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Literary, film, theatre 2008

1 - 25 Aug 2008  Hutsul's Year, a fable set in the Hutsul region of the Carpathian mountains, presented by a theatre group from Kolomyia in Western Ukraine. Part of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Universal Arts Theatre, Edinburgh
19 Jun 2008 "The Writer and Society in Post-Soviet Ukraine". A round-table discussion featuring Ukrainian authors Katerina Khinkulova, Rio Kunder and Andrei Kurkov. Presented by the Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies. Ukrainian Institute, London
9 May 2008 A Night with Taras Shevchenko - Vera Rich reading from her recently published translations of poetry by Taras Shevchenko. Nuffield College, Oxford
25 Apr 2008 Chornobyl: The Survivors - a 90-minute production by British video journalist Roman Revkniv who follows Oxford post-graduates into Chornobyl's radiation zones. St Antony's College, Oxford
24 Apr 2008 Awards Ceremony to announce the winners of the 2008 Orwell Prize. Marina Lewycka's book Two Caravans was shortlisted in the Books category. Foreign Press Association, London
11, 12 Apr 2008 Deadstock - a play by Steven Dykes about pain, isolation and escape, inspired in part by the plight of Eastern European migrants in the UK and featuring the character of Andriy, a Ukrainian illegal migrant worker who finds himself in an unusual situation. Rose Bruford College, Sidcup