READ RUSSIA at London Book Fair

Special project: Read Russia!

What: READ RUSSIA at London Book Fair

When: 08 April - 10 April 2014

Where: Earls Court Exhibition Centre

Why you should go:

Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky are a thing of the past - and the London Book Fair knows it. Now in its 43rd year, the global marketplace where the big names gather to discuss the future of the publishing industry has decided to give wide space to the new generation of Russian writers at his event in Earls Court, to be held on 8-10 April 2014. Chosen as 2014 Fair's Spotlight City, Moscow promises to show off the brightest to shine in the contemporary literature panorama with roundtables, talks and book presentations. From German Sadulaev and Pavel Basinsky to Zakhar Prilepin, get ready to discover a new world.

Among the highlights:

• An Overview of the Russian E-Book Market: The LitRes Customer Acquisition Strategy with Piracy at Digital Minds, 7 April 2014
• In Conversation with Zakhar Prilepin and German Sadulaev at Waterstones, 7 April 2014
• In Conversation with Dmitry Bykov and Pavel Basinsky at Pushkin House, 7 April 2014
• In Conversation with Russian Writers: Dmitry Bykov, German Sadulaev, Zakhar Prilepin, Pavel Basinsky, Evgeny Vodolazkin at Rossotrudnichestvo, 8 April 2014
• In Conversation with Alexander Terekhov at Waterstones, 8 April 2014
• The Age of Rebellion. A Conversation with Zakhar Prilepin and German Sadulaev at Pushkin House, 9 April 2014
• In Conversation with Dmitry Bykov at Waterstones, 9 April 2014
• In Search of a New Utopia: The Future of Russian Literature at the London Book Fair, 10 April 2014
• Many Deaths of Leo Tolstoy: Interpretations of His Leave from Yasnaya Polyana at Waterstones, 10 April 2014

For more information visit the London Book Fair website  

For more information about UK-Russia Year of Culture visit The Kompass, special RBTH section for all UK-Russian cultural events

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