Thank you so much for this episode, it brought me back to a seminar at the London Book Fair in April 2023, where I had the pleasure of meeting Ms Baturevych after a panel discussion that included Victoria Amelina and Oleksander Mykhed. Later that week I was lucky to meet Victoria at a separate event, and I listened to that part of your podcast through tears - I have a vivid memory of her telling me that after finding Volodymyr Vakulenko's diary, she had taken all the necessary precautions to make sure her book would survive, if she did not. I'm so grateful to her family and colleagues for the immensely painful labour it must have taken to bring the uncompleted manuscript to publication. I will buy it as soon as I can... but it will never have her autograph. I do however have Mr Mykhed's autograph on my copy of The Language of War, which I'm reading at the moment after attending the London launch. It is indeed an amazing book, and I urge everyone to read it. I feel immensely lucky to have made these connections, to be reading these books, and to have the opportunity to learn about and support Ukraine, while Ukraine is keeping all of us safe - whether we understand it or not. I'm not on social media, but I'll be forwarding the link for this episode to friends I know will appreciate it. Thanks again.
"Kazarin moved from Crimea to Ukraine..." - really?! I somehow have thought that Crimea is Ukraine. An unfortunate mistake by Iryna. Especially given the current context... Otherwise, thank you for the episode and the podcast in general. It is helpful for raising awareness about Ukraine and our culture in particular.
Thank you so much for this episode, it brought me back to a seminar at the London Book Fair in April 2023, where I had the pleasure of meeting Ms Baturevych after a panel discussion that included Victoria Amelina and Oleksander Mykhed.
Later that week I was lucky to meet Victoria at a separate event, and I listened to that part of your podcast through tears - I have a vivid memory of her telling me that after finding Volodymyr Vakulenko's diary, she had taken all the necessary precautions to make sure her book would survive, if she did not. I'm so grateful to her family and colleagues for the immensely painful labour it must have taken to bring the uncompleted manuscript to publication. I will buy it as soon as I can... but it will never have her autograph. I do however have Mr Mykhed's autograph on my copy of The Language of War, which I'm reading at the moment after attending the London launch. It is indeed an amazing book, and I urge everyone to read it.
I feel immensely lucky to have made these connections, to be reading these books, and to have the opportunity to learn about and support Ukraine, while Ukraine is keeping all of us safe - whether we understand it or not. I'm not on social media, but I'll be forwarding the link for this episode to friends I know will appreciate it. Thanks again.
"Kazarin moved from Crimea to Ukraine..." - really?! I somehow have thought that Crimea is Ukraine. An unfortunate mistake by Iryna. Especially given the current context...
Otherwise, thank you for the episode and the podcast in general. It is helpful for raising awareness about Ukraine and our culture in particular.