MK Lit Fest to raise funds for Ukrainian charities with Twenty Stories of hope, humanity and humour
In her profoundly moving book, Around the War in Twenty Stories, British-Ukrainian writer Anna Shevchenko has gathered true tales that document human resilience amongst the horror of conflict. As a special fundraising event for Ukrainian charitable projects, she joins MK Lit Fest’s Online Programme on 25 June to share these stories in a very special evening: book now at www.mklitfest.org
How do ordinary people get on with their daily lives when war is all around them? What do they laugh about, and where do they find the strength to work, love and carry on? Ranging from profoundly moving to darkly funny and downright surreal, these true tales of Ukrainian life in the time of war will leave no one indifferent.
This book belongs to so many people – to those who trusted Anna with their stories; to the team at the printers who printed it under shelling; to the designer whose windows were blown out by an explosion while she was designing the cover.
The money from book sales was intended to go to the people featured in the book, but they all declined and instead decided to donate to selected charities: to fund anti-mining equipment for farmers, buy medicine for the children's hospital in Lviv, deliver tactical medicine to the front line, and to support a children's library in Kherson and a dog shelter in Irpin. All profits from this event will be donated to Ukrainian charitable projects. Book now at www.mklitfest.org/aroundthewar
About Anna Shevchenko
Anna Shevchenko is a British-Ukrainian writer and a compulsive storyteller. Her novel Bequest was nominated for a George Orwell Prize in the UK, selected in the top forty summer reads list in the Independent and shortlisted for two prizes at the European Literature Salon in France. She is also the author of Culture Smart! Ukraine, a guide to Ukrainian culture, currently on its second edition. Her articles have appeared in various publications, including The Times, the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph.
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