foreign Audiences?”

Conversation “About Us for Them: How to Speak to Foreign Audiences?”

Participants: Kristina Berdynskykh, Gulliver Craig, Yevhenia Kuznetsova.
Moderator: Yevhenia Kuznetsova.

Main Stage

Sunday, 31 May

11:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of Bohdan-Ihor Antonych’s book in the series “Ukrainian Poetry Anthology”

Presentation of Bohdan-Ihor Antonych’s book in the series “Ukrainian Poetry Anthology”
Organizer: A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA Publishing House.

Participants: Ivan Malkovych.

Literary Stage

Sunday, 31 May

11:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “How the Experience of Captivity Changes Our Understanding of Freedom”

Discussion “How the Experience of Captivity Changes Our Understanding of Freedom”
Organizer: BILKA Publishing House.

Participants: Yevhen Shibalov, Tamara Gorikha Zernia, Cultural Forces.
Moderator: Maksym Butkevych.

Publishing Stage

Sunday, 31 May

11:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of Pavlo Vyshebaba’s new poetry collection “Beyond the Boundaries of Relationships, Life and Even Civilization”

Presentation of Pavlo Vyshebaba’s new poetry collection “Beyond the Boundaries of Relationships, Life and Even Civilization”
Organizer: Vikhola Publishers.

Participants: Pavlo Vyshebaba.
Moderator: Yana Suporovska.

Author Stage

Sunday, 31 May

11:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book about Vsevolod Maksymovych “The Artist’s Eternal Youth”

Presentation of the book about Vsevolod Maksymovych “The Artist’s Eternal Youth”
Organizer: Stiletto and Stylus.

Participants: Nadiya Hart.
Moderator: Diana Andriyevska.

Discussion Stage

Sunday, 31 May

11:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “From War to Westminster”

Presentation of the book “From War to Westminster”
Organizer: Another Page

Participants: Volodymyr Viatrovych, Vakhtang Kipiani.
Moderator: Oleksandr Sapronov.

Lecture Hall

Sunday, 31 May

11:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation “‘The Kuriadis Sisters’: Love, Adventure and Ancient Myths Against the Background of Sakartvelo’s Liberation Struggle of the 1920s”

Presentation “‘The Kuriadis Sisters’: Love, Adventure and Ancient Myths Against the Background of Sakartvelo’s Liberation Struggle of the 1920s”

Participants: Sonya Kapinus (Yurchenko).
Moderators: Oleg Fedorov, Natalya Skorykova.

Workshops Area

Sunday, 31 May

11:30

Main Program

Echoes. Performance by Olena Herasymiuk and Pavlo Matiusha to Continue the Voices of Maksym Kryvtsov, Volodymyr Vakulenko-K, Viktoriia Amelina, Kateryna Rohovyk, Ihor Mysiak, Mykola Leonovych, Borys Humeniuk, Illia Chernilevskyi, Veronika Kozhushko, Hlib Babich

Echoes. Performance by Olena Herasymiuk and Pavlo Matiusha to Continue the Voices of Maksym Kryvtsov, Volodymyr Vakulenko-K, Viktoriia Amelina, Kateryna Rohovyk, Ihor Mysiak, Mykola Leonovych, Borys Humeniuk, Illia Chernilevskyi, Veronika Kozhushko, Hlib Babich
Organizer: Ukrainian Book Institute.

Outdoor Stage

Sunday, 31 May

12:00

Main Program

Final of the National Poetry Slam Selection

Final of the National Poetry Slam Selection
Organizer: Literary Agency OVO, LitSlamUA, World Poetry Slam UA.

Outdoor Stage

Sunday, 31 May

12:30

Main Program

Online lecture by Slavoj Žižek (Slovenia)

Main Stage

Sunday, 31 May

12:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Is the Truth Really the First Casualty of War?”

Discussion “Is the Truth Really the First Casualty of War?”
Organizer: Astrolabe Publishing.

Participants: Oleksandr Dedyk, Taras Luchuk, Volodymyr Tymchuk, Bohdan Chuma.
Moderator: Oleg Feshovets.

Literary Stage

Sunday, 31 May

12:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “A Book as a Tool. The Experience of Resilience”

Discussion “A Book as a Tool. The Experience of Resilience”
Organizer: Mamino Publishing House.

Participants: Tetiana Honchenko, Mila Tsur, Svitlana Tyapina.
Moderator: Zoryana Bindas.

Publishing Stage

Sunday, 31 May

12:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Beauty Despite Everything: How War Changes Our Sense of Beauty”

Discussion “Beauty Despite Everything: How War Changes Our Sense of Beauty”
Organizer: The Ukrainians Publishing.

Participants: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Alevtina Kakhidze.
Moderator: Marichka Paplauskaite.

Discussion Stage

Sunday, 31 May

12:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “To Bear Freedom: How Asian Cinema Depicts Escape, Choice and Resistance”

Discussion “To Bear Freedom: How Asian Cinema Depicts Escape, Choice and Resistance”
Organizer: SAFRAN Oriental Publishing House.

Participants: Anton Kozlov, Igor Kromf, Svitlana Pryzynchuk.

Lecture Hall

Sunday, 31 May

12:30

Kids Program

Interactive Readings and STEM Practice “Under the Glow of the Northern Lights”

Interactive Readings and STEM Practice “Under the Glow of the Northern Lights”
Co-organizer: Educational and Cultural Initiative 'bezprobiliv'.

Participants: Sasha Savchenko, Olena Kompaniets.

Workshops Area

Sunday, 31 May

13:00

Professional Program

Calligraphic performance

Calligraphic performance
Organizer: ArtiYa Calligraphy School.

Participants: students of the ArtiYa Calligraphy School.

BookLab Space

Sunday, 31 May

13:30

Main Program

Discussion “Military Science Fiction as a Way to Model the Future”

Discussion “Military Science Fiction as a Way to Model the Future”
Organizer: Cultural Forces together with Radio Culture.

Speakers: Rena Marutyan, Volodymyr Kondratyev, Ostap Ukrainets.
Moderator: Tetyana Troshchynska.

Literary Stage

Sunday, 31 May

13:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “The Limits of Freedom Online: How a Teenager Can Avoid Becoming a Tool in the Hands of the Enemy”

Discussion “The Limits of Freedom Online: How a Teenager Can Avoid Becoming a Tool in the Hands of the Enemy”
Organizer: Kalamar Publishing House, Voices of Children Foundation and Rescue Now Foundation.

Participants: Yulia Babenko, Olga Popovich, Anna Zastelo, Yulia Savchenko.
Moderator: Ilona Dovgan.

Publishing Stage

Sunday, 31 May

13:30

Main Program

Conversation “Where Are We Now as a Culture: Are We Winning or Losing? “

Conversation “Where Are We Now as a Culture: Are We Winning or Losing? “
Organizer: Radio NV.

Speaker: Oksana Zabuzhko.
Moderator: Olexiy Tarasov.

Author Stage

Sunday, 31 May

13:30

Professional Program

Discussion Freedom. Responsibility. Action. Association of Graphic Designers 4th Block

Discussion Freedom. Responsibility. Action. Association of Graphic Designers 4th Block

Participants: Oleg Veklenko, Dasha Podoltseva, Serhiy Mirnyi, Oksana Semenik.
Moderator: Maria Manuylenko. Association of Graphic Designers “4th Block”.

Discussion Stage

Sunday, 31 May

13:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “A Blue Sparrow vs. the Bluebird. The Borderline Between Translation and Adaptation”

Discussion “A Blue Sparrow vs. the Bluebird. The Borderline Between Translation and Adaptation”
Organizer: Yakaboo Publishing.

Participants: Yevhenia Kuznetsova, Andrii Bondar.
Moderator: Kateryna Isaienko.

Lecture Hall

Sunday, 31 May

13:30

Teens Program

Collaging. Beyond the Boundaries of Friendship, Love and Hostility

Collaging. Beyond the Boundaries of Friendship, Love and Hostility

Hosted by Sofiia Dubykivska, Sofiia Rybachenko, Elvira Pikuz, and Alisa Smirnova.

Teens Space

Sunday, 31 May

14:00

Focus Theme

Panel discussion “Creating as a Practice of Freedom”

Panel discussion “Creating as a Practice of Freedom”

Participants: Olena Apchel, Pavlo Kovach, Olena Turyanska, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Natalka Vorozhbyt.
Moderator: Kateryna Botanova.

Main Stage

Sunday, 31 May

14:00

Kids Program

Tales of EUkraine: Ukrainian-English E-e-stories and Book Gifts from Excavator Eka

Tales of EUkraine: Ukrainian-English E-e-stories and Book Gifts from Excavator Eka
Co-organizers: Ukrainian Book Institute, New York Literary Festival.

Participants: Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Tetiana Vavryk, Olya Rusina.

Literary Garden

Sunday, 31 May

14:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the book “Goodbye, Television! The Dramedy from Emma Antoniuk about the Backstage of Ukrainian TV”

Presentation of the book “Goodbye, Television! The Dramedy from Emma Antoniuk about the Backstage of Ukrainian TV”
Organizer: Laboratoria Publishing House.

Participants: Emma Antoniuk.
Moderator: Artem Albul.

Publishing Stage

Sunday, 31 May

14:30

Curatorial Program of Iryna Slavinska

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Artem Chapai. Format: public interview.

Elderly Young People. A Conversation with Artem Chapai. Format: public interview.

Moderator: Tetyana Teren.

Author Stage

Sunday, 31 May

14:30

Professional Program

Discussion “The Text That Has Grown: How Mentoring Works in Literature”

Discussion “The Text That Has Grown: How Mentoring Works in Literature”
Organizer: Litosvita.

Speakers: Viktoria Klymchuk-Dlugach, Maria Titarenko.
Moderator: Iryna Osadchuk.

Discussion Stage

Sunday, 31 May

14:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the publishing house “From a ‘Drawer’ Manuscript to a Bestseller”

Presentation of the publishing house “From a ‘Drawer’ Manuscript to a Bestseller”
Organizer: TAK Publishing House.

Participants: Iryna Oleshko, Violina Sytnik, Inna Krulko, Olena Vasina.
Moderator: Lana.

Lecture Hall

Sunday, 31 May

14:30

Publisher's Program

Open meeting “The Road of Freedom: Yurii Borets’ Ukrainian and Australian Paths”

Open meeting “The Road of Freedom: Yurii Borets’ Ukrainian and Australian Paths”
Organizer: Nika-Centre.

Participants: Orisa Borets, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Yuriy Sak.
Moderator: Volodymyr Viatrovych.

Workshops Area

Sunday, 31 May

15:00

Main Program

Discussion “How Should We Be in the World?”

Discussion “How Should We Be in the World?”
Organizer: PEN Ukraine.

Participants: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Nataliia Teramae, Olena Stiazhkina, Kateryna Yakovlenko.
Moderator: Anna Vovchenko.

Literary Stage

Sunday, 31 May

15:30

Main Program

Discussion “The World After Stability: Exploring a New Reality”

Discussion “The World After Stability: Exploring a New Reality”

Participants: Mykola Bieleskov, Oleksandr Komarov, Igor Semyvolos.
Moderated by: Tetiana Pushnova.

Main Stage

Sunday, 31 May

15:30

Publisher's Program

Presentation of the publishing series “Japanese Books for Children of Ukraine: A Humanitarian Initiative and Cultural Partnership”

Presentation of the publishing series “Japanese Books for Children of Ukraine: A Humanitarian Initiative and Cultural Partnership”
Organizer: RANOK Publishing.

Participants: Masashi Nakagome, Viktor Kruglov, Olena Nosonenko.

Publishing Stage

Sunday, 31 May

15:30

Main Program

Discussion “Being the Author of Your Own Life: From Activity to Ability”

Discussion “Being the Author of Your Own Life: From Activity to Ability”
Organizer: Mnozhyna Foundation.

Participants: Oleksandra Matviichuk, Roman Kechur.
Moderator: Zoya Kazanzhy.

Author Stage

Sunday, 31 May

15:30

Kids Program

Book Bingo: New Releases, Authors, Highlights

Book Bingo: New Releases, Authors, Highlights
Co-organizer: Children’s Reading Laboratory Barabooka.

Participants: Maria Artemenko, Olga Kupriyan, Anastasia Muzychenko, Svitlana Royz, Olena Skulatova, Yulita Ran, Oleksiy Kovalenko,Hryhorii Falkovych.
Moderator: Vitalina Makaryk.

Discussion Stage

Sunday, 31 May

15:30

Teens Program

Beyond Filters and Labels: How Teenagers Are Looking for Themselves Today. A Conversation with Psychologist Oleksandra Taltanova

Beyond Filters and Labels: How Teenagers Are Looking for Themselves Today. A Conversation with Psychologist Oleksandra Taltanova

Moderator: Oleksandra Prus.

Lecture Hall

Sunday, 31 May

16:30

Main Program

The Brutal Optimism of Ukrainian Poetry. Poetry Readings of ‘Radio Culture’

The Brutal Optimism of Ukrainian Poetry. Poetry Readings of ‘Radio Culture’
Organizer: Radio Culture.

Readers: Kateryna Kalytko, Ostap Slyvynsky, Svitlana Povalyaeva, Valieriy Puzik,Valieriy Puzik, Ihor Mitrov, Marjana Savka, Yulia Musakovska, Yulia Paevska, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Dina Chmuzh.
Moderator: Olena Huseynova.

Literary Stage

Sunday, 31 May

16:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Midnight’s Children of Two Worlds: East and West in Salman Rushdie’s Magical Realism”

Discussion “Midnight’s Children of Two Worlds: East and West in Salman Rushdie’s Magical Realism”
Organizer: Fabula Publishing House.

Participants: Bohdana Romantsova.
Moderator: Olga Kari.

Publishing Stage

Sunday, 31 May

16:30

Kids Program

Public talk with Hryhorii Falkovych

Public talk with Hryhorii Falkovych

Moderated by Olya Rusina.

Author Stage

Sunday, 31 May

16:30

Teens Program

Not Only about Love and School: A Conversation about Teenage Literature Without Stereotypes

Not Only about Love and School: A Conversation about Teenage Literature Without Stereotypes

Participants: Kateryna Korniienko, Sasha Savchenko, Sofia Piskunova.
Moderator: Yevheniia Pavliuk.

Lecture Hall

Sunday, 31 May

17:00

Writer's Program

‘Looking Around’. The Largest Literary Events of Central Europe about Their Focus Themes and Regions

‘Looking Around’. The Largest Literary Events of Central Europe about Their Focus Themes and Regions
With the support of the Polish Institute Kyiv.

Participants: Dumitru Crudu (Revista Timpul, Moldova), Krzysztof Chyzhevskyy (Borderlands Foundation, Poland), Lucian Dan Teodorovici (FILIT, Romania).
Moderator: Yulia Kozlovets.

Main Stage

Sunday, 31 May

17:00

Professional Program

Discussion “Dangerously Free: How Freedom Turns into Prohibition. Miroslav Šašek, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Culture of Silence”

Discussion “Dangerously Free: How Freedom Turns into Prohibition. Miroslav Šašek, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Culture of Silence”
Organizers: Czech Centre in Kyiv and NGO Cultural Diplomacy International Institute

Participants: Vitaliy Portnikov, Tetiana Kalita, Yaryna Yasynevych, Olena Malyshevska, Yulia Stakhivska.
Moderator: Vitaliy Baka.

Discussion Stage

Sunday, 31 May

17:00

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Recalling Ourselves: Forgotten Treasures of Ukrainian Ethnography”

Discussion “Recalling Ourselves: Forgotten Treasures of Ukrainian Ethnography”
Organizer: Your Underground Humanities.

Participants: Ostap Ukrainets, Bohdan Strilchyk.
Moderator: Kateryna Dudka.

Workshops Area

Sunday, 31 May

17:00

Professional Program

Portfolio review of illustrators and book designers

Portfolio review of illustrators and book designers
In collaboration with the Illustractor community.

Organized by: Glib Kaporikov, Halya Vergeles, Vitaliy Lyaska, Tetiana Omelchenko, Oksana Yorysh.

BookLab Space

Sunday, 31 May

17:30

Publisher's Program

Discussion “Slow Debuts: How Long Does a Poetic Book Take to Mature?”

Discussion “Slow Debuts: How Long Does a Poetic Book Take to Mature?”
Organizer: Sumna Vivtsia Publishing House.

Participants: Viktoria Feshchuk, Pavlo Shchepan, Anna Yutchenko.
Moderator: Roman Vorobyov.

Publishing Stage

Sunday, 31 May

17:30

Main Program

Complex conversation “Protecting Defenders. Fair Veteran Policies in Culture”

Complex conversation “Protecting Defenders. Fair Veteran Policies in Culture”
Organizer: Coalition of Culture Actors.

Speakers: Yana Goncharenko, Maksym Ostapenko, Olga Rossoshanska, Yegor Babenko.
Moderator: Olena Apchel.

Author Stage

Sunday, 31 May

18:00

Main Program

Conversation “Why Do We Need to Articulate Art?”

Conversation “Why Do We Need to Articulate Art?”
Co-organizer: PinchukArtCentre.

Participants: Oksana Semenik, Olena Turyanska, Tanya Zhmurko.
Moderated by: Yevheniia Butsykina.