About the project Tales of EUkraine (TEUk) is an opportunity for European publishers to support their Ukrainian counterparts and to display their solidarity to the most vulnerable victims of the conflict by doing what they do best: publishing books. This project will bring together European and Ukrainian publishers to deliver bilingual children’s books to several communities hosting Ukrainian refugees, fostering integration and mutual understanding. TEUk has built a catalogue of Ukrainian children’s books available for publishers to acquire the rights to and publish them in bilingual editions. The project partners will purchase the part of the print run to be distributed to displaced children and organise its distribution to the Ukrainian refugee communities, whilst publishers will be invited to promote the book to their national communities. TEUk will facilitate the integration of Ukrainian children in their host countries, increase the knowledge of Ukrainian culture across the ...
Commemorative plate of the Victoria Amelina Reading Space On 11 March , the European Parliament in Strasbourg inaugurated the Victoria Amelina Reading Space in honour of Ukrainian writer, human rights defender, and war crimes documentarian Victoria Amelina. For the occasion, Victoria Amelina's children's book, The Eh-Eh-Edventures of Excavator Eka , was showcased in the EP Library. Since the death of Victoria Amelina, TEUk added her children's book to its catalogue, and the title was published in bilingual Ukrainian-English version by the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) in the framework of the project. Quentin Deschandelliers, FEP Legal Advisor, attended the event on behalf of the TEUk Consortium. EP Vice-President Pina Picierno with Yaryna Grusha, Ukrainian writer and translator The ceremony was hosted by Pina Picierno , Vice-President of the European Parliament, and was also attended by Roberta Metsola , President of the European Parliament. Among the participa...