Festival program

Mission "Rescue": how to help animals here and now. Master class and meeting with the writer Evgenia Zavaliy

Conversation between Volodymyr Arenev and Jonathan Stroud

Kobylyanska-live: diaries, autobiography, letters

A frog is in your head. How to write about difficult emotional states. Presentation of Hanna Gorodetska's book «God Does Not Love Vegans»

What are we seeking for?

A detective quest based on the series of detectives for children by Andrii Kokotyukha "Detectives from Everywhere"

Presentation of the book by Khrystyna Shalak "There is no one in the forest. Stories about people, buildings and psychiatry"

Life in the shadow of the great father: presentation of a unique edition about Franz Xaver Mozart

Freedom of thoughts vs Indoctrination

Presentation of Zoryana Zhyvka's book "An Angel named A Pear", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor. Autograph session of Zoryana Zhyvka - author of the books "The Dream. Sky Airlines", "Patron, the Dog. A small story about a big dream", "The Victorious Rooster".

We will discuss the challenges of writing retrodetectives with Vasyl Dobryansky. Presentation of the novel "No One Will Say Goodbye."

Mykola Khvylovy: presentation of a complete collection of works in 5 volumes

Presentation of Tetyana Belimova's historical love novel "Someone else's fault", winner of Koronatsiya Slova

Existential resilience: How global historical changes affect who we are

Financial game for parents and children and presentation of the book A One Million Dream vy Serhij Vozzhov

Presentation of the book "Dzvinka" by Nina Kuryata

Presentation of the book "Petro Andrusiv (1906–1981): Artistic heritage, publications, archival and reference materials" by Andriy Yatsiv and Roman Yatsiv

Death of a soldier. A story of loss and acceptance

People and words that disappear. A conversation between Kateryna Mikhalitsyna and Olena Lototska

Mythical heroes and magical artifacts. Presentation of the Many-headed Snake book series by Dara Kornii.

Faith in times of loss. Presentation of Nelya Sheyko-Medvedeva's book "Nich ostannya» with the participation of Volodymyr Sheyko and Maryana Savka

Presentation of a series of books on the history of medicine

Oleksa Dovbush. The secret of glory

The Сity as One of the Characters

"No one is obliged to forgive": presentation of the Ukrainian translation of the book by the Polish reporter Wojciech Tochman "Today we draw death"

There is the same fairy tale between sci-fi and fantasy

Modern Mythologies: Do we still need heroes in the 21st century?

“Live the Sacrament. Eight Conversations with Metropolitan Borys Gudziak”:presentation of the book. A conversation between Bohdana Matiyash and Taras Prokhasko.

"Chasu nemae": how to write the first book and finish it. A conversation with writer Rustem Khalil about life hacks while writing a novel

Ювілей легендарної серії. Інтерактивна зустріч з читачами серії книг «Коти-вояки».

How the war has changed the emphasis in communication important things to children through books

A discussion with the publisher and translator of Georgi Gospodinov's iconic novel "Time Shelter"

"Women's Leadership in Wartime: How to Describe and Document Women's Subjectivity in Wartime"

Presentation of the book "Not muses, but muscles" by Maria Tytarenko

With a debut novel on world screens. The success story of Natalia Gurnytska

What to hold on to when it's hard for you: a conversation with Vitalina Makaryk. Presentation of the book for teenagers "Kedy v nebi"

Essays as meditation: Kostyantyn Moskalets about his book "Building a Bridge". The moderator is Mariya Tytarenko.

"Autumn treasures of the Koronatsiya Slova"

How does the Russian assault on Ukraine change our view of colonialism and decolonization?

The history of Crimea through myths and legends of the peninsula with Svitlana Taratorina. Presentation of "House of Salt" + a lecture on it.

The power of words. Ben Okri, Rachel Clarke and Halyna Kruk in conversation supported by BOOK AID.

How do we speak? The language and its heroes

Presentation of Olena Finberg's books "Buchyk the Cat in the City of the Lion" and "Incredible Stories of the Buchyk Cat"

How to Stay Resourceful in Dark Times: A Meeting with the Author of the Book "Energy Management"

‘Unshotted poems’. This is my war

The specifics of creating cover designs and illustrating books of fantasy

Let’s read together with the author Larysa Myrhorodska “The Educational Adventures of Medunchyk: Almost Uninvented Stories”

Presentation of the book "Nolens Volens, like it or not. Nearly 100 Latin phrases and a handful of Greek ones" by Zuzanna Kisielewska

DO WE NEED KINGS? Talking about the rulers in our history.

Presentation of the book My War with the participation of co-authors

Presentation of the book "There is land behind the digging" by Anastasia Levkova

“Illustration in a children’s book. How to organize work between the author, illustrator and publisher

On the inhabitants of Horishkovi Plavni and healing stories for children with Kateryna Yehorushkina and Olena Rybka

Presentation of the historical novel about the Second World War and today's war "Run, Martusya!" by Veronika Mosevich, winner of the Koronatsiya Slova

People with a big heart: Svyatoslav Shevchuk and Liyubomyr Huzar. A conversation between Oksana Klymonchuk and Taras Prokhasko. Presentation of the book "Kobzar of Independent Ukraine. Beatitude Sviatoslav about Beatitude Liybomyr".

How the Maidan changed us. A conversation about 10 years of struggle

Presentation of the book "There is land behind the digging" by Anastasia Levkova

Discussion 'Koronatsiya Slova 2023: where popular ukrainian literature is headed?"

Secrets of closet without a mirror

Presentation of Igor Nabytovych's book "Saga of an artistic family: Alexander Fredro, Sofia Sheptytska, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi"

Master class on book illustration by the famous artist Bohdana Bondar.

Presentation of Julia Mak's book "Toliky. About those who rewind the tape with a pencil"

The contest goes on: presentation of books by the winners of the Smoloskyp Publishing House literary competition

Poetic diary of the war: presentation of Natalka Fursa's collection "Vernygora". The moderator is Tanya Pylypets.

Meeting with blogger Bad Mama

Announcement the new project of "Knyharnia Ye"

For heroic little Ukrainians about super cool Morsyk, Liutyk and the spirits of the Irpin forest

Scholactica Nova – references, hommages and easter eggs and how did they became so important

Fighting for or with words? The challenges of speaking about war

Deadly Exciting: Discussing Thrillers with Book Bloggers

Ad fontes: Why do we go back to Ukrainian classics?

"Alarming Conversations About Victory" with Olena Solodovnikova. Book presentation and screening of the "Drawn History. Secret Weapon of Ukrainians".

“Adventure stories for children as a way to solve complex environmental issues. How to unobtrusively tell children and adults about important things through the characters of children’s books?”

Speaking openly about writing: why writers should host podcasts.

"Values as a Decision-making Tool"

Crazy authors. The right to talk about yourself

Meeting with the writer Vasyl Shklyar

“Ghost”: how Anriiko and the ghost Yavdusia survived the occupation

Colonial discourse in Russian literature: How we (mis)understandood the 'Russian soul'

Presentation of Tanya Kasyan's book "Ours. Common. How to preserve a person in oneself during and after the war"

"[dasein: defense of presence]" by Yaryna Chornoguz

Presentation of the book "From the Maidan to the Maidan New history of Ukrainian journalism" by Nesteryak Yuriy, Nesteryak Yulia, Oleksandr Klymenko

Presentation of the book "Tears of the Fatherland" by the outstanding German Renaissance poet Andres Griffius

Love, war, fictional worlds - what do Ukrainian teenagers read about? A conversation with authors Yulia Ilyukha, Olga Kupriyan and Tanya Gud.

Russian-Ukrainian war: will genocide of Russia in Ukraine be recognized?

Presentation of Serhii Plokhy's book "The Russo-Ukrainian War"

How to communicate with kids about the war

How to publish and republish. Workshop with Anastasiia Nikulina

"Krymshyi inzhyr": "literature from the prison", Ukrainian Crimea and opportunity to speak

Presentation of the book "Sword Language. How the Soviet Empire Spoke" by Eugenia Kuznetsova

"Capture the moment": presentation of the art book by Anna Ilchenko and Svitlana Oslavska "Old Khata Book. Photobook about houses and people"

Presentation of the book by Volodymyr Viatrovych "Our Century: Short Essays on the Long War."

Global consequences of Russia's ecocide in Ukraine: Why Ukraine's victory will contribute to combating climate change

Human lives against the background of a great history

Presentation of Frederic Begbeder's book "Memoirs of an Unbalanced young guy "

Night (evening) of poetry and reading

Presentation of the book "The Rings on the Soul" by Eli Schechtman

Presentation of "Air Alarming Book" with Iryna Slavinska and Haska Shiyan

Babyn Yar. In memorium of the tragedy victims

What will be the future of media in Ukraine?

Discussion panel "Reincarnation of the Red/Russian Empire: Why is it impossible?"

Presentation of psychological thrillers by the writer and forensic medical expert Dmytro Paliy

Presentation of the book "Masks of other people's roles", a teenage book - a story, the coronation of words, 2021.

Presentation of Tatyana Domashenko's book "I - Ukraine"

And in the great new family, the family of the free… How do we create closeness in the conditions of war?

Presentation of the book Today by Oleksandr Krasovytskyi

Presentation of Peter Kraljuk's books

Women's Voices of Central and Eastern Europe (prose by Olga Tokarczuk and Julijana Matanović)

Love in the creation of poetic anthologies

Brave Fairy Tales: how we talk to children about the war

Lviv, Paris, croissants and writing. Meeting with Nick Nickelo

Presentation of the series of books "Creativity of Doctors"

Did Ukrainian Soviet literature exist? Non-canonical canon, classics and songs about Stalin

Romcoms and (un)favorite tropes: bloggers' discussion

Women, war, and justice: in memorial of Victoria Amelina

Presentation of the book "War Came…" by Andrii Trystan

Presentation of new books of the publishing house "Spirit and letter" "Wars, politics, today"

Open recording of the podcast-presentation of the book "Good startups. People and projects that were not broken by the war"

We discover a thousand wonders of Italy together with Geronimo Stilton

Presentation of the book "Forest on the frontier"

Running away

Ukrainian folk tale versus Kenyan: oddities, similarities, specifics

Presentation of Vasyl Shtokal's book "How Hrytsko Chuprinka died"

Borders of Humanity

Behind the scenes of Irena Karpa's author's course My Story

Ukranian personages of the fantasy world: from Kolyada to Gonykhmarnyk. Lection of Dara Kornij

Presentation of Petr Lushchyk's books

The war through the eyes of a British journalist. A conversation with Luke Harding about his book "Invasion".

Presentation of female detective stories with a Lviv soul

Presentation of the book "I'm Transforming... Diary of the Occupation. Selected Poems" by Volodymyr Vakulenko-K.

Presentation of the new retro-detective novel by Yuriy Vynnychuk, "Diamonds from Tangier."

Presentation of the new novel by Luko Dashvar "The Legacy"

Economist Jaroslav Romanchuk: presentation of the book "New West. Ukrainian Dream".

A Healthy Parenting: How to Organize Your Life in Order to Stay Sane

How to combine different styles of art: a meeting with a writer and a singer, Olha Balandiukh

Presentation of the book "The Battle for Kyiv" by Sergiy Rudenko.

I would laugh to keep from crying: humor and trauma

The moment of creation: behind the scenes of the worldbuildings in Iryna Hrabovska's trilogy "Crystal Castle" and Dariia Piskozub's tetralogy "Machine"

Conversation between Art Spiegelman and Oleksandr Mykhed

Presentation of the book "Prophet or heretic? The religious worldview of Ivan Franko and his relations with the clergy"

Presentation of the book: Olena Haleta. NEW WRITING: Ukrainian literature in an anthropological perspective

Conversation between Andrii Kurkov and Jonathan Franzen

War for beginners: conversation between Ozren Kebo and Kateryna Kalytko

Remembering Our Way to the Future

War as the collapse of civilization: сan there be happiness after war?

The figure of Metropolitan Andrei Sheptyts’kyi in history and historiography: new approaches and research perspectives

Planning a Marshall Plan for Ukraine: Why Ukraine's victory will benefit everyone

Awarding ceremony of Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Prize "Encounter" winners