Sifting Through the Ashes of Children's Books: The View from a Bombed Out Book Warehouse in Kyiv

In August, Russian forces attacked two warehouses belonging to Ukrainian publisher Ranok Publishing, burning nearly 10 million books including 620,000 textbooks for the coming school year. On this episode of the Transatlantic, guest host Kristine Berzina joins us from Kyiv, Ukraine where she sat down with Viktor Kruglov and Bohdana Bohelska of Ranok Publishing. Viktor and Bohdana discuss what these attacks have meant for their families and business, Ukraine's schoolchildren, and the country's wartime literary culture.

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This episode is hosted by Kristine Berzina and produced by Alanna Novetsky, in conjunction with the Senate Recording Studio.