[9] In 2018, the Ukrainian Institute of books fully implemented the program of replenishment of public libraries,[11] which began on October 5.
In 2018, an important achievement was the successful participation of Ukraine in the Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest publishing event in the world.
The visual concept of the Ukrainian stand was developed by Andrey Linik, a media artist, art historian, and curator of multimedia projects.
[20] In an area of 140 square meters, you could see full-length images of the most famous Ukrainian writers and listen to what the "Senses of Ukraine" are to them.
Participants of the Ukrainian program were:[26] The "On the same page" campaign, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the declaration of human rights, has become an important focus of the Frankfurt fair.
Within its borders, Ukraine organized an action in support of Ukrainian political prisoners who are illegally held on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Famous writers read the stories of Oleg Sentsov, and staged a silent protest in front of the Russian stand.
[31] In addition, the Ukrainian Book Institute organized a discussion about the film "The Wild Fields" based on Sergey Zhadan's bestseller "Voroshilovgrad.
The Ukrainian Book Institute team co-organized the seminar "Publishers' Guide: How to conquer Europe" within the framework of the forum "Creative Ukraine.
"[33] The event was attended by Jax Thomas, director of the London Book Fair, who visited Ukraine for the first time.
[35] At the invitation of the Ukrainian book Institute, she held four meetings: she told Ukrainian publishers how to find their place in the market and develop their own brand, took part in a panel discussion, discussed issues with Forum visitors at the session, and conducted a public interview with Jax Thomas.
Now Serhiy Zhadan, Andrey Kurkov, Evgeny Polozhiy, Ivan Andrusyak and Tanya Stus have already visited Starobilsk, Stanytsia Luhanska, Shchastia and Svatove.