Russian culture abroad: Festival of Russian literature SLOVO in London

The only outside Russia annual Festival of literature SLOVO opened on March 8, 2014 in London.

This year the festival is held for the fifth time. It is attended by twelve well-known Russian writers - they will present their new books, will meet will readers, will discuss a variety of topics with English authors and Slavicists. Also, the festival will be for them a good opportunity to discuss new projects with publishers and translators.

As part of the festival, which runs until March 23, will be held 20 different events. Cross-cutting theme sounds like "In search of lost reality".

This year's festival program first includes the contest of stories written by Russian Londoners on a given topic by the festival organizers - "The day I fell in love/ cursed/ realized London". This is a joint project of ACADEMIA ROSSICA and the project RUSSKY LONDON. The best stories will be published in the book "History of Russian London".

As part of the festival will be also awarded Rossica Prize - the world's only prize for translating Russian literature into English. There will be announced the winner of Rossica Young Translators Award - an annual competition for young translators.