Join a virtual celebration for Ukrainian author Kateryna Babkina, our 2023-23 International Writer in E-Residence. Kateryna will share readings of her work and highlight some of the writers she mentored during her residency. Special guests include Daniel Coleman of McMaster’s Department of English and Cultural Studies, Vivian Lewis from McMaster University Library, and Nancy McPhee with the Hamilton Public Library.

About Kateryna Babkina
Having published her first book at 17 years old, Kateryna Babkina is a seasoned poet, prose writer, columnist, screenwriter and playwright whose work has been translated into multiple languages and published internationally. She is the author of four poetry collections (Lights of Saint Elm, 2002, The Mustard, 2011, Painkillers and Sleeping Pills, 2014, Charmed for Love, 2017, Does Not Hurt, 2021), a novel (Sonia, 2013), a novel in short stories (My Grandfather Danced the Best, 2019) and two collections of stories (Lilu After You, 2008 and Happy Naked People, 2016). She has also written four books for kids (The Pumpkin Year, The Hat and the Whale, The Snowheat, and Girls’ Power co-authored with Mark Livin), which are extremely popular in Ukraine. In 2021, she won the Angelus Central European Literature Award. Kateryna is currently living in exile in London, UK, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with her daughter and mother.

The Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence program is funded by the McMaster Provost, McMaster Library, Hamilton Public Library and Faculty of Humanities. Learn more here.

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