Tetiana Vlasova

Tetiana Vlasova is a Ukrainian poet, singer, cultural manager. The author of the book of poems “Effect of Proximity”.

Сhief producer at MEGOGO AUDIO. She creates audio stories, focusing on idea creation and production of projects. She has produced narrative podcasts, and has been responsible for innovation in audio development for over two years.

Alona Penzii was born in 1993 in Kyiv. She got her MA degree in Film Studies at the Kyiv Karpenko-Karyi National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television. She researched the social political aspect in Ukrainian non-fiction cinema at the end of the 1980-s and the beginning of 1990-s. As a cinematography theorist, at the Dovzhenko Centre, she specializes in researching the history of Ukrainian non-fiction cinema, in particular animation, and works as a critic for LB.ua and Ukraiinska Pravda.

Maryna Dubyna translates between Ukrainian and English, as well as from Icelandic to Ukrainian. She mostly works with comics. She is currently pursuing MA Publishing from University College London with the support of Chevening Awards, and writing a Masters’ Dissertation on comics translation in Ukraine between 2017 and 2021. She is the editor-in-chief at Boryviter, a member of the ‘Translators in Action’ initiative of the NGO Litcentr, and a part of the TRANSLATORIUM festival.

Journalist, reporter, author of books. Vira Kuryko cooperate with Reporters, Local History, the Public Interest Journalism Lab, and other Ukrainian and foreign media.

Mykyta Yanyuk has been working with comic books since 2017. He had a chance to translate for all the major publishers of comic books. He is the host of the Third Parallel YouTube channel about comic books in Ukraine. Scriptwriter for a series of war-related comics by Inker magazine (UAComix).

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, literary critic, author of books “Ukrainian Philosophical Lyrics” (1998, 1999), “Unrecognized Guest: Fate and Heritage of Volodymyr Svidzinsky (2006, 2016), “A Parable about Poets” (2014, 2018), “Recognition of Saint” (2020).

Co-author of the Наразі без назви project, host of the Conversations with Sense project, moderator of the Sense book club, co-editor of the cult review Ukrainian Journal.

Since 2019, he has been the host of the Gogol Moustache podcast. In 2022, together with Mykyta Rybakov, he launched Gogol Media, a cultural media platform.

Oksana Davydova is a writer for children. She was born in Kyiv. She was an editor, and an editor-in-chief of children’s magazines «Вигадуй, думай, грай», «Маленький Розумник», «Маленька Фея» for more than 10 years. The author of several scripts that have been used for theatrical performances for children. She is the author of several books, including «Що всередині?», «Пригоди Санти», «Розумні ігри для малят», «Моя мама — чарівниця», etc. She works at “Artbooks” publishing house.