Creative Europe project Aldus Up covers Tales of EUkraine

Aldus Up is a Creative Europe project that connects several Book Fairs in Europe to disseminate know-how, carry out capacity building activities, and connect operators in the book sector to create new synergies.

The Aldus Up consortium has supported Tales of EUkraine since its inception, with several organisations being members in both projects. Fairs such as the Frankfurt Book Fair and Bologna Childrens' Book Fair are both members of the Aldus Up network of Fairs, and they regularly host TEUk events.

Aldus Up runs a Knowledge Hub (Knowledge hub | Aldus - European bookfairs network (aldusnet.eu)) where news relevant to professionals in the book sector are collected and shared. In their most recent piece they published a comprehensive profile on Tales of EUkraine.

You can read the piece here, and use it to disseminate the project to your network. have a good read!

Tales of EUkraine book distribution in Thessaloniki and Athens!

The books from Tales of EUkraine continue to be distributed across Greece thanks to our partners from the United Ukrainian Diaspora in Greece, the "Center for Support and Development of Cultural Heritage 'Trembita'" and the "Ukrainian Sunday School Trembita"! On 17 February, bilingual Ukrainian-Greek books published through Tales of EUkraine were distributed in Thessaloniki during the opening of a Ukrainian bookshelf at the Central Public Library in the presence, for the occasion, of the Consul of Ukraine in Thessaloniki Eugene Shkvira together with the first deputy mayor in charge of culture and tourism, Elina Dymantopoulou. Representatives of the local Ukrainian community participated in the event, which was also celebrated with a performance of Ukrainian folk songs by singer and bandurist Elena Rozumn. During this week, books were also distributed to Ukrainian parents and their children at the Infopoint of the United Ukrainian Diaspora and Opora Ukrainian...

About Tales of EUkraine

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 ...

Tales of EUkraine event at the Frankfurt Book Fair

One year later, Tales of EUkraine gets back at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the biggest trade book fair in the world! We are excited to return to the most prestigious event for the book sector and cannot wait to show all the progress we have made since our last time in 2023 . We are proud to be hosted by the Ukrainian Collective Stand . Join us on Wednesday 16 October , from 15:00 to 15:45 at stand B64, Hall 4.1 . Our speakers: Arnaud Pasquali , DG Education and Culture, Creative Europe Programme, European Commission Enrico Turrin , Deputy Director, Federation of European Publishers Olena Odynoka , Deputy Director, Ukrainian Book Institute Grzegorz Majerowicz , Board Member, “Fundacja Powszechnego Czytania” (Universal Reading Foundation) Nestoras Poulakos , Vakxikon Publications Andre Störr , Verlag Friedrich Mauke During the event, we will present the results achieved by the project so far and we will have contributions from publishers and partners who joined Tales of EUkraine...

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