Prof @StAModLangs/Ukraine, extractivist politics, colonial encounters/Rep'd by Sophie Scard @UnitedAgents/@ahrcpress new gen thinker/she-her-hers/welsh
Edinburgh and St Andrews
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Victoria Donovan retweeted
Looking forward next Thursday to an in-conversation with author Victoria Donovan about her extraordinary book Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East. The event is at Daunt’s Bookshop in Oxford. Would strongly advise booking early!
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events…
Victoria Donovan retweeted
🖋️ Life in Spite of Everything by @vsdonovan 📖Out now with @Dauntbooks
🌼 GOOD THINGS by @katemacdougall1 📚Now in paperback via @zaffrebooks | @bonnierbooks_uk
🍌 Are You a Banana?/ 🐸 Are You a Frog? 🎨Illustrated by @robertstarling_art 📘Out with @patacakebooks
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Read it here: heronbooks.co.uk/swift-heron…
Featured this week:
Graham Swift’s Twelve Post-War Tales
The Deserters by Mathias Enard
Allies At War by Tim Bouverie
Life in Spite of Everything by Victoria Donovan
Beautiful review of Life in Spite of Everything by Andrey Kurkov in yesterday's Observer ❤️❤️❤️
observer.co.uk/culture/books…
Thank you so much, @NYurtsaba!
Доброй рано, dear friends. Be sure to add @vsdonovan's LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING to your Ukraine-focused reading lists! Let's keep standing with Ukraine & uplifting Ukrainian voices.
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/…
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Great honour to have moderated the presentation of @vsdonovan new book Life in Spite of Everything at @ToppingsStAs yesterday. Donetsk and Luhansk regions are about people, their art and activism, of which Victoria spoke. And thanks to Dr Ralitza Nikolaeva for her lovely post.
I spoke to @FrancisDearnley @telegraph podcast Ukraine: The Latest about the myth of 'Donbas' and how Russia has weaponised that myth across time. Listen again on the pod webpage or any preferred streaming platform: shows.acast.com/ukraine-the-…
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Delighted to share the dates and bookshops hosting events on LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE UKRAINIAN EAST by Victoria Donovan.
These events offer a powerful and timely reflection on Ukraine’s past and present, do join if you can!
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Looking for something to listen to this long weekend? Tune into the latest Ukraine Shelf episode—this time on Eastern Ukraine, a region still too often misunderstood. @BlackerUilleam and I speak with brilliant authors Olena Stiazhkina and @vsdonovan. 🎧 Link below.
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Eastern Ukraine is not real estate to be bought and sold. It's a region of real people with rich history and culture. Learn more in episode 3 of the Ukraine Shelf, where we speak to Donetsk novelist Olena Stiazhkina and UK historian Victoria Donovan. Link in comment👇.
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Добра ніч, dear friends. LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE UKRAINIAN EAST by Victoria Donovan is forthcoming from @Dauntbooks in April 2025: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/…. Keep reading about Ukraine!
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Don't miss this wonderful event. Tue 29 April 7:30pm Prof Victoria Donovan will give a book talk at @ToppingsStA on her book 'Life in Spite of Everything'. You can book tickets with a copy of the book included in the price here: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/st…
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Congratulations to Prof Victoria Donovan who has been selected as a 2025 Visiting Fellow at the Aleksanteri Institute in Helsinki where she will work on a short publication emerging from digital archiving work she has been conducting with partners in Ukraine.
Victoria Donovan retweeted
A rich cross-disciplinary discussion of a signature experience of our time: uncertainty. @annemcelvoy shepherds the experts (& practices a bit of conflict resolution). @BBCFreeThinking with @M_Heffernan @LiamHalligan Chris Lintott @fromTGA @vsdonovan
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028l3…
Victoria Donovan retweeted
To celebrate the longer days, it was only fair to introduce yet more fantastic events for the Spring Literary Festival...
📍 Rahul Rao @thariel on 'The Psychic Lives of Statues'
📅 Monday 24th March, 7:30pm
📍 Victoria Donovan @vsdonovan on 'Life in Spite of Everything'
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Spoke about extractivism, predatory foreign capitalists, & the history of Donbas on @BBCRadio4 . Such a pleasure to be a guest alongside @fromTGA who is always on point on Ukraine and had some kind words to say about my book Life in Spite of Everything: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028l…
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Please join us for a conversation with @vsdonovan
on her latest book 'Life in Spite of Everything. Tales from the Ukrainian East', which explores the lived experiences of communities in Ukraine’s #Donbas region.
🗓️ 14 March at 5.30pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/41bybJE
ALT Event poster for 'Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East' with a photo of the book cover.
Victoria Donovan retweeted
Next Friday at @UCLSSEES we'll be discussing Victoria @vsdonovan's new book about eastern Ukraine. We will be joined by SSEES's own Volodymyr Kulikov, a brilliant historian of the same region. All welcome, free registration below! ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events/2025/…
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Thanks, @RwandanSOChange! You can find more of Bohdan's stunning work on our Mariupol Memory Park site here: mariupolmemorypark.space/en/…
