The second year of the program was successful. A total of 142 online B2B meetings were held, with the participation of 21 Ukrainian and 41 international publishers from 22 countries. All the B2B meetings took place on the Hopin platform, which made it possible to hold them simultaneously, bringing together people from different places around the world.
So far, the organisers of the program have information about 16 signed agreements.
During the project, the Ukrainian Book Institute (Translate Ukraine), House of Europe (Translation Grants), Creative Europe (Support for Literary Translations), Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (New Opportunities for the literary sector) presented their opportunities for translation and promotion of Ukrainian literature abroad.
- Other results:
— the educational program was held, joined by 7 speakers and attended by around 45 people;
— 4 educational videos about Ukrainian books that we recommend to translate were downloaded on our YouTube channel;
— 10 articles were published on Chytomo website about the work specifics of literary agents from around the world.The program was implemented in cooperation with the House of Europe.