From the book “Venice. History of water and land" On the eve of the Red Square book festival and on the occasion of Russian Language Day, the #writingwriting contest starts for the second time. To participate, you need to draw a contemporary Russian writer or poet.

How animals enhance the library experience The annual literary competition “New Children's Book” has completed accepting entries. The jury will have to determine the best in three categories: “For those over six”, “Fantasy. Mysticism. Thriller" and "Children's Book Design PRO". The longlist of the competition will be published on June 13, the shortlist on July 2. The results of Season IX will be summed up at a ceremony at the end of September.

About the first book of the philosopher Georgio Agamben The desire to evaluate works of art and books played a bad joke with Europeans: instead of just reading and watching, experiencing some experience, we endlessly criticize everything and often splash out the child with water. In any case, this is how the Italian philosopher Georgio Agamben writes in his first book “A Man without Content”: at the request of Gorky, Sergei Sdobnov talks about this work, which finally came out in Russian.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The Blagosphere Center, the Foundation for the Promotion of Solving Autism Problems in Russia “Vykhod” and the Livebook publishing house invite you to a meeting of the Blagosphere book club “The Story of a Special Girl and a Special Cat”. The event will begin at 19:00 on April 17.

Gorky and rockets At the folk naming competition of the latest Russian weapons, the names “Poseidon”, “Peresvet” and “Petrel” won. “Petrel”, we are sure, a literary bird, comes from the “Songs of the Petrel” by Maxim Gorky. He is returned to the actual context with the energy of public memory and became part of the new Russian triad. Evgenia Pishchikova - about the adventures of folk naming.