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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/…

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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…

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…
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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!

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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…

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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

Please join us for a conversation with <a href="/vsdonovan/">Victoria Donovan</a>
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
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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.

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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…

Spoke about extractivism, predatory foreign capitalists, &amp; the history of Donbas on <a href="/BBCRadio4/">BBC Radio 4</a> . Such a pleasure to be a guest alongside <a href="/fromTGA/">Timothy Garton Ash</a> 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…
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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…

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

To celebrate the longer days, it was only fair to introduce yet more fantastic events for the Spring Literary Festival...

📍 Rahul Rao <a href="/thariel/">Rahul Rao</a>  on 'The Psychic Lives of Statues'
📅 Monday 24th March, 7:30pm

📍 Victoria Donovan <a href="/vsdonovan/">Victoria Donovan</a> on 'Life in Spite of Everything'
...
Uilleam Blacker 🇺🇦 (@blackeruilleam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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👇.

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👇.
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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.

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. <a href="/BlackerUilleam/">Uilleam Blacker 🇺🇦</a> and I speak with brilliant authors Olena Stiazhkina and <a href="/vsdonovan/">Victoria Donovan</a>. 🎧 Link below.
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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!

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!
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🖋️ 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

🖋️ Life in Spite of Everything by <a href="/vsdonovan/">Victoria Donovan</a> 📖Out now with <a href="/Dauntbooks/">Daunt Books</a> 

🌼 GOOD THINGS by @katemacdougall1 📚Now in paperback via @zaffrebooks | <a href="/bonnierbooks_uk/">Bonnier Books UK</a>

🍌 Are You a Banana?/ 🐸 Are You a Frog?  🎨Illustrated by @robertstarling_art 📘Out with <a href="/patacakebooks/">Pat-a-Cake Books</a>
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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…

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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.

Great honour to have moderated the presentation of <a href="/vsdonovan/">Victoria Donovan</a> new book Life in Spite of Everything at <a href="/ToppingsStAs/">Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews</a> 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.
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Beautiful review of Life in Spite of Everything by Andrey Kurkov in yesterday's Observer ❤️❤️❤️ observer.co.uk/culture/books/…

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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

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
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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…