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TEUk event at the Brussels Book Fair opening





A Tales of EUkraine event will take place this year at the Brussels Book Fair (Foire du Livre de Bruxelles). After publishing and distributing almost 300,000 bilingual children's books to Ukrainian children all over Europe, the project, co-funded by Creative Europe, will be among the highlights of this year's opening of the Place à l'Europe, the European Commission stand at the Brussels Book Fair, on 25 March 2026.

Olga Skyrda, a Ukrainian storyteller, will read to Ukrainian children based in Belgium two of the five books recently co-published in bilingual versions by the Federation of European Publishers and the Old Lion Publishing House: The Story Told by Zuka and Yakyv and the Wet Evening.

 After the reading, Glenn Micallef, European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, will officially open the stand and distribute bilingual books to the children.


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