Description
Byre World: Writing for Ukrainian children in wartimeUkrainian writers, illustrators and publishers have responded to the war waged by Russia by publishing an unprecedented number of children's books. In discussion with Emily Finer and Viktoriia Medvied, our guests will present books they have created and discuss their collaborations with psychologists and linguists to create trauma-informed books for children living in Ukraine and abroad.
| Period | 16 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Event type | Other |
| Location | St AndrewsShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- ukrainian
- children's literature
- war
- publishing
- picture books
Documents & Links
Related content
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Activities
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War and Peace in Ukrainian and Jewish Ukrainian Children’s Books
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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RUTA Inaugural Conference
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
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Multilingual children’s literature from Ukraine past present future
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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The Byre World: In Conversation with Monika Szydlowska
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
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Translating Poetry for Children
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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Poems in Shelters: On literature, memory, and solidarity, in wartime Ukraine
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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Promoting Ukrainian Children’s Books beyond Ukraine: key messages
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Multilingualism in Ukrainian Children's Literature (Polish, Yiddish, Ukrainian)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Presentation
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You Care About Yiddish Children’s Literature More Than You Think
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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Shelter Books: Yiddish and Ukrainian Children's Literature in Times of Violence
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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St Andrews / Ostroh Workshop for Advancing the Public Humanities
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
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Projects
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Traveling With Languages: Translation and Migration
Project: Standard
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Press/Media
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‘They burned books, like the Nazis did 80 years ago’: Russia’s deadly attack on Ukraine’s biggest printing house
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Ukraine war: a wave of books to give traumatised children hope
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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How to write trauma-informed truth in texts for children?
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Why should Ukrainian literature be multilingual?
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Children's literature about the traumatic and controversial: 11 Ukrainian books about the war
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature: Not Suitable for Children
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Podcast on contemporary Ukrainian books BookBag
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Research output
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How to write children’s literature about war and other vulnerable, controversial topics
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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“I don’t mix much”: language mixing in transnational Polish-British culture 2012-18
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The ungrateful refugee’s voice: an interview with Dina Nayeri
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Ukraine war: a wave of books to give traumatised children hope
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article