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History professor Trish Starks book, Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR, which melds her historical research in medicine with Russia, is one of six books being considered for the Pushkin Prize.

Among the most acclaimed contemporary Russian-language writers, Maria Stepanova has won the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding — but not without controversy.

'The preservation of democratic values ​​is becoming an urgent concern': Partnerships expand for Germany's Freedom of Speech Week.

The panel of judges praised Stepanova's unwavering commitment to a poetic perception of the world and acknowledged that her literary works reverberate with the voices of renowned authors from across the globe.

The poetry is described as a sensitive and highly poetic study of often hidden violence against the female body and the power imbalance that drives this oppression

Among the most acclaimed contemporary Russian-language writers, Maria Stepanova has won the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding — but not without controversy.

LEDBURY Poetry Festival programme will be released later in the Spring. Running June 30- July 09 2023, we look forward to welcoming you Live and…

Including: Jean-Patrick Manchette, Nancy Mitford, Svetlana Alexievich, Tayeb Salih, and Seth Price.

When Jacques Testard started his own publishing company in 2014, he wanted a name that suggested a crazy endeavour. Testard called the imprint Fitzcarraldo..