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 | 14-16 April
London Book Fair, Earls Court, London
The first ever Russian stand at the London Book Fair will present books and publishing programmes of 20 leading publishers from St Petersburg and Moscow as well as a continuous 3-day programme of debates on contemporary Russian culture, politics and the future of Russo-British relations.
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 | Monday, 14 April, 7 pm
Royal Society of Literature, Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, Strand
Dmitry Bykov, winner of the Big Book prize, speaks about his new biography of Boris Pasternak and life in Stalin’s Russia. Elaine Feinstein and Professors Jon Stallworthy and Angela Livingstone speak about their own involvement with Pasternak over many years. (£5 donation)
In Russian and English
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 | Monday, 14 April, 8 pm
Waterstone’s Piccadilly, 5th Floor, 8 pm, FREE
Discovering brilliant new writing in Russia’s expanses. Speakers: Olga Slavnikova, winner of the Russian Booker Prize 2006, Natalia Ivanova, literary critic, Irina Prokhorova, NLO publisher, Ravil Bukharaev, BBC correspondent, poet and translator, and Alexander Gavrilov, editor in chief of the “Knizhnoe obozrenie” (Book Review)
In Russian and English
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Tuesday, 15 April, 1 pm
Russian Stand (X505), London Book Fair, Earls Court, London
Launch of the programme established by Academia Rossica and The Yeltsin Foundation, aiming to promote new Russian writing internationally
In Russian and English
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 | Tuesday, 15 April, 6.30 pm
Waterstone’s Piccadilly, 5th Floor, £3
Prize-winning writer James Meek discusses the blessings and dangers of literary prizes with 4 Russian prize-winning writers: Dmitry Bykov, winner of the Big Book prize 2007, Alexander Ilichevsky, winner of the Russian Booker Prize 2007, Olga Slavnikova, winner of the Russian Booker Prize 2006, and Lev Rubinstein, winner of the Andrei Bely Prize.
In English and Russian
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Wednesday, 16 April, 6.30 pm
MacDougall Arts, 30A Charles Street (off
Lower Regent Street),
London SW1Y
Sergey
Mironenko, Director of the State Russian Archives, will be talking about myths
and mysteries of Russian and Soviet history and fascinating documents kept in
the archives. He will be discussing with Norman Stone, Professor of
international politics, and Francine-Dominique Liechtenhan, Professor of
Russian history at Sorbonne, how these discoveries change our perception of Russia's
history. In English and Russian
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 | Tuesday, 15 April, 8 pm
Waterstone’s Piccadilly, 5th Floor, FREE
Lev Rubinstein, winner of the prestigious Andrey Bely Prize (1 rouble and a bottle of vodka), poet and writer, in conversation with Zinovy Zinik, London-based writer and BBC broadcaster
In English and Russian
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 | Wednesday, 16 April, 6.30 pm
Waterstone’s Piccadilly, 5th Floor, £3
Orlando Figes, historian and award winning writer, discusses his latest book “The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia” with Alexander Ilichevsky, winner of the Russian Booker Prize 2007 and editor of radio “Svoboda”
In English and Russian
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 | Wednesday, 16 April, 8 pm
Waterstone’s Piccadilly, 5th Floor, FREE
Natalia Ivanova, the authoritative biographer of Pasternak, presents a documentary film about one of the greatest Russian writers of the last century.
In English and Russian
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 | Thursday, 17 April, 6.30 pm
Waterstone’s Piccadilly, 5th Floor, £3
A portrait of one of the most influential Russian writers in the contemporary European cultural context , presented by Irina Prokhorova (New Literary Observer), Professor Alexander Pyatigorsky and Andrei & Nadezhda Prigov. (with video)
In English and Russian
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Thursday, 17 April, 8 pm
Waterstone’s Piccadilly, 5th Floor, FREE
Poetry readings by Russian poets, introduced by Emily Lygo and Valentina Polukhina.
In English and Russian
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19-20 April
Apollo Cinema, Piccadilly
Screenings of films based on Russian literature
With English subtitles
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 | 10 April – 11 May
Hampstead Theatre
Tickets: 020 7722 9301 or
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
Originally staged at the National Theatre, this fantastic stage-version breathes vivid life into one of the greatest works of fiction ever written. Adapted by Helen Edmunson from the novel by Tolstoy
Directed by Nancy Meckler & Polly Teale
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