Anastasia Dubinina

Literary Evening at the Library of Foreign Literature: “Shattered Horizons of Tarveran”

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Last week, I had the remarkable experience of returning to Moscow for a literary evening dedicated to “Shattered Horizons of Tarveran” https://kotlyarov-publishers.ru/product/raskolotye-gorizonty-tarveranashattered-horizons-of-tarveran-romannovel-2023-by-anastasia-dubinina at the Library of Foreign Literature. After spending so much time developing my work abroad, sharing it with readers in Russia felt like a meaningful bridge between the different cultural spheres that have […]

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Culture Night Belfast: Embracing the City’s Creative Pulse

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Cities reveal themselves most honestly during moments of collective celebration. This past weekend, I discovered Belfast in precisely such a state of joyful self-expression during Culture Night—an annual September event that transforms the city’s streets into an expansive, democratic canvas for artistic expression of all forms. I stumbled upon this festival entirely by accident. Having

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When Reality Bends – Adventures at Edinburgh Fringe

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The boundary between reality and imagination thins in Edinburgh during August. The city itself—with its medieval wynds twisting beneath a brooding castle, its gothic spires piercing low-hanging clouds—already seems poised between worlds. Add the surreal energy of the Fringe Festival, and you find yourself in a landscape where the quotidian and the fantastical freely intermingle.

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“Shattered Horizons of Tarveran” – My Journey into Speculative Fiction (Release)

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I’m excited to announce that my new novel, “Shattered Horizons of Tarveran,” is now available! This marks my first venture into speculative fiction, and I’m thrilled to invite readers into the fractured reality of Tarveran city. This project represents a significant departure from my previous work. While “Life on the Island” explored isolation through a

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Imagined Futures – Wandering Through Venice Biennale

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There’s something wonderfully paradoxical about experiencing the Venice Architecture Biennale—this exhibition of radical futures unfolding within one of the world’s most preciously preserved historical environments. Venice itself seems to exist in defiance of rational urban planning, a labyrinthine dream-city built on water, its foundations driven into lagoon mud centuries before modern engineering. Yet here, in

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Decolonising Eastern Europe: Found in Translation – London Book Fair Reflections

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The cacophony of voices at Olympia London yesterday reminded me why translation remains one of literature’s most mysterious arts. Wandering through the London Book Fair’s sprawling pavilions, I found myself gravitating toward conversations that unfolded in multiple languages simultaneously—publishers negotiating rights in rapid-fire German, authors discussing character motivations in accented English, editors debating narrative structures

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Announcing ‘Shattered Horizons of Tarveran’

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After months of writing, revising, and navigating the publishing process, I’m thrilled to announce that my novel “Shattered Horizons of Tarveran” will be published this summer. The manuscript has been accepted, the contract signed, and the reality of this book entering the world is gradually becoming tangible. From fragments of ideas sketched in notebooks to

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Amsterdam, Vermeer Exhibition: Inspiration from Stillness

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The Rijksmuseum’s halls were hushed despite the crowds. We moved slowly through the galleries, pilgrims paying homage to a master of light and silence. The Vermeer exhibition—the largest retrospective of his work ever assembled—has drawn visitors from across the world, all of us seeking something in these luminous, enigmatic canvases. What strikes me most about

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Paris & Dover: Short Winter Escapes

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Winter break has afforded me the luxury of brief escapes from London’s familiar rhythms. Two contrasting journeys—one to Paris’s urban labyrinth, another to Dover’s stark coastal cliffs—have provided welcome perspective as I enter the final months of my master’s program at Imperial College. Paris in January possesses a particular melancholy beauty. The tourist crowds have

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