Programme
| BOOKS FROM RUSSIA
The programme at this year's Russian Literature Week is varied and wide-ranging, with events taking place all over the UK. From Monday 20 to Tuesday 22 April, we will be hosting the largest ever Books From Russia stand at the London Book Fair, which will be accompanied by events and seminars. Throughout the week, we will be holding evening events at Waterstones Piccadilly, where award-winning Russian writers will be introducing and discussing their latest work. This is a unique opportunity to meet the creative voices behind modern Russian literature. The week will be rounded off with two poetry events at Waterstones, Piccadilly.
All of the events at Waterstones and the London Book Fair will be in Russian and English. |
| Date | Time | Venue | Speakers | Event | More info | Book! |
| 20 April | ||||||
| Monday 20 April | 12.30pm | Russian Stand (Y505) at the LBF | HE Mr Yuri Fedotov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Britain & Mr Mikhail Seslavinsky, Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications (Moscow) | Official opening of the Books From Russia stand | Press release | No tickets required - please join us! |
| Monday 20 April | 1pm | Russian Stand (Y505) at the LBF | Mikhail Seslavinsky, Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications (Moscow)
Vladimir Grigoriev, Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications (Moscow) | Press conference BOOKS FROM RUSSIA and Russian Literature Week in Britain | ||
| Monday 20 April | 2pm | Russian Stand (Y505) at the LBF | Alexander Drozdov, Director of the Yeltsin Foundation
Tatyana Bokova, Head of Literature, “Russkiy mir” Foundation
Irina Stepanova, Head of Education, “Russkiy mir” Foundation | Promoting Russian Literature Internationally - presentation by the “Russkiy mir” Foundation and the Yeltsin Foundation | ||
| Monday 20 April | 3.30pm | Thames Room, LBF | Mr Vladimir Grigoriev (Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Press); Mr Oleg Bartenev (AST), Oleg Novikov (Eksmo), Arkady Vitruk (Azbuka-Atticus) | Seminar: The Russian Book Market in Transition: Crisis/Anticrisis. An invaluable forum in which to gain a better understanding of the workings of Russian publishing, and to create business contacts with Russia. | Press release | No tickets required - please join us! |
| Monday 20 April | 6.30pm | Waterstones, Piccadilly | Dmitry Bykov, highly acclaimed writer, journalist, broadcaster | Dmitry Bykov in discussion about his latest works – the novel “List” and biographies of Gorky and Okudzhava | Writer profile | Please reserve tickets in advance 0207 851 2400, or buy on the door for £3 |
| 21 April | ||||||
| Tuesday 21 April | 9.30am | Malborough Room, LBF | Mr Vladimir Grigoriev (Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Press); Dmitry Bykov (writer, Chief Editor of What to Read), Viv Bird (Chief Executive of Booktrust) | Seminar: Russian National Reading Development Programme (2007-2017)A discussion on international collaboration in reading development and the changing place of the book in modern society. | Press release | No tickets required - please join us! |
| Tuesday 21 April | 11am-5pm | Writers Lounge at the Russian Stand, LBF | Olga Slavnikova, Dmitry Bykov, Alexander Terekhov, Vladimir Makanin, Alexander Arkhangelsky, Mikhail Shishkin | Writers Day: 6 award-winning Russian writers will be available for interview | Writer profiles | Please book an appointment here |
| Tuesday 21 April | 6.30pm | Waterstones, Piccadilly | Mikhail Shishkin, an award winning Russian writer living in Switzerland | Mikhail Shishkin in discussion about his latest and award winning novel 'Venus Hair', and about the life of an emigre writer | Writer profile | Please reserve tickets in advance on 0207 851 2400, or buy on the door for £3 |
| 22 April | ||||||
| Wednesday 22 April | 9.30am | Pen Literary Cafe, LBF | Alexander Drozdov (The Yeltsin Foundation), Robert Porter, Martin Dewhirst and Anthony Briggs (Rossica Prize Judges) | Rossica Prize breakfast and shortlist announcement. Rossica Young Translators Prize shortlist announcement. | Press release | No tickets required - please join us! |
| Wednesday 22 April | 11am | Writers Lounge at the Russian Stand, LBF | Vladimir Grigoriev, Olga Slavnikova, Gleb Morev, Alexander Arkhangelsky and Roza Khatskelevich | Russia’s book prizes
The Big Book Prize, The Russian Booker Prize, The Andrey Bely Prize, The Debut Prize, The Prosvetitel Prize | Press release | No tickets required - please join us! |
| Wednesday 22 April | 1pm | Wellington Room, LBF | Dmitry Bykov (writer), Mikhail Shishkin (writer), Lev Danilkin (literary critic) | Seminar: New Russian Writers – Return of The Great Russian Novel? Please join us at this seminar to the views of two great Russian writers on the resurgence of the great Russian novel. | Press release | No tickets required - please join us! |
| Wednesday 22 April | 2.30pm | Writers Lounge at the Russian Stand, LBF | Lydia Grigorieva and Marina Buvaylo | Russian writers living in London discuss their latest work | No tickets required - please join us! | |
| Wednesday 22 April | 6.30pm | Waterstones, Piccadilly | Vladimir Makanin, a highly regarded writer whose books have become contemporary classics | Vladimir Makanin in discussion about his latest work - the novel 'Asan' about the Chechen war, which received the Big Book Prize in 2008. | Writer profile | Please reserve tickets in advance on 0207 851 2400, or buy on the door for £3 |
| 23 April | ||||||
| Thursday 23 April | 4pm | Leeds University | Vladimir Makanin, a highly regarded writer whose books have become contemporary classics | Vladimir Makanin in discussion about his latest work – the novel 'Asan' about the Chechen war, which received the Big Book Prize in 2008. | Writer profile | Please rsvp to Sarah Hudspith |
| Thursday 23 April | 5pm | Scotland Russian Institute, 9 South College St Edinburgh | Dmitry Bykov, highly acclaimed writer, journalist, broadcaster | Dmitry Bykov meets with Russian-speaking children to read and discuss his childrens works | Scotland Russia Forum | Advance booking essential. Please email here or phone 0131 668 3635 |
| Thursday 23 April | 6.30pm | Edinburgh University | Dmitry Bykov, highly acclaimed writer, journalist, broadcaster | Dmitry Bykov in discussion about his latest works – the novel 'List' and biographies of Gorky and Okudzhava | Scotland Russia Forum | Please rsvp to Jenny Carr |
| Thursday 23 April | TBC | Sheffield University | Olga Slavnikova, winner of the Russian Booker Prize | Olga Slavnikova in discussion about her award-winning novel, '2017'. An extract from this novel is published in English in the new edition of Rossica | Writer profile | Please rsvp to Jenny Kaminer |
| Thursday 23 April | TBC | Waterstones, Liverpool | Alexander Terekhov, writer | Alexander Terekhov in discussion about his novel, 'The Rat-Killer' published in English, and his latest novel 'The Stone Bridge', an investigation into the mysteries of Stalin's Moscow. An extract from this novel is published in English in the new edition of Rossica. | Writer profile | Please rsvp here |
| Thursday 23 April | 6.30pm | Waterstones, Piccadilly | Alexander Arkhangelsky, influential cultural commentator and writer | Alexander Arkhangelsky in discussion about current cultural issues in Russia and his latest novel, 'The Price of Isolation'. An extract from this novel is published in English in the new edition of Rossica. | Writer profile | Please reserve tickets in advance on 0207 851 2400, or buy on the door for £3 |
| 24 April | ||||||
| Friday 24 April | 1pm | St. Andrews University | Dmitry Bykov, highly acclaimed writer, journalist, broadcaster | Dmitry Bykov in discussion about his latest works – the novel “List” and biographies of Gorky and Okudzhava | Writer profile | Please rsvp to Jenny Carr |
| Friday 24 April | 1.30pm | LT2, 11 Woodland Road, Bristol University | Olga Slavnikova, winner of the Russian Booker Prize | Olga Slavnikova in discussion about her award-winning novel, '2017'. An extract from this novel is published in English in the new edition of Rossica | Writer profile | Please rsvp to Ruth Coates |
| Friday 24 April | 6.30pm | RCS: 11, Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL | Dmitry Bykov, highly acclaimed writer, journalist, broadcaster | Dmitry Bykov in discussion about his latest works the novel 'List' and biographies of Gorky and Okudzhava | Scotland Russia Forum | Please rsvp to Jenny Carr |
| Friday 24 April | 7pm | Cambridge, Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre at Fitzwilliam College | Mikhail Shishkin, an award-winning Russian writer living in Switzerland | Mikhail Shishkin in discussion about his latest and award-winning novel 'Venus Hair', and the life of an emigre writer | CamRuSS | Please rsvp to Tanya Yurasova |
| Friday 24 April | 6.30pm | Waterstones, Piccadilly | Alexander Terekhov, writer | Alexander Terekhov in discussion about his novel, 'The Rat-Killer' published in English, and his latest novel 'The Stone Bridge', an investigation into the mysteries of Stalin's Moscow. An extract from this novel is published in English in the new edition of Rossica. | Writer profile | Please reserve tickets in advance on 0207 851 2400, or buy on the door for £3 |
| Friday 24 April | 7.30pm | Waterstones, Piccadilly | Olga Slavnikova, winner of the Russian Booker Prize | Olga Slavnikova in discussion about her award-winning novel, '2017'. An extract from this novel is published in English in the new edition of Rossica | Writer profile | Please reserve tickets in advance on 0207 851 2400, or buy on the door for £3 |
| 25 April | ||||||
| Saturday 25 April | 2pm | Waterstones, Piccadilly | Maria Galina, award-winning poet and Mario Petrucci, poet laureate at Radio 3 | Poetry and Science: a discussion about this relationship and poetry reading. | Press release | Please reserve tickets in advance on 0207 851 2400, or buy on the door for £3 |
| Saturday 25 April | 6.30pm | Waterstones, Piccadilly | Dmitry Bykov, Maria Galina and Arkady Shtypel | Closing event of the Russian Literature Week: a unique opportunity to hear leading Russian poets recite their poetry in Russian and English. | Press release | Please reserve tickets in advance on 0207 851 2400, or buy on the door for £3 |
