
Victoria Donovan
@vsdonovan
Prof @StAModLangs/Ukraine, extractivist politics, colonial encounters/Rep'd by Sophie Scard @UnitedAgents/@ahrcpress new gen thinker/she-her-hers/welsh
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Thanks, Nicki Hitchcott! You can find more of Bohdan's stunning work on our Mariupol Memory Park site here: mariupolmemorypark.space/en/gallery-en/…

Aww, thank you, Eira 🌞🌙💫 #hebrideanmanga is OUT NOW!!


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

Next Friday at UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies we'll be discussing Victoria Victoria Donovan'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…

Please join us for a conversation with Victoria Donovan 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



Spoke about extractivism, predatory foreign capitalists, & the history of Donbas on BBC Radio 4 . Such a pleasure to be a guest alongside Timothy Garton Ash 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…


A rich cross-disciplinary discussion of a signature experience of our time: uncertainty. anne mcelvoy shepherds the experts (& practices a bit of conflict resolution). BBC Free Thinking with Margaret Heffernan Liam Halligan Chris Lintott Timothy Garton Ash Victoria Donovan bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…



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. Uilleam Blacker 🇺🇦 and I speak with brilliant authors Olena Stiazhkina and Victoria Donovan. 🎧 Link below.



🖋️ Life in Spite of Everything by Victoria Donovan 📖Out now with Daunt Books 🌼 GOOD THINGS by @katemacdougall1 📚Now in paperback via @zaffrebooks | Bonnier Books UK 🍌 Are You a Banana?/ 🐸 Are You a Frog? 🎨Illustrated by @robertstarling_art 📘Out with Pat-a-Cake Books


I spoke to Francis Dearnley @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…

Great honour to have moderated the presentation of Victoria Donovan new book Life in Spite of Everything at Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews 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.


Thank you so much, Nikola Yurtsaba #standwithukraine 🇺🇦!


