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Despite the massive attack on May 24, the 14th International Book Arsenal Festival opens in Kyiv

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Russian attack damages writers’ homes, schools, and museums

Acquainted

Serhii Plokhy: Empires fall and nations rise from their ruins

18 June

Antanas Vaičiulaitis Literary Award announces winners

16 June

Ukraine’s UNESCO Commission urges international action after attacks on cultural heritage sites

15 June

Andrey Kurkov’s short story included in Booker Prize Foundation anthology

15 June

Russian attack damages UNESCO-listed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and Book Arsenal venue

15 June

Estonia blocks Russian printed materials bound for EU after customs inspection

11 June

Hot water pipe burst causes severe damage to Smoloskyp and Litosvita offices

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Top five new teen books by Ukrainian authors

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UK/UA Cultural Journalism Exchange

Suffering hero-victims and alcoholism in the middle of nowhere: 6 stereotypes in writing about Ukraine

12.12.2025 - Chytomo

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A manual for interacting with Ukrainians. Three bestsellers from Eugenia Kuznetsova

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UK/UA Cultural Journalism Exchange

Second testimony: Four children’s books that speak in the voices of the disappeared and the voiceless

08.12.2025 - Валя Вздульська

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It could have been different: An alternative history of Ukraine in five books

04.12.2025 - Anatoliy Pityk, Kateryna Pityk

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Pictoric Illustration Contest 2026 reveals first winners across main categories

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Ukrainian Literature: Rights On! program for publishers and literary agents, that aims to inspire foreigners’ interest in Ukrainian books and enable Ukrainian publishers to start or increase exporting by establishing direct contacts at B2B meetings with foreign partners. Organized by Book Arsenal, House of Europe. Supported by Creative Europe