The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Lovecraft in Russia November 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first work of the American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937): his story “The Alchemist” was published in the magazine for “amateur writers” United Amateur. Little known during his lifetime, Lovecraft was later recognized as the founder of the entire genre of “Lovecraftian horror.” His popularity crossed the ocean, like the giant Cthulhu, and reached Russia.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" American Kristen Roidel made a themed version of the board game Monopoly for Harry Potter fans. The game is called "Pottopoly" and differs from the original "Monopoly" only in design. Roidel changed the “Chance” and “Public Treasury” cards to “Spell” and “Potion”, and the “Chamber of Secrets” and “Closet under the Stairs” cells appeared on the playing field.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The lead singer of the German band Rammstein Till Lindemann will come to Moscow for the presentation of his poetry collection “In a Quiet Night. Lyrics,” reports RIA Novosti. The presentation will take place on November 18 at the Read-City bookstore in the Columbus shopping center. Lindemann will meet with fans and hold an autograph session.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The first public zoological library will appear at the Moscow Zoo, the Moscow agency reports . The library is planned to open in 2017. The premises will consist of two halls: for all visitors and for scientists, professors, and students writing their diplomas. “We are currently developing a large global project; we want to open the first public zoological library.

How animals enhance the library experience The Arzamas City Court decided to block the material “How to Take Bribes Properly,” based on the 1837 book, on the Arzamas educational website, Meduza reports * A media outlet recognized in Russia as a foreign agent and an undesirable organization with a link to the court’s website . The address of the article is included in the register of sites with prohibited information of Roskomnadzor, but the page has not yet been blocked.

A brief history of African literature in the presentation of the finalist of the Enlightener Award Kirill Babaev is a linguist, an orientalist and creator of the Fund for Fundamental Linguistic Research. In 2010, he discovered an previously unknown African language and described it, and in 2015 co-authored with Alexandra Arkhangelskaya published the popular science book “What is Africa?”, Which fell into the short list of the Enlightener Award.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Anna Akhmatova's diary was sold for 7 million rubles at the Literary Fund auction in St. Petersburg, Interfax reports . The diary was sold to a private collection. According to the general director of the Litfond auction house Sergei Burmistrov, its starting price was 800 thousand rubles.