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Finalists of the "Big Book" will visit Barnaul
BARNAUL. From September 9 to September 11, the Altai Territory will be visited by finalists of the Big Book literary award, created in 2008 by the Pushkin Library Non-Profit Fund in conjunction with the Federal Press and Mass Communications Agency.
Encyclopedia of the First World War became the "Book of the Year"
MOSCOW. The opening ceremony of the Moscow International Trade Fair took place on September 3 at the Et Cetera Theater. The event began with the awarding of the winners of the national literary contest “Book of the Year 2014”.
In St. Petersburg, launched the poetry contest "Criteria of Freedom"
ST. PETERSBURG. The beginning of autumn in St. Petersburg was marked by the opening of the first poetry contest in honor of the great Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, “Criteria of Freedom”.
More than 14 million scanned book pages appear online
Millions of scanned pages of books appeared on the Flickr resource, which the American organization Internet Archive posted for free use.
A lifetime collection of Pushkin’s publications is up for auction
MOSCOW. The House of Antique Books on Nikitsky announced that in October 2014 a series of auctions will start and one of the main exhibits will be a private collection of antique books and rare manuscripts.
Famous musician will release a book about a young bank robber
Bruce Springsteen, an American rock musician, soon plans to release a children’s book based on his song Outlaw Pete, recorded in 2009.
Summary of the story by N. Nosov "Blot"
Fedy Rybkin had the habit of making his classmates laugh, regardless of whether the lesson was on or the long-awaited change came.
Dovlatov festival to be held in Estonia
TALLINN. In honor of the work of the Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov, the fourth Literary Festival will be held in the city.
Pupils of Nizhny Novgorod will begin the school year with the study of electronic textbooks
NIZHNY NOVGOROD. Children of school No. 185 in Nizhny Novgorod will be the first students in the city to study in electronic textbooks. This experiment will allow both teachers and students to first-hand experience to evaluate all the benefits of electronic textbooks.
A book on the history of video games goes on sale in September
MOSCOW. The book of the famous British journalist Tristan Donovan “Play! The history of video games ”will now be translated into Russian.
In November 2014, the debut book of Jennifer Lopez will be published.
Jennifer Lopez, known worldwide as an actress and singer, recently tried her hand at writing.
The author of "Harry Potter" published a new story
The famous British writer Joan Rowling published on her Pottermore website a new story about Celestine Warbeck, a singing sorceress more than once mentioned in books about Harry Potter.
A street bookcase appeared in Vladimir
VLADIMIR. City authorities in conjunction with the regional scientific library. Gorky launched the social educational project “Blue Cabinet”.
Book Fair 2014 will be held in the capital of Russia
MOSCOW. The next 27th International Book Fair will open on September 3 at VDNH.
Strugatsky Square appeared in Russia
ST. PETERSBURG. On August 15, Georgy Poltavchenko, temporary acting governor of St. Petersburg, approved a resolution to rename the square located at the intersection of Victory, Frunze and Moskovsky Avenue, in honor of the world-famous Russian science fiction writers, the Strugatsky brothers.