The online program of Green Wave Book Festival consists of 64 video events in 9 thematic cycles featuring Ukrainian and foreign writers, poets, publishers, critics, museologists, culture researchers, mass media, cultural managers and readers.
The agenda comprises over 70 speakers from 12 countries: Ukraine, USA, Israel, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Great Britain, Scotland, Australia.
Formats: monologues, dialogues, discussions, interviews, readings, lectures in the form of call-in shows and b-rolls.
‘Reality of Fantasies’ is a cycle of video monologues where Ukrainian and foreign writers answer our questions about the fantasy, imagination, fable in literature, fantasy nature, its role in the text creation, limits of fantasy and its influence on the reality, fantasy and creativity, children`s fantasy as a way to learn the world etc.
Participants:
✦ Vasyl Makhno (Ukraine/USA), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, author of nine poetry collections, novel ‘Endless Calendar’, book of essays ‘Along the Ocean by Rover’ and many others.
✦ Holly Webb (Great Britain), English children`s writer, author of fantasy and science-fiction works. The works of Holly Webb are translated in Ukrainian, published by Book Chef Publishing House in Ukraine.
Sponsor of the program: Book Chef Publishing House.
✦ Oleksandr Ilichevskyi (Israel), author of the book of essays ‘World Imagination’, novels ‘Newton`s Drawings’, ‘Persian’, ‘Matisse’, lots of other writings.
✦ Yevgen Demenok (Ukraine/Czech Republic), writer, journalist, Avant-garde historian. Author of a great number of articles and such books as ‘New about Burliuk’ (2013), ‘Benya Krik`s Case. Stories about Odessa and Odessites’, ‘Whole Odessa is Very Big’ (2016), ‘David Burliuk. Instinct of Aesthetic Self-Preservation’ (in the series ‘The Life of Wonderful People’, 2020).
✦ Vera Zubareva (Ukraine/USA), PhD at Pennsylvania University, poet, prose writer, literary critic. She was born in Odessa, lives in Philadelphia. Author of the book ‘Odessa Tram’, literary monographies, poetry and prose books in Russian and English.
✦ Milo Yanach (Slovakia), writer, author of the book ‘Fancy, Unfancy’.
Sponsor of the program: Bogdan Publishing House.
✦ Markus Zusak (Australia), writer, author of the bestsellers ‘The Book Thief’, ‘Bridge of Clay’ and others. An eponymous film was produced after the novel ‘The Book Thief’ in 2013.
The book ‘Bridge of Clay’ by M. Zusak was published at the Ukrainian Publishing House ‘Book Chef’ in 2020.
Sponsor of the program: Book Chef Publishing House.
✦ Ludmila Ulitskaya (RF), author, script writer, translator, advocate.
Sponsor of the program: Book Chef Publishing House.
✦ Guzel Yakhina (RF), writer, author of the novels ‘Zuleikha Opens Your Eyes’, ‘My Children’.
Sponsor of the program: Book Chef Publishing House.
✦ Andrea Pau (Italy), author of children`s and comic books, script writer; created a series of books ‘Dinoamici’ translated in Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese and Chinese.
Conversations about Society and Literature
Odessa has recently joined the UNESCO Network of Creative Cities, and we seek to learn more about the present literary life in the UNESCO Cities of Literature, to meet our colleagues, to figure it out how we can collaborate with them. UNESCO Network: Literature Unites is a cycle of conversations of representatives of the UNESCO Cities of Literature about society and literature, a joint project of the Ukrainian offices of the UNESCO Cities of Literature – Odessa and Lviv.
Participants
✦ Edinburgh (Scotland):
Rebecca Raiborn, Communications Manager of the office of Edinburgh – UNESCO City of Literature
Vikki Riley, Marketing and Events Manager at ‘Publishing Scotland’
✦ Norwich (Great Britain):
Peggy Hadges, Program Director of the National Centre for Writing
Kate Griffin, Program Manager of the National Centre for Writing
✦ Melbourne (Australia):
David Reiding, Director of the office ‘Melbourne – UNESCO City of Literature’
Participants from Ukraine:
Moderator Bogdana Brylynska, Director of the office ‘Lviv – UNESCO City of Literature’;
Bella Khanamerian, Executive Director of Green Wave Book Festival, Odessa.
Learning about the publishing activities of the Ukrainian museums
In the cycle ‘Museum Booklore of Ukraine’, we ask museum specialists what publishing experience they have had already, how these publications were created, what new projects are planned, who assists in this field, what proposals to publishers museums have, how publications are distributed, and what related problems exist.
Participants:
✦ National Art Museum of Ukraine
Yuliia Lytvynets, Director General at the National Art Museum of Ukraine, art critic-lecturer, art expert, compiler of catalogues, scholar, researcher, curator of displays.
✦ Lviv National Literary and Memorial Museum of Ivan Franko
Bogdan Tykholoz, Ukrainian literary critic, Franko expert; Director of Lviv National Literary and Memorial Museum of Ivan Franko (since 2017); publicist, blogger, co-author of the scholar-educational Internet project ‘FRANKO: LIVE’ © (with Natalia Tykholoz).
✦ Chernihiv Literature and Memorial Museum-Sanctum of Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi
Nataliia Kotsiubynska, Associate Director of Chernihiv Literature and Memorial Museum-Sanctum of Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi, researcher of the life and creative career of Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi and the literary life of Chernihiv in the late XIX c. – early XX c., compiler of over 10 museum publications, author of a number of articles about M. Kostiubynskyi.
✦ Khmelnytskyi Regional Literary Museum
Vasyl Gorbatiuk, Director of Khmelnytskyi Regional Literary Museum, member of the National Writers` Union of Ukraine, laureate of international awards.
✦ Odessa Literature Museum
Olena Yavorska, local lore specialist, researcher of the literary and cultural life of Odessa in the 1900-1920s, Ukrainian literature of the 1920s, author and compiler of over 20 books and about 300 articles; department manager at Odessa Literature Museum.
✦ Odessa Fine Arts Museum
Kyrylo Lipatov, Manager of the science department of Odessa Literature Museum, curator of displays.
✦ Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
Tetiana Balanovska, Manager of the Department of Western European Art, curator of show projects of the museum; specialised in studying the Western European collection of the museum; one of the core areas of expertise is the French graphics; author of a number of articles, publications reg. attribution of oeuvres; lecturer, author of educational projects for children.
✦ Odessa Museum of Regional History
Yurii Sliusar, Associate Director for Science at Odessa Museum of Regional History, historian, researcher of the museology development, curator of displays, consultant for monument protection, symbolism traditions, author of articles and elaborations in particular areas of focus.
We addressed cultural luminaries, scholars and mass media with the following questions:
–It is believed that the literary myth of Odessa appeared only in the XX century, whereas the XIX century was paving the way therefor. In your opinion, is it true?
-How would you determine the concept ‘literary myth of Odessa’?
-What is the most attractive, valuable for you in the literary myth of Odessa?
-Is the literary myth of Odessa still attractive? The literary myth is said to have died out.
-Who and what for is the literary myth of Odessa needed today? And tentatively speaking – tomorrow?
The shared ideas and viewpoints of:
✦ Yevgen Golubovskyi, publicist, culture researcher, bibliophilist, Vice President of ‘The Worldwide Club of Odessites’.
✦ Yevgen Demenok, writer, journalist, Avant-garde historian (Ukraine/Czech Republic).
✦ Oleg Gubar, researcher of Odessa history, publicist, writer.
✦ Nata Perevalova, editor and producer of media projects (Ukraine, Odessa).
✦ Anna Filimonova, chief editor of Maiak Magazine (Ukraine, Odessa-Kyiv).
✦ Viktoriia Biloshytska, journalist, TV presenter.
✦ Taia Naidenko, journalist, writer, poet.
✦ Borys Yavorskyi, PhD (Medicine), doctor-forensic medical expert, blogger.
Authors from different countries recite their poetry
✦ ‘A Poet, the Ocean and a Fish’. Vasyl Makhno. Readings from New York.
Poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, author of nine poetry collections, novel ‘Endless Calendar’, book of essays ‘Along the Ocean by Rover’ and many others.✦ ‘Between Omega, Alfa and Odessa’. Vera Zubareva. Readings from Philadelphia.
PhD at Pennsylvania University, poet, prose writer, literary critic. She was born in Odessa, lives in Philadelphia. Author of the book ‘Odessa Tram’, literary monographies, poetry and prose books in Russian and English.
✦ ‘Unwilling to Go, but Tempted to Make It’. Eduard Markovych. Readings from Jerusalem.
The author lives in Gan Yavne and works in Jerusalem. A rummy start – Markovych does not publish any books and collections, participate in literary events, but he is a true poet.
✦ ‘Peaks and Valleys’. Night of fantasy and realistic verses.
Taia Naidenko (Odessa), Mykhailo Son (Odessa), Anna Russ (Kazan), Mykhailo Yudovskyi (Frankenthal). Moderator Yurii Volodarskyi, journalist, critic, literary observer of SHO Magazine (Kyiv).
✦ ‘Some Houses Are Always Odd in the City’. Readings from Almaty and Olsztyn.
Yurii Serebrianskyi, Kazakhstan writer of Polish origin, editor, translator, researcher.
✦ ‘Front and Rear’. Conversation of critic Yurii Volodarskyi and writer Gaska Shiya n (Ukraine).
Yurii Volodarskyi, journalist, critic, literary observer of SHO Magazine (Ukraine, Kyiv)
Galina (Gaska) Shiyan, journalist, poet, translator, cosmopolitan, hedonist, Bohemian abettor, Kulturtraeger (Ukraine, Lviv-Kyiv). The second novel of Gaska Shiyan ‘Behind the Back’ became the first Ukrainian book that got the Literary Award of the European Union and awards of Espresso ‘Readers` Choice’ and LitAccent of the Year.
✦ ‘Mykhailo Zhuk in the Collection of Odessa Literature Museum’. Lecture of the Department Manager of Odessa Literature Museum, Olena Yavorska.
Olena Leonidivna Yavorska, local lore specialist, researcher of the literary and cultural life of Odessa in the 1900-1920s, Ukrainian literature of the 1920s, author and compiler of over 20 books and about 300 articles, Department Manager of Odessa Literature Museum.
✦ ‘How to Get Indemnified for Violations of the Copyright in an Internet Work. Action Plan.’ Lecture of Volodymyr Konovalenko (copyright consultant, writer, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine).
Sponsor of the program: Bogdan Publishing House.
✦ ‘Opportunities Provided by the UCF’. Meeting with Natalia Bryl, Project Manager of the Initiative ‘Innovative Cultural Product’ of the Ukrainian Cultural Fund.
– What cultural sectors does the UCF support in 2020? – Programs of the UCF for 2020. – Institutional support program (a new program focused on supporting institutions during the quarantine). Application rules and deadlines.
✦ ‘In the Wake of ‘South-West’: Views Towards Odessa Literary School from the XXI Century’. Olena Karakina – Academic Secretary of Odessa Literature Museum, publicist, researcher of Odessa literary history, author of the book ‘In the Wake of South-West’, Odessa guidebooks, other publications, author of the video program cycle ‘About Oddities of Love’.
✦ ‘Green Waggon’ and Case of Oleksandr Kozachynskyi.
Narrated by Nataliia Panasenko (local lore specialist, researcher, author of books and publications about literary Odessa in the late XIX-early XX centuries) and Olena Yavorska (Department Manager of Odessa Literature Museum, researcher of the literary and cultural life of Odessa in the 1900-1920s, Ukrainian literature in the 1920s).
Readers – people of different ages, professions, preferences – talk about books that have recently sparked their interest, share their impressions and thoughts of world classic and contemporary literary works, speak about their favourite books, which they always get back to.
There are economists, linguists, doctors, educators, journalists, radio hosts among the speakers. Writers are also in the list, as they are readers here, above all.
✦ Anna Mykhalevska about the novel of Donna Tartt ‘The Secret History’
✦ Anna Mykhalevska about the novel of Antonia Byatt ‘Possession’
Anna Mykhalevska – writer, essayist, a degree in economics and psychology.
✦Iryna Fingerova about the novel of Meir Shalev ‘A Pigeon and A Boy’.
Iryna Fingerova – journalist, author of the novel ‘Castles’, anti-utopia ‘Placebo’, collection of stories ‘Sur-Tuk’; doctor; co-organiser of the book club in Dresden.
✦ Odessa Bookworms Club, Olena Andreichykova ‘A Book about Books’ by Olena Lazutkina.
Olena Andreichykova – writer, founder of Odessa Bookworms Club.
✦ Odessa Bookworms Club, Oleksandr Standychenko about the book of Paolo Sorrentino ‘Gli Aspetti Irrilevanti’.
Oleksandr Stadnychenko – founder and host at Radio Shark.
✦ Odessa Bookworms Club, Pavlo Makarov about the book of James Stewart ‘Power and Greed of Wall Street’.
Pavlo Makarov – writer, poet, author of the book ‘Popular History of Odessa’.
✦ Odessa Bookworms Club, Oleksandra Gierkierova about the book of Olena Andreichykova ‘Tender People Will Survive’.
Oleksandra Gierkierova – Assistant Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology of K.D. Ushynsky University.
✦ LitBüro Club, Hanna Kostenko and Yevgenia Jurist about the novel of George Orwell ‘1984’.
Hanna Kostenko – writer, PhD in Philology.
Yevgenia Jurist – Master Degree in Philology, interpreter.
✦ Olena Karakina about the novelette-tale ‘The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino’ by Alexei Tolstoy.
Olena Karakina – Academic Secretary of Odessa Literature Museum, publicist, author of the books about literary Odessa.
The Ukrainian publishers and authors speak about books news.
✦ Publishing House ‘Ranok’. Editors of the different departments of the publishing house present book news.
✦ Chas Maistriv Publishing House. Books news are presented by Georgii Medianyk, Manager of the publishing house.
✦ Bogdan Publishing House presents a video clip about its book products.
✦ Yakaboo Publishing: Vasyl Makhno. ‘Along the Ocean by Rover’.
Vasyl Makhno (Ukraine/USA), poet, prose writer, translator, literary critic, author of nine poetry collections, novel ‘Endless Calendar’, book of essays ‘Along the Ocean by Rover’ and many others.
✦ Yakaboo Publishing: Oksana Moroz. ‘Fight for the Truth. How My Uncle Beat the Lies’.
Oksana Moroz – author of the books ‘Nation of Cabbages? How Information Changes the Mind and Behaviour of Ukrainians’ and ‘Fight for the Truth. How My Uncle Beat the Lies’, founder of the informative hygiene initiative ‘How Not to Become a Cabbage’.
✦ Yakaboo Publishing: Bogdan Gorbai, Director of the Publishing.
Bogdan Gorbai – Director of Yakaboo Publihing, in the book business since 2005. He was in the teams of the publishing companies ‘Kalvaria’, ‘Astroliabia’, ‘Kashalot’ and ‘Publishing House of Staryi Lev’.
◆ Cycle ‘About Reading’. Enquiries in Odessa.
✦ 8 issues
We were enquiring people on the streets of Odessa about how they read, what genres prefer, what is the best – a digital or printed book, whether they like reading filmed books, and what reading is for them – a habit or joy.
✅ The project was designed with the assistance of the Ukrainian Cultural Fund.
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