UIL BookCrossing Club with special guest Andrey Kurkov

Join us for a special evening in a cozy library, over a glass of wine or a soft drink, with our special guest Andrey Kurkov, leading Ukrainian writer and patron of the Ukrainian Institute London. It’s a wonderful chance to meet new people, expand your circle, and feel part of the UIL community.

Here’s a reminder of how it works: bring a book you’d like to share with others, something that moved you, entertained you, or simply stayed with you. We’ll place all the books on a table, and each of you will choose one to take home in exchange for the one you brought. As part of the exchange, you’ll chat with the person who brought the book you chose as well as other guests. It’s a fun way to exchange not only books, but also ideas, experiences, and stories.

The book doesn’t need to be related to Ukraine, but we do ask that it be in English so that everyone in the room can engage with it. Any genre or subject is very welcome.

Guest

Andrey Kurkov

Andrey Kurkov is a writer, journalist, and screenwriter. He is the author of 24 novels and 10 books for children. More than 20 feature, short, TV films, and documentaries are based on his scripts. He is the first writer from the post-Soviet countries whose books have reached the top ten of European bestsellers. Over 150,000 copies of his most popular novel Death and the Penguin were sold in Ukraine. Kurkov’s books are translated into 45 languages.