Victoria Donovan

Looking forward next Thursday to an in-conversation with author Victoria Donovan about her extraordinary book Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East. The event is at Daunt’s Bookshop in Oxford. Would strongly advise booking early! dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/vi…

🖋️ Life in Spite of Everything by @vsdonovan 📖Out now with @Dauntbooks 🌼 GOOD THINGS by @katemacdougall1 📚Now in paperback via @zaffrebooks | @bonnierbooks_uk 🍌 Are You a Banana?/ 🐸 Are You a Frog? 🎨Illustrated by @robertstarling_art 📘Out with @patacakebooks

Read it here: heronbooks.co.uk/swift-herons-1… Featured this week: Graham Swift’s Twelve Post-War Tales The Deserters by Mathias Enard Allies At War by Tim Bouverie Life in Spite of Everything by Victoria Donovan

Beautiful review of Life in Spite of Everything by Andrey Kurkov in yesterday's Observer ❤️❤️❤️ observer.co.uk/culture/books/…

Thank you so much, @NYurtsaba!

Great honour to have moderated the presentation of @vsdonovan new book Life in Spite of Everything at @ToppingsStAs yesterday. Donetsk and Luhansk regions are about people, their art and activism, of which Victoria spoke. And thanks to Dr Ralitza Nikolaeva for her lovely post.

I spoke to @FrancisDearnley @telegraph podcast Ukraine: The Latest about the myth of 'Donbas' and how Russia has weaponised that myth across time. Listen again on the pod webpage or any preferred streaming platform: shows.acast.com/ukraine-the-la…

Delighted to share the dates and bookshops hosting events on LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE UKRAINIAN EAST by Victoria Donovan. These events offer a powerful and timely reflection on Ukraine’s past and present, do join if you can!

Looking for something to listen to this long weekend? Tune into the latest Ukraine Shelf episode—this time on Eastern Ukraine, a region still too often misunderstood. @BlackerUilleam and I speak with brilliant authors Olena Stiazhkina and @vsdonovan. 🎧 Link below.

Eastern Ukraine is not real estate to be bought and sold. It's a region of real people with rich history and culture. Learn more in episode 3 of the Ukraine Shelf, where we speak to Donetsk novelist Olena Stiazhkina and UK historian Victoria Donovan. Link in comment👇.

Добра ніч, dear friends. LIFE IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE UKRAINIAN EAST by Victoria Donovan is forthcoming from @Dauntbooks in April 2025: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/lif…. Keep reading about Ukraine!

Don't miss this wonderful event. Tue 29 April 7:30pm Prof Victoria Donovan will give a book talk at @ToppingsStA on her book 'Life in Spite of Everything'. You can book tickets with a copy of the book included in the price here: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/st-andr…

Congratulations to Prof Victoria Donovan who has been selected as a 2025 Visiting Fellow at the Aleksanteri Institute in Helsinki where she will work on a short publication emerging from digital archiving work she has been conducting with partners in Ukraine.

A rich cross-disciplinary discussion of a signature experience of our time: uncertainty. @annemcelvoy shepherds the experts (& practices a bit of conflict resolution). @BBCFreeThinking with @M_Heffernan @LiamHalligan Chris Lintott @fromTGA @vsdonovan bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

To celebrate the longer days, it was only fair to introduce yet more fantastic events for the Spring Literary Festival... 📍 Rahul Rao @thariel on 'The Psychic Lives of Statues' 📅 Monday 24th March, 7:30pm 📍 Victoria Donovan @vsdonovan on 'Life in Spite of Everything' ...

Spoke about extractivism, predatory foreign capitalists, & the history of Donbas on @BBCRadio4 . Such a pleasure to be a guest alongside @fromTGA who is always on point on Ukraine and had some kind words to say about my book Life in Spite of Everything: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Please join us for a conversation with @vsdonovan on her latest book 'Life in Spite of Everything. Tales from the Ukrainian East', which explores the lived experiences of communities in Ukraine’s #Donbas region. 🗓️ 14 March at 5.30pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ buff.ly/41bybJE

Next Friday at @UCLSSEES we'll be discussing Victoria @vsdonovan's new book about eastern Ukraine. We will be joined by SSEES's own Volodymyr Kulikov, a brilliant historian of the same region. All welcome, free registration below! ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events/2…

Aww, thank you, @EiraRichards!

Thanks, @RwandanSOChange! You can find more of Bohdan's stunning work on our Mariupol Memory Park site here: mariupolmemorypark.space/en/gallery-en/…