From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The results of the Andrei Bely Prize were announced at the Non/fiction fair at the Central House of Artists. This year's laureates were Pavel Pepperstein (for the book "Traitor of Hell", New Literary Review, 2018), poet Andrei Sen-Senkov (for the book "Poems Beautiful in Profile", New Literary Review, 2018) and Felix Sandalov (for the book "Formation. The story of one scene", Common place, 2016).

Historian Ilya Yablokov about why we all believe in the theory of conspiracy Lecturer of Lida University Ilya Yablokov professionally explores the theory of conspiracy. Not so long ago, in Europe, his book Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Soviet World, dedicated to conspiracyology in the post-Soviet space.

Masons, reptilians and other heroes of conspiracyology in life and books Reptilians, Zionist government, a conspiracy of billionaires. Every day, conspiracy therapists put forward more and more extravagant versions of how our rapidly changing and unpredictable world is actually arranged. Gorky recalled the main theories of the conspiracy and their reflection in the literature. Masonic conspiracy Father and mother of all conspiracy theories.

How animals enhance the library experience On November 29, the shortlist for the New Horizons literary award became famous. It included Laura Beloivan with the book “South Russian Ovcharovo”, Andrey Lyakh with the book “Cheltenham” and Roman Shmarkov with the book “Self-portrait with an oyster in his pocket”. This year the jury of the award included Andrei Vasilevsky, Vladimir Berezin, Valery Ivanchenko, Shamil Idiatullin, Konstantin Frumkin and Galina Yuzefovich.