From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The jury of the Yasnaya Polyana literary award announced the winners in five categories. In the “XXI Century” nomination, the winners were Narine Abgaryan (“Three apples fell from the sky”) and Alexander Grigorenko (“Lost the blind pipe”). “We suffered terribly, we agreed on two works,” explained the chairman of the jury, Vladimir Tolstoy. In the category “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth” was won by Marina Nefedova (“The Forester and His Nymph”).

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The first hearing in the case of the director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature Natalya Sharina was held in the Meshchansky Court of Moscow. Sharina is accused of inciting hatred (Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and embezzlement (Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code). A representative of the prosecutor's office said that Sharina squandered 3.5 million rubles allocated from the Moscow budget.

A new story by the author of taiga westerns - winner of the 2016 Yasnaya Polyana Prize Alexander Grigorenko invented a new northern epic. His “taiga” duology, “Mabet (the story of a man of the taiga)” and “Ilget. Three Names of Destiny,” was called either a Western or Marquez, praised and scolded for its rich ethnic flavor, nominated for all major Russian awards, but the novels of the author from Divnogorsk have still not made it past the shortlist.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The voice search service “Okay, Google” has learned to recognize spell commands from Rowling’s books about the world of Harry Potter, according to a Google blog. On devices with the Android operating system, you can turn the lantern on and off with the commands “Lumos” and “Nox” - with the help of these spells in books, wizards could turn on and turn off the light at the end of a magic wand. The Silencio command can mute your smartphone.

The soldier was walking home along the street and saw these guys. Who is your mother, guys, the soldier asked the guys. Our mother is a revolution, but she abandoned us; we worked at the factory, but the factory was destroyed; we don’t know what to do, we are wandering around without normal work; our life has lost its meaning, we get drunk, raise goats, beat our wives, and our wives beat us, White Guard gangs are committing crimes in the mountains. Help us, soldier.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The jury of the NOS literary award has announced the short list of nominees for 2016. The shortlist of works included: “The Aviator” by Evgeny Vodolazkin, “Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of Modernity.