Our Story.

An Oxford alumna Dr Darya Protopopova started this group initially to support writers affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a group, we provide a network of contacts and a safe space for people writing multilingually, i.e. in more than one language: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian – in any language you feel like writing to express yourself. Since our first writers’ meet-up in June 2022, we have discussed many personal and professional writing projects. Our speakers included (in chronological order):

• a British Russian-speaking writer and former BBC journalist Katerina Linnik, author of the novels “60 855 words” and “Barbican“;

• a Ukrainian writer and columnist for Zima Magazine Iryna Potanina;

• a bilingual writer Nia Sheremeteva, author of “Normal Weird”, a bestselling sci-fi novel on Amazon;

• a writer and activist Igor Savelyev, whose novels are translated into English and French, and who is currently working as a correspondent for Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper;

• Artem Mozgovoy, author of the “Spring in Siberia“ (2023), endorsed by Stephen Fry, and “Living No Lie: A Russian Diary 2021–2024“, winner of the Bo Huston Prize 2024;

• an artist and writer Ania Bas, author of the novel “Odd Hours“, published by Welbeck (Polish title “Nocna zmiana“, published by Znak Horyzont);

• Rosanna Moseley Gore (Instagram @rosannamogo), author of the family memoir "Songs from the Suitcase: Inhabiting an Inheritance", published by Beaten Track Publishing);

• Agnieszka Dale, an award-winning Polish-born writer based in London, whose work explores migration, identity, and belonging in contemporary Britain. Her collection of stories "Fox Season" was published by Jantar Publishing.

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We provide networking through our posts on social media, as well as advice on how to get your writing project all the way to the finishing line and how to get it published! Our group on Facebook features writers, academics, translators, editors, journalists, literary agents, self-publishing experts and, most importantly, friendly and enthusiastic readers.