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Everyone Deserves Their Own Story - TEUk event at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025

On 31 March, Tales of EUkraine returned to the Bologna Children's Book Fair, the biggest book fair in Europe dedicated to children's books.

The event, titled “Tales of EUkraine: Everyone Deserves Their Own Story”, was organised by TEUk partners, the Federation of European Publishers and the Ukrainian Book Institute at the Next Chapter Café (Hall 29, Bologna Children's Book Fair). 

During the event, our colleagues described the project and illustrated its main results so far, putting the book by Victoria Amelina, "The Eh-Eh-Edventures of Excavator Eka", in the spotlight, also thanks to the presence of Marjana Savka, from Amelina’s Ukrainian publisher Old Lion, and Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Ukrainian author, translator, and a friend of Victoria Amelina, whose children’s book she edited. TEUk partners from Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Slovakia joined the event, as well as representatives from the European Commission.

Throughout the Fair, TEUk books were exhibited at the Ukrainian joint stand and at the stand of the Slovak Literary Centre.

Enjoy the gallery of our panel!















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