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Save the Date - Tales of EUkraine event at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025

Tales of EUkraine will be back at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2025. The project, which aims to distribute bilingual children's books in Ukrainian and other European languages to Ukrainian children displaced in Europe, will return to the world's largest trade book fair to showcase the results obtained by European publishers in support of their Ukrainian counterparts and Ukrainian children throughout Europe. See you on Wednesday, 15 October, from 15:00 to 16:00 at the Ukrainian Collective Stand ( Hall 4.1, F79/80 ) for our event: Tales of EUkraine: Every Child Deserves their Own Story . Once again, TEUk will be hosted by our colleagues from the Ukrainian Book Institute. Speakers Alessandra Luchetti , Deputy Director of the European Education & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Head of Department B: Creativity, Citizens, EU values & Joint Operations Enrico Turrin , Deputy Director of the Federation of European Publishers, Coordinator of Tales of EUkraine Andre Stör...

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...

Tales of EUkraine books at the Victoria Amelina Reading Space in the European Parliament

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...

Three years after, European publishers still stand and will keep standing with Ukraine!

Since the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, European publishers have stood resolutely with their Ukrainian colleagues and the Ukrainian people. As we mark the third anniversary of the war, we reaffirm our unconditional support for Ukraine in its fight. During these years, Russia attacked not only Ukrainian's people and military and civil infrastructures, but also bookshops, libraries, and printers, aiming to undermine Ukrainian culture. In the face of such destruction, we believe in the power of books as tools of resilience and hope. That is why Tales of EUkraine exists: to bring books to Ukrainian children and simultaneously support the Ukrainian book sector. Thanks to the dedication of dozens of publishers across Europe— especially our partners in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine—we have achieved remarkable goals over the past three years. Since the launch of our project, 27 European publishers have published bilingual editions of th...

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...

Tales of EUkraine books presented at the Sofia International Book Fair

On 10 December 2024 at noon, TEUk's partner "ABK", the Bulgarian Book Association, presented one of the books published as part of Tales of EUkraine during the 51st International Book Fair in Sofia, ‘My Forced Holiday’. The author, Ekaterina Yegorushkina and the translator of the book into Bulgarian - Lilia Zheleva participated during an hybrid event and the project was also presented to the audience. Guests of the event were Mrs. Olesya Ilashchuk - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Bulgaria and Mrs. Anna Tertichna - Counsellor-Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Bulgaria. The event was attended by children and teachers from the Ukrainian Educational Hub in Sofia, who listened to a reading of the book in their mother tongue by its author. After the event, each child was given a set with the currently published books in bilingual Ukrainian-Bulgarian version. Representatives of the Help for Ukraine Association, State Agency fo...

Tales of EUkraine at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 - A recap of our event

Tales of EUkraine came back at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the biggest trade book fair in the world, on Wednesday 16 October! The project was officially launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair two years ago, and at this year's event, we announced some of the main results achieved so far. Together with our project partners, we were joined by some of the publishers and other associations who believed in TEUk's mission and participated in the project. The event was opened by our Ukrainian partner, the Ukrainian Book Institute , represented for the occasion by Deputy Director Olena Odynoka . She stressed the importance of TEUk for Ukrainian displaced children and the relevance of the partnership between Ukrainian and European publishers for the Ukrainian publishing sector. During his presentation, Enrico Turrin , FEP Deputy Director , showcased the project's main achievements two years from its beginning: so far, more than 140,000 books have been already published and TEUk is in line...