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Tales of EUkraine at BRaK Book Festival

 From 31 May to 2 June, Tales of EUkraine was present with a stand at BRaK - Bratislava Book Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. The stand was open throughout the Festival and it was organised by TEUk partner Združenie vydavateľov a kníhkupcov.

Bilingual books from the Slovakian publishing houses participating in Tales of EUkraine were available and attendees of the festival could pass by to get their copy of the titles published so far to gift to Ukrainian children.

Among the publishing houses at TEUk stand in Bratislava there were Matys, Dajama and Ideál. Five different titles were available in bilingual Ukrainian-Slovakian edition: Svet okolo nás (The World Around Us), Detektív Teo – Záhada zmiznutých rybičiek (Guinea Pig Investigates), Pani osminožka (Mrs. Octopus), Išla Myška do sveta (The Mouse went into the world) and Ako sa vrabček učil múdrosti (Trouble Teaches).

A photo gallery of the books at the stand is available below.






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