From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The final of the “Page 17” reading aloud championship for high school students will take place on July 15 on the stage of the Educational Theater of the Moscow Art Theater School. The organizers of the event informed Gorky about this. Schoolchildren from 14 to 17 years old will read passages seen for the first time, without preparation.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The film company Sony Pictures has published a new trailer for the film “The Dark Tower” based on the book series of the same name by Stephen King. The film was directed by Nikolay Arcel. Starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. The first trailer for the film adaptation was released in May. The Russian premiere of the film is scheduled for August 3. The Dark Tower series consists of eight books.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" On Tuesday, July 18, in the lecture hall of the Multimedia Art Museum there will be a remote interview with the English writer Geoff Dyer, timed to coincide with the release of his book “It’s About Time” in Russia. This is reported on the museum's website. Geoff Dyer is the author of four novels, of which only “Falling in Venice, Dying in Varanasi” has been translated into Russian, critical and journalistic works, essays and articles.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" British writer JK Rowling, who created the Harry Potter universe, wrote a new fairy tale on a dress for her birthday party. She spoke about this in an interview with CNN. The writer explained that she celebrated her 50th birthday on the same day as Halloween, so she asked guests to dress up as their personal nightmare.

"Mysterious Island": French answer to Daniel Defoe “Robinson Cruzo” Daniel Defoe and the “mysterious island” of Jules Verne are the two most famous novels about survival on a uninhabited island. Especially for Gorky, Maria Elifarova compared these books, talked about how the Frenchman argued with the Englishman, and at the same time explained what was missed in popular Russian translations. Jules Verne, as you know, was a very prolific writer. However, he has a few real masterpieces.

Lyudmila Ulitskaya about Ekaterina Genieva It is very difficult to list in one paragraph the whole contribution of Ekaterina Yuryevna Genieva to Russian culture. She headed the All -Russian Library of Foreign Literature for 22 years, she was an excellent philologist, specialist in English literature, she founded the institute of tolerance, she was an expert of UNESCO, she was a professional of the highest level, which was known and appreciated both in Russia and around the world.