OUR STORY

An Oxford alumna Dr Darya Protopopova started this group initially to support writers affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a bilingual writer and literary critic, Darya wanted to provide a network of contacts and a safe space for people writing in Russian, Ukrainian and – multilingually – in English. Since our first writers’ meet-up in June 2022, we have discussed many personal and professional writing projects. Our speakers included
 

• a Ukrainian writer and columnist for Zima Magazine Iryna Potanina,

• a British Russian-speaking writer and former BBC journalist Katerina Linnik, author of the novel “60 855 words”,

• a bilingual writer Nia Sheremeteva, author of “Normal Weird”, a bestselling sci-fi novel on Amazon,

• a writer and activist Igor Savelyev, whose novels are translated into English and French, and who is currently working as a correspondent for Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper.

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We provide networking through our posts on social media, as well as advice on how to get your writing project all the way to the finishing line and how to get it published! Our group on Facebook features writers, academics, translators, editors, journalists, literary agents, self-publishing experts and, most importantly, friendly and enthusiastic readers.