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Olya Rusina

curator of the Kids and Teens Program

Writer, journalist, translator. Author of the following books for children and teenagers: The Little Sister, Miya and the Lunar Eclipse, 34 Sunny Days and One Gloomy Day, Apricots Bloom at Night and others. Participant of the anthology of contemporary prose from Vogue Ukraine, scholarship holder of the Rozstaje report program. Nominee of the BBC Book of the Year and Espresso. Readers’ Choice awards, winner of Barabuka TOP in 2022 and 2023. Her texts are translated into Polish and English. She is a member of PEN Ukraine and works at Hromadske Radio and Suspilne Media.