ARSENAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2015
[ Program with the participation of international guests
and partners ]
April 22, Wednesday
3:00 p.m. — 5.00 p.m. Cafe Europa. Press-conference before the opening of the V
international ARSENAL BOOK FESTIVAL. Key speakers: Natalia Zabolotna, General Director of
Mystetskyi Arsenal, Olga Zhuk, Chief Curator of Arsenal Book Festival, Matthieu Ardin, Chief of
EUNIC – European Union National Institutes for Culture, and Director of Alliance Française in Kyiv.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Cafe Europa. Panel discussion “Europe for Ukraine: choice or necessity?”
with special guests: Karel Schwarzenberg (Czech Republic), Karl Schloegel (Germany), Susanne
Scholl (Austria), Galia Ackerman (France). Partner: EUNIC.
6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Cafe Europa. Official opening of the V international ARSENAL BOOK
FESTIVAL.
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Illustration Hall. Opening of the exhibition of art books and collection of
Tomasz Wilmanski. Partner: Polish Institute in Ukraine.
7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Illustration Hall. Opening of the illustrator’s program and Pictoric exhibition
of contemporary Ukrainian and Czech illustrators. Special guest country: Czech Republic. Partner:
Czech Center in Kyiv.
7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The stand of the French Institute. Opening of the art book installation by
Samuel Ackerman.
7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Wise Connections
Trio. Jazz performance of violinist Juan Silva (Portugal), accompanied by Anton Sizko (double
bass), Olexiy Fantayev (drums).
7:00 p.m. Cinema Hall. Video poetry festival “CYCLOP” presents a program for Arsenal Book
Festival.
8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Art Stage, 2nd floor. “Kolo Dzygy. Arsenal”. National Oleksandr
Dovzhenko Centre and British Council Ukraine present the silent film by O. Dovzhenko musically
accompanied by Bronnt Industries Kapital (UK).
April 23, Thursday – the World Book Day / Arsenal Book Festival Night (open till
midnight)
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Hall “Hokku”. Book presentation “Blockade of the brain” by Viktor
Shenderovich (Russia). Publishing house “Vivat”.
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Art Stage, 2nd floor. Niice Program. Otar Karalashvili, curator of Book Art
Center, Tbilisi. Workshop on book covers design.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Stand of Odessa Branch of the Greek Cultural Foundation. Meeting with the
director of Odessa Branch GCF Sofronis Paradisopulos. Q&A about publishing activities GCF,
International annual book exhibition in Thessaloniki city, Greece in May.
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m., Cafe Europa. Panel discussion “Branding national literatures abroad”.
Session 1. Participants: Oleksandra Koval, president of NGO “Publishers’ Forum”; Grzegorz
Gauden, director of the Book Institute (Poland); Tobias Voss, Vice-President International Markets,
Frankfurt Book Fair (Germany); Eric Tosatti, Advisor for Culture and Cooperation of the French
Embassy in Ukraine; Bohdan Chervak, deputy chairman of the State Committee for Television and
Radio Broadcasting; Dmytro Kuleba, Ambassador at Large, MFA of Ukraine; Rostyslav
Karandeyev, Deputy Minister of Culture; Danylo Lubkivsky, Adviser to the Prime Minister.
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Cafe Europa. “Branding national literatures abroad”. Session 2:
Presentation of International Frankfurt Book Fair by Tobias Voss, Vice-President International
Markets.
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Philosophy / Graphic cafe, 2nd floor. Presentation of the Latvian
culture/philosophy magazine “RīgasLaiks. Russian edition”. Publisher Arnis Ritups and the chief
editor Uldis Tirons will talk about the history of the Latvian magazine initiated by philosopher
Alexander Piatigorsky. Partner: Congress of Cultural Activists.
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Meeting with Jean-Luc Outers, presentation of his novels
“Spécialité” and “La Place du Mort”, “Bukrek” publishing. Moderator: Ivan Ryabchiy.
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Official ceremony of the annual Skovoroda Prize for the best
translation from French into Ukrainian, published with the support of “Skovoroda” Program of the
French Institute and the French Embassy in Ukraine.
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Illustrators Hall. Illustrators Club Pictoric supported by the Czech Center
presents the lecture by Czech illustrator Ilona Polanski (Tomski & Polanski).
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Czech Center in Kyiv and Laurus publishing present the first
Ukrainian translation of Vaclav Havel's book “Letters to Olga”. Participants: Karel Schwarzenberg,
Břetislav Rychlik, Tetyana Okopna.
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Poetic evening of
the “SHO” cultural magazine. Special guests: Maria Galina, Arkady Shtypel.
7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Philosophy / Graphic cafe, 2nd floor. Goethe-Institut in Ukraine presents
a discussion “Comic boom: German experience” with participation of artist Mawil (Markus Witzel)
and Maxim Prasolov, Nebeskey publisher.
7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the Ukrainian translation of the book
“Watercolors” by Lidia Ostalowska published by “Knyhy XXI” (“Books XXI”). and the Polish Institute
in Kyiv. Participants: Lidia Ostalowska, Andriy Lyubka, Alexander Boychenko.
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Cinema Hall. Czech Center in Kyiv presents documentary “Olga” (director:
Miroslav Janek) about the first lady Olga Havel, Vaclav Havel's wife.
7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Jacek Dehnel
and Marianna Kiyanovska. Poetry reading as a part of Arsenal Book Night.
7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Ulrike Almut
Sandig, music by Grigory Semenchuk. Poetry reading as a part of Arsenal Book Night. Supported
by Goethe-Institut in Ukraine.
8:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the Ukrainian translation of the book “Saturn”
by Jacek Dehnel published by “Komora” with the support of the Polish Institute in Kyiv.
Participants: Jacek Dehnel, Andriy Bondar, Oksana Zabuzhko.
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. “Rabies sounds”
by Olesya Zdorovetska (Dublin). The concert program based on Ukrainian poetry by Lyubov
Yakymchuk, Oleh Lysheha, Marianna Kiyanovska, Yuri Izdryk, Iryna Starovoyt, Serhiy Zhadan,
Hrytsko Chubay, Lina Kostenko, Maxim Dobrovolsky, Yuri Andrukhovych and others.
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Art Stage, 2nd floor. New Era Orchestra and Ukho music agency present
Ukrainian premiere of the concert program “East meets West”, featuring “While An Angel Falls into
a Doze” and "Atom Hearts Club" Suite №2, ор.79А by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Four American
Seasons by Philip Glass. Partners: The U.S. Embassy, The Embassy of Japan in Ukraine.
April 24, Friday
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Art Stage, 2nd floor. Workshop by German comic artist Mawil (Markus
Witzel), supported by the Goethe-Institut in Ukraine. Participation by prior registration.
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Cafe Europa. “Third World ...”. Presentation of new books (Russian and
Ukrainian editions) by Boris Berezovsky’s former adviser and biographer Yuri Felshtinsky (Boston)
and Mikhail Stanchev (Kharkiv) with participation of authors and translator of the book into Russian
Vladimir Yeshkilev published by “Nash Format”.
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Hall “Hokku”. Teleconference with Garry Kasparov, Russian opposition
politician and public figure. Moderator: Alexander Paskhaver. Publishing house “Sammit-knyga”.
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the Ukrainian translation of the book
“Discord between Ukraine and Russia: strategy for pique exit” by Antoine Arjakovsky published by
“Vivat” with the support of the French Institute in Ukraine.
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m., Hall “Hokku”. Presentation of the book “Europe – the forum of the
world” by Anatoly Akhutin published by “Duh i Litera” (“Spirit and Letter”).
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m., Hall “Paper”. The meeting of the writer Natalka Babina (Belarus) and
translator Bozhena Antonyak with readers. Publishing house “Urbino”.
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Hall “Hokku”. Opening of the exhibition “7th day”. Camera Obscura –
Places of translation. Authors: Przemek Zejfert and members of the international literary and
translation project “TransStar Europe” for the project “Translation cubes: six aspects of European
literature and translation”. There will be presentation of works and reading from the collection of
texts that should appear in the publishing house “Krytyka”. Special guest: Ulrike Almut Sandig.
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Illustrators Hall. Illustrators club Pictoric supported by the Czech Center
presents workshop by Czech illustrator Ilona Polanski (Tomski&Polanski).
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Hall “Hokku”. Public conversation “Censorship and self-censorship in
Polish culture”. Participants: Jacek Dehnel, Sophia Andrukhovych. Moderator: Vira Baldyniuk.
Organizers: CSM (Foundation Center for Contemporary Art) and Korydor. Partners: publishing
house “Komora”, the Polish Institute in Kyiv.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Cinema Hall. Master Class “How "to sell oneself " abroad and how to get
publishing rights” by the biggest publishing houses of Ukraine, which focus on foreign markets,
with the participation of Igor Logvinov (Lohvinau, Belarus).
3:00 p.m - 3:50 p.m. Meridian Czernowitz stand. Public discussion “Ukrainian literature. After the
war” with Igor Pomerantsev and Yuri Andrukhovych.
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Philosophy / Graphic cafe, 2nd floor. Documentary about Alexander
Piatigorsky “Philosopher Escaped” will be presented by director Uldis Tirons and screenwriter
Arnis Ritups (Latvia). Partner: Congress of Cultural Activists.
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. “European Memories of the Second World War”. Discussion
with Jean-Yves Potelle (France), Andriy Pavlyshyn, Igor Gyrych. Moderator: Leonid Finberg, with
the support of the French Institute in Ukraine.
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. “Is there a political component in the literature?” is a
discussion with the Austrian writer and journalist Susanne Scholl, presentation of the novel “Emma
is silent”. Moderator: Andrey Kurkov. Supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum.
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Hall of small bookstores and publishers. Presentation of BelarusianUkrainian Almanac “Sprava”, that according to history was first deleted in Minsk. Association of
Ukrainian literature at the Union of Belarusian Writers. Participants: Natalka Babina, Oles
Navarych, Natalia Marchenko, Vladislav Ahromenka (members of the Association from Belarus
and Ukraine).
5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Meridian Czernowitz. “Why Paul Celan and Kazimir Malevich are
important for modern Ukrainian culture?” – dialogues between Samuel Ackerman (France), Dmitry
Gorbachev and Mark Belorusets. With the support of the French Institute in Ukraine.
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Philosophy / Graphic cafe, 2nd floor. “Politics and Pragmatics of the
University: from Heidegger to Bologna”. Lecture by Mikhail Mayatsky – philosopher, Professor of
Cultural Studies Faculty at NRU “Higher School of Economics”, PhD of University of Freiburg.
Discussion between Mikhail Mayatsky and Alexander Ivashina on the current state of the
university.
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the “Hrdý Budžes” (“Absolutely Proud”) by
Irene Douskova published by “Komora” and Czech Center in Kyiv. Participants: Irena Douskova,
Igor Pomerantsev, Iryna Zabiyaka, Oksana Schur.
6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m., Hall “Paper”. Discussion “Borders of Donbass. Where does freedom
end?” with Hiroaki Kuromiya. Special guest of the discussion is Japanese historian Hiroaki
Kuromiya. Participants: Yekaterina Yakovlenko, moderator of the events, curator of “Donbas
studies”; Grigory Nemyria, Ukrainian politician (this is being confirmed); Konstantin Batozsky,
Ukrainian politician (this is being confirmed); Oksana Mikheyeva, sociologist (Donetsk, Lviv).
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the novel “Time of second-hand” by Svetlana
Alexievich published by “Duh i Litera” (“Spirit and Letter”). With the participation of Svetlana
Alexievich and Oksana Zabuzhko. Moderator: Leonid Finberg. Partners of the event: International
Renaissance Foundation, publishing house “Komora”.
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Hall “Hokku”. The state specialized publishing house “Muzychna
Ukrayina” (“Musical Ukraine”) presents a concert and series of publications of Frederic Chopin as
amended by Jan Ekier: “Etudes”, “Waltzes”, “Preludes”, “Polonaises”, “Nocturnes”, “Ballads”,
“Mazurka”, “Scherzo” published with the support of the Polish Institute in Kyiv.
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Evening of Czech
poetry and music: Petr Grushka, Yvetta Ellerova, Petr Chichon. Supported by the Czech Center in
Kyiv.
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Children’s Stage. “Tricks of small trolls”. Meeting with Magali Moreau,
blogger and illustrator.
April 25, Saturday
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Cafe Europa. “Neighborhood is under threat”, “Precedent of Ukraine”
are two highly topical books from Germany. With the participation of Yuri Andrukhovych, Kateryna
Mishchenko and Katharina Raabe. Partner: Goethe-Institut in Ukraine.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Philosophy / Graphic cafe, 2nd floor. Roundtable “What does the
picture-book say?” Participants: Ilona Polanski, Tomasz Wilmanski, art studio “Agrafka”, Otar
Karalashvili, Dana Pavlychko. Moderator: Anastasia Denisenko.
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. “Poetry publishing in France”. Meeting with Bruno Doucey,
supported by the French Institute.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Cinema Hall. Theatrical presentation of the book “Death and the Maiden.
Princess Dramas” by Elfriede Jelinek. Translated by Aleksandra Grigorenko, publishing house
“Knyhy XXI” (“Books XXI”). With the support of the Austrian Cultural Forum. Film director: Alla
Zamanska.
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the Ukrainian translation of the book
“Stepoviy pirat” (“Steppe pirate”) by Stanislav Lubensky, publishing house “Knyhy XXI” (“Books
XXI”) and the Polish Institute in Kyiv. Participants: Stanislav Lubensky, Oksana Penderetska,
Oleksiy Boychenko, Serhiy Zhadan.
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Christoph Bauer is at Meridian Czernowitz site, with the support of the
Austrian Cultural Forum. Translations by Mark Belorusets. Moderator: Yevgeniya Lopata.
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Children’s Stage. “How to make a teenager interested in biographies of
famous people?” Murielle Szac supported by the French Institute is going to present a series of
“Those who said 'no' ” published by Actes Sud junior (France).
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Illustrators Hall. Lecture “How creative industries work in Georgia” by Otar
Karalashvili (Georgia).
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Meridian Czernowitz. Alois Nussbaumer. Presentation of the book
“Forced laborers in Pinzgau: labor relations in the period of National Socialism, life stories”.
Together with the publishing house “Knyhy XXI” (“Books XXI”).
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cinema Hall. “Censorship and book business: Belarusian case” by Igor
Logvinov (Belarus).
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. “French and
Ukrainian dramatic dialogues”. Stage reading of two plays by Matei Visniec (France) “Imagine that
you are God” and “Wait until I’m hot”; and fragments of two Ukrainian plays “Labyrinth” by
Oleksandr Vitr and “Maidan – on the other side of hell” by Neda Nezhdana both translated into
French. With the participation of: dramatic department of the NCTA named after Les Kurbas, Kyiv
theaters МІСТ (MIST) and КТСДіК (KTSDiK), project “Europe of Theaters” by Theatre Center
House of Europe and East in Paris. With the support of the French Institute in Ukraine.
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Czech stand, cafe by the stage “Cafe Europa”. Czech beer reception.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Stand of the Publishing House “Stary Lev” (“Old Lion”). Autograph
session with Francoise Barbe-Gall.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Cinema Hall. “Lake landscape with Pocahontas” is a theatrical
presentation of the Arno Schmidt’s collection. Translated by Nelia Vakhovska, published by “Knyhy
XXI” (“Books XXI”), supported by the Goethe-Institut in Ukraine.
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the Ukrainian translation of the novel
“Europeana” by Patrik Ourednik, Publishing House “Stary Lev” (“Old Lion”) and the Czech Center
in Kyiv.
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., Cinema Hall. Presentation of the Ukrainian translation of professor Serhii
Plokhii’s monograph “The Origin of the Slavic nations. Early modern identities in Ukraine, Russia
and Belarus”. Publishing house “Krytyka”.
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the book “Poisonous landscapes” by Martin
Pollack published by “Knyhy XXI” (“Books XXI”) and the Austrian Cultural Forum. Nelia Vakhovska,
Stanislav Lubensky, Alois Nussbaumer.
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Publishing house
“Machaon” supported by the Polish Institute in Ukraine presents meeting with Janusz Leon
Wisniewski for readers. Presentation of the book “Intimate. Talking not only about love”.
Moderator: Maria Solomina.
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Art Stage, 2nd floor. Niice Program. Otar Karalashvili, curator of Book Art
Center, Tbilisi. Workshop on creative typography.
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Children’s Stage. “How to make a car?” Publishing House “Stary Lev”
(“Old Lion”) and the Czech Center present meeting with Czech illustrator Martin Sodomka.
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Cafe Europa. Honorary Lecture by German historian and sociologist Karl
Schloegel, supported by Goethe-Institut in Ukraine.
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Reading of Bruno
Doucey and Murielle Szac (France), supported by the French Institute.
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Cinema Hall. Presentation of the novel “Satori” and lecture “Serbian
literature after the war” by Srdjan Srdic. Joint event of the publishing house “Komora” and CSM.
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Philosophy / Graphic cafe, 2nd floor. Presentation of the book “Vindictive
venom: the growth of discontent” and lecture by Sybe Schaap, Dutch politician, philosopher, author
of books “Man as a measure” (2008), “The inability to forget: A new Nietzsche’s look at the
question on truth” (2009), “Implementation of philosophy: Metaphysical claims in thinking of T.
Adorno” (2011) and others.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Children’s Stage. Presentation of the book “How to talk to kids about art”
by Francoise Barbe-Gall. Publishing House “Stary Lev” (“Old Lion”) with the support of the French
Institute.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Illustrators Hall. Lecture on “Book and what else – Polish book art” by
Polish artist Tomasz Wilmanski.
8:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m., Cinema Hall. The play “Leviathan, or Best of all worlds. The writing for
three voices, sand and the sound of the symphony” based on the Arno Schmidt’s story, translated
by Nelia Vakhovska. Publishing house “Knyhy XXI” (“Books XXI”), supported by Goethe-Institut in
Ukraine. Direction by Alla Zamansky.
April 26, Sunday
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m., the stand of the Czech Center in Kyiv. “Find Czech in yourself” – a
game with teachers of Czech language.
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Galia Ackerman presents the magazine’s issue “La regle du
jeu” (Game rules) devoted to Ukraine. With the support of the French Institute in Ukraine.
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., Cinema Hall. Branzoliya. Presentation of the book. Moderator: Maryna
Hrymych, representatives of the Embassy of Brazil in Ukraine and the Brazilian community in Kyiv.
Organizer: Publishing house DULIBY.
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Art Stage, 2nd floor. Niice Program. Otar Karalashvili, curator of Book Art
Center, Tbilisi. Workshop on creative typography.
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the Esther Kinsky’s collection “Pity for
snakes” published by “Laurus” with participation of Mark Belorusets, Alexandra Grigorenko and
Nelia Vakhovska. With the support of Goethe-Institut in Ukraine.
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. Presentation of
Annette Kaminska’s anthology “East – West. Poems from Ukraine and for Ukraine”, supported by
the Polish Institute in Kyiv. With the participation of Oleg Kotsarev, Pavlo Korobchuk, Bogdan-Oleg
Gorobchuk, Lyubov Yakymchuk, Katrina Haddad, Halyna Tkachuk, Olesya Mamchych, Olena
Guseynova, Olaf Klemensen, Myroslav Layuka, Vasyl Lozynskyy.
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., Cafe Europe. “From ‘Loneliness’ to ‘Intimacy’ ". Publishing house
“Machaon” supported by the Polish Institute in Ukraine presents a conversation with Janusz Leon
Wisniewski. Moderator: Maria Solomina.
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., Hall “Hokku”. Presentation of the book Shifting Landscapes: Ukrainian
Artists between Revolution and War («Подвижный пейзаж: искусство Украины между
революцией и войной») published by “Rodovid”. Participants: author of the book, critic,
anthropologist of contemporary art Nataliya Chermalyh; gallery owner, publisher Pierre-Laurent
Boulay (gallery Pangée, Montreal, Canada); artist Yevgenia Belorusets.
3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Cinema Hall. Presentation of the book “Shit burns” by Petr Sabach with
participation of Tetiana Okopna and Les Beley, publishing house “Tempora”. Czech Center in Kyiv
presents the film “Kublo” / “Pelíšky”, director: Jan Hrebejk.
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Stand of the publishing house “Machaon-Ukraine”. Autograph session
with Janusz Leon Wisniewski.
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Poetic Stage, openair at the court of Mystetskyi Arsenal. “I'll wait for you
under the tree Kaise-dra”. Small Afro-Ukrainian reading sessions (together with the French
Institute in Ukraine and African Council).
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the book “Walking on Clouds” by Mikhailo
Pantych, publishing house “Tempora”. With the participation of Mykhailo Pantych, Les Beley,
Kateryna Kalytko.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Cafe Europa. Presentation of the book “Arcadia” by Mileta Prodanovych,
publishing house “Tempora”. With the participation of Mileta Prodanovych, Les Beley, Kateryna
Kalytko.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Cafe Europa. Roundtable “Modern Balkan literature”, publishing house
“Tempora”. Participants: Mileta Prodanovych, Mykhailo Pantych, Kateryna Kalytko, Deyan
Aydachych, Les Beley.