From the book “Venice. History of water and land" A children's book club-store “Chu!Childhood” has appeared in St. Petersburg, according to a press release. The opening took place on Friday, April 15th. The founders of the store are former employee of the Limbus Press publishing house Viktor Kuznetsov and his wife Maria. The name of the store was taken from Mikhail Yasnov’s poem “Wonderfulness”.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" Letters and diaries of French writers Gustave Flaubert, Victor Hugo and Marcel Proust will be put up for sale in Paris, The Guardian reports . The famous Geneva collector Jean Bonnat decided to sell the rare documents.

Pavel Pryanikov about the book of Lev Danilkin Gorky continues the cycle of materials about Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The historian Alexander Shubin spoke about the evolution of the biographies of the leader of the Russian Revolution, and from the reader “Lenin about culture and art”, prepared in 1938 by Mikhail Lifshits, we selected Lenin's arguments about literature. Today is a review of Pavel Pryanikova, who, at the request of Gorky, read Lenin’s biography from Leo Danilkin.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The organizers of the Man Booker International Prize for Literature have announced the shortlist for 2017. The shortlist, which includes six books, is published on the award website.

Andrey Babitsky about the book by Lev Danilkin “Gorky” continues the series of materials about Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Historian Alexander Shubin spoke about the evolution of the biographies of the leader of the Russian revolution, and from the anthology “Lenin on Culture and Art,” prepared in 1938 by Mikhail Lifshits, we selected Lenin’s thoughts on literature. We are publishing a second review of Lenin’s biography from Lev Danilkin, written by Andrei Babitsky.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" For the birthday of the English playwright William Shakespeare, VKontakte will launch a chatbot that speaks with quotes from his works. The Moscow agency was informed about this by the organization’s press service. The bot will be available on the official British Council page on Sunday, April 23. On this day, not only Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated, but also International Book Day, the Council noted. The bot will speak Russian.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The organizers of the international literary competition “Russian Prize” have named the 2016 laureates, the website of the Russkiy Mir Foundation reports . The prize was awarded in three categories: poetry, large and short prose.