12:00
The official opening of the Warsaw International Book Fair
Kisielewski Hall, Palace of Culture and Science
And the official opening of the National Ukrainian Stand
National stand of Ukraine # 120
14:00-14:55
The right to the heart: dystopia or the ugly face of reality
National stand of Ukraine # 120
What will humanity be like if it loses the fight against totalitarianism? What is the peculiarity of the new language introduced by the author, and what is its role in the process of subjugating the masses and degrading society? Why does this dystopia, written in 2020, now evoke a déjà vu effect and impress with its “predictions”? Presentation and discussion based on the dystopian novel TÜK by Art Antonyan.
Organizer: Books – ХХІ
Participants: Art Antonian, Lilia Shutyak
15:00-15:55
Polish-Ukrainian Malevich as a bilingual in the Tales of EUkraine project
National stand of Ukraine # 120
Discussion and presentation of Oksana Sadovenko’s book You and Malevich. Plans to create a German-Ukrainian bilingual book “You and Malevich”. Research on how bilinguals work.
Organizer: Chas Maistriv Publishing
Participants: Gabriela Braklo, Oksana Sadovenko
16:00-16:55
A special concert with the participation of big bands from the MASO orchestra from Kharkiv.
Open air Stage (plac Defilad, near STUDIO Theatre) (plac Defilad, near STUDIO Theatre
The musicians of the orchestra are scholarship holders of the “WspieraMY” (We support) program of the National Institute of Music and Dance, under the wings of the local government institution of culture. Krystyna Bochenek – Katowice City of Gardens, artistic direction of maestro Jurek Dybał and with the organizational help of the Purple Stradivarius Polska Association.
Organizers: Embassy of Ukraine in Poland and the Warsaw International Book Fair
16:00-16:55
Discussion “Overthrowing ruscism – Ukraine’s historical mission”
National stand of Ukraine # 120
Presentation of the three-volume project “Testing Fate, Tempering the Will: Ukraine and Ukrainians in the Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries”, dedicated to the geopolitical challenges, trials, high aspirations, and concerns of everyday life of Ukrainians during the “long Ukrainian century” – the era of the Ukrainian Revolution and the national liberation war that began in 1917 and continues to this day. The publication will be presented by members of the author’s team – leading researchers of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Organizer: Clio publishing house
Participants: Larysa Yakubova, Dmytro Bushuyev, Vira Solovyova
16:30-17:55
Literature and history – about the phenomenon of the popularity of the historical novel
Lviv Hall, 4th floor, Palace of Culture and Science
Moderator: Ireneusz Staroń
Organizers: the Ukrainian Book Institute, the Polish Book Institute, the History and Culture Foundation
The meeting is organized as part of the festival “The Power of the Word – Polish-Ukrainian Literary Dialogues”, co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
17:00-17:55
Hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder: Ukrainian and German children’s book publishers come up with innovative sales cooperative
Kisielewski Hall, Palace of Culture and Science
Successful projects in various EU countries have financed Ukrainian children’s books for refugee children and families, which were mostly reprinted in the West. A new approach was taken by “Chas Maistriv” and “Edition Bracklo”, two independent children’s book publishers from Kyiv and Birkenwerder near Berlin respectively, who recently teamed up for a few titles from Ukraine. They adopted a “piggyback process” for their sales cooperative. German, Austrian and Swiss bookshops could purchase original Ukrainian children’s books from “Chas Maistriv” at usual bookstore conditions. To make this possible, Edition Bracklo let them use its publishing number and distribution network in Germany. This concept is humanitarian, economic and sustainable – as well as collegial and forward-looking in the best sense of the word. The publishers Oleg Symonenko and Gabriela Bracklo met exactly one year ago here at the Warsaw Book Fair 2022.
Project presentation, exchange of experiences, discussion.
Speakers: Gabriela Bracklo, Oleg Symoneko, Alina Mekhed.
Organizer: Frankfurter Buchmesse
17:00-17:55
The life of a Kharkiv publishing house during the war: books and people
National stand of Ukraine # 120
The conversation about the functioning of the publishing house “ASSA”, located in Kharkiv, during the period of a full-scale invasion. Challenges and threats that the publishing house and its employees managed to overcome, new achievements and books published during this period.
Presentation of new products.
Organizer: ASSA Publishing house
Participants: Svitlana Feldman, Anna Zhemerova, Olena Shapoval, Iryna Tumko
