Arsenal Book Festival

The International Arsenal Book Festival takes place annually in spring in Kyiv, Ukraine.

It is a nationwide event[1] founded by Mystetskyi Arsenal[2] and was first held from May 28 to June 1, 2011, being curated by Olha Zhuk.

[3] Beginning in 2017, organizers have selected an intended theme for entries to focus on and discuss.

Power" was chosen in response to the 175th anniversary of the publication of "Eneyida" by Ivan Kotlyarevskyi’, and the festival was curated by Tetyana Terekhova.

In 2019 the theme "Neighborhood: Open Discussion" was chosen and the festival was curated by Vira Baldyniuk.