BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10611@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250508T170000 DTSTAMP:20250503T145741Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/online-ukraine-resisting-through -writing/ SUMMARY:: Online: Ukraine: Resisting Through Writing DESCRIPTION:\n\nUkraine Resisting through Writing: How a Ukrainian Writing School is Conquering the War on Culture\nSince the 2022 invasion Russia has systematically targeted Ukrainian culture and heritage\, as well as fu rther oppressing the language\, to falsely justify its aggression. As such the RIBA Writing Academy has become one of the most important institut ions of our times\, empowering Ukrainians all over the world to preserve their language\, culture\, literary heritage and to document and archive the war through poetry\, prose\, novels and non-fiction. In this event\ , novelist Philippa Holloway\, who has been teaching on the programme sin ce 2022\, will interview the Directors and Co-founders of RIBA about their academy and will discuss how writing is an act of resistance against cult ural erasure. Three of the Academy’s best writers will read extracts fro m their work\, and there will be an Audience Q&\;A to follow.\n\nDr. Ph ilippa Holloway – Curator and teacher at the RIBA Writing Academy\n\nPh ilippa Holloway is an internationally published fiction writer and academi c. Her debut novel\, The Half-life of Snails (Parthian\, 2022) was set par tly in Ukraine and was longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize and praised o n BBC Radio 4s Front Row\, and her debut short story collection\, Untether ed\, is now out (Parthian\, 2024) and she has been commissioned to write o riginal short works for the BBC. She has been curating courses and teachin g for the RIBA Writing Academy since 2022 and works at Edge Hill Universit y as a Researcher Development Fellow.\n\nDmytro Raimov – Founder and Pr esident of the RIBA Writing Academy.\n\nIn 2016\, he launched a miniature creative writing course alongside Ukrainian writers and literary scholars in Kyiv\, Ukraine. Over eight years\, the course evolved into an academy w ith over 3\,000 students and 200 instructors from Ukraine\, the UK\, the U SA\, and Canada. The Academy is a member of the European Association of Cr eative Writing Programmes (EACWP)\, the largest institution for teaching c reative writing in Ukraine. Since 2022\, the Academy has been operating on line under Dmytro’s leadership\, focusing on developing educational prog rams\, publishing projects\, and cultural exchange initiatives. Currently\ , the Academy publishes student works in Ukraine\, organises cultural exch ange programs in the UK\, and develops new science fiction\, fantasy\, and fairy tale writing courses. Dmytro holds a degree in philosophy from Ukra ine and a diploma in clinical psychology from France. He also leads RIBA A cademy and is a practising psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist.\n\nLyu bko Deresh – Co-founder and teacher of the RIBA Writing Academy\n\nLyub ko has had a cult-like following among the younger generation in Ukraine s ince the release of his novel Cult at age 18\, followed quickly by another novel written during his early high school years. He has since authored e ight additional prose books and two children’s books. As one of Europe ’s most widely translated Ukrainian authors\, Lyubko’s books—includi ng Cult—are available in German\, French\, Italian\, Polish\, Serbian\, Bulgarian\, and Romanian. Though his writing style has evolved significant ly since his early twenties—when he was dubbed the ‘Stephen King of Uk raine’—Lyubko has retained a loyal readership in Ukraine and Germany. He is a two-time finalist of the BBC Book of the Year Award for his novels Intent! and A Bit of Darkness\, and his novella Jacob’s Head is set to be adapted into a film in Ukraine. A resident of Kyiv\, Lyubko has spent s ignificant time abroad in various regions of the world.\n\n \;\n\n*The se are difficult times. We know some people may struggle to afford full pr ice tickets. If you would like to attend this event but can’t afford to\ , please contact info@writingonthewall.org.uk. All queries will be treated in confidence.   \n\n\n\n\n\nBOOKING &\; INFO\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/05/WOWFEST-25-WebHead.jpeg CATEGORIES:Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR