Hi, just a quick post to inform you about a couple of upcoming events. Next week the Russian stand will open at London Book Fair, we also have talks by Russian literary supernovas at the Pushkin House in London, and a Russian literary festival SLOVO will be featuring talks by many celebrated modern authors all week long.… Read the rest
Sometimes, you need to look deep in the past to understand the present. It’s definitely true about art.
Evgeny Vodolazkin (photo by Rodrigo Fernández (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)
Books on the power-line by Katja Ullrich (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
As a society, we don’t question the importance of reading as a tool of personal development, of building a view of the world and understanding of science, culture and ethics.… Read the rest
This year the world celebrates the 130th birth anniversary of Sabina Spielrein, one of the greatest minds of the XXth century. Sadly, she was forgotten and have only recently been rediscovered. We are only beginning to realise the impact of her ideas on modern science and on our understanding of human psychology.… Read the rest
Russia may be a mysterious country, yet some people have been very proactive at popularizing Russian culture in the West. Today, I am pleased to host an interview with Paul Richardson, an editor of the popular Russian Life magazine.
Russian Life has been informing its audience about the vastest country in the world, Russia, for over half a century now. … Read the rest
Sometimes, history corrects itself, and we re-discover a forgotten gem or a genius. In the latter case, it is a matter of historical justice to finally acknowledge a contribution of such a genius to the progress of our civilization.
It is a great pleasure for me to introduce you to one of the most original thinkers of the XXth century, an almost forgotten Russian psychologist Sabina Spielrein, whose recently published first full biography in English called Sex vs Survival I review in this blog.… Read the rest
Konstantin Makovsky [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Natasha Perova, the founder of Glas publishing house
Firstly, I’d like to introduce you short story anthologies published by Glas.… Read the rest