Press-Release
‛Book Contracts 2012“ III Kyiv International book exhibition
‛Book Contracts 2012“, III Kyiv International book exhibition was held at the Ukrainian House in Kyiv on December 15-18. Books on fiction, science, directory, education, history, ethnography, gift-editions, arts, antique, periodicals, music and youth literature from over 130 major local and international publishing houses had been widely presented at the exhibition. Apart from Ukrainian ones publishing houses from Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Czech Republics as well as from Finland and Greece had been present at the forum.
Numerous presentations of the new editions, autograph-session, master-classes for children and open disputes were organized in the course of the exhibition work. The visitors also had the opportunity to meet with tens of the well-known and young contemporary Ukrainian and foreign writers.
Traditionally the charity event ‛Special Books for Special Children“ had been held. Both the participants and the visitors of the exhibition not indifferent to the children with sight problems took part in the event. UAH 1265 collected during the event were sent to pay for the special magazines and books printed in Brail typeface for Kyiv School #5 for blind children (phone (044 430 01 18, Director – Liudmila Serhiivna))
