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Михайло Коцюбинський

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Михайло Коцюбинський

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23.07.2026

Reader ratings vs criticism: conflict or dialogue

Reader ratings vs criticism: conflict or dialogue.

Literary debate: how to keep it from becoming a quarrel

Literary debate: how to keep it from becoming a quarrel.

What makes a well-written novel: an attempt at criteria

What makes a well-written novel: an attempt at criteria.

Resisting oblivion: the return of erased names

Resisting oblivion: the return of erased names.

Archives and manuscripts: how a text reaches us

Archives and manuscripts: how a text reaches us.

Academic and popular: two languages for one book

Academic and popular: two languages for one book.

Oral tradition: from the duma to the modern poem

Oral tradition: from the duma to the modern poem.

Poetry books as objects: typography and paper

Poetry books as objects: typography and paper.

The rhythm of Ukrainian: why it sounds the way it does

The rhythm of Ukrainian: why it sounds the way it does.

Poetry prizes: what they actually reward

Poetry prizes: what they actually reward.

Classics at school: poems worth rereading

Classics at school: poems worth rereading.

Poetry online: how social media reshaped the stanza

Poetry online: how social media reshaped the stanza.

Book clubs: how readers shape demand

Book clubs: how readers shape demand.

Editor and author: the anatomy of collaboration

Editor and author: the anatomy of collaboration.

Genre fiction in Ukrainian: crime, sci-fi, thriller

Genre fiction in Ukrainian: crime, sci-fi, thriller.

A debut novel: from manuscript to shelf

A debut novel: from manuscript to shelf.

Literary residencies: how place changes the text

Literary residencies: how place changes the text.

Prose and war: the ethics of depiction

Prose and war: the ethics of depiction.

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The Art of Conducting

Oksana Lyniv · Nash Format

3 evenings

Order · 510 UAH

Board pop-up book

Sofiia Ivanenko

First edition with the author's autograph

Taras Honcharenko

Hutsul Triptych: The Score

Myroslav Skoryk · Muzychna Ukraina

2 eveningsDigital

Download · free

Gift edition with gilt tooling

Sofiia Ivanenko

Miniature edition in a slipcase

Bohdan Lystvenko

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