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Episode: 87. Books in a Bomb Shelter: KC Philippe Sands and Sofiya Chelyak on the Lviv Book Forum
Description: Autumn is the time for literary festivals, including the mighty 10-day Cheltenham Literature Festival, Londonβs South Bank, the small but beautifully formed Cliveden and many more including Bridport, Petworth, Stratford, Henley, Harrogate, North Cornwall, Braemar and more. But this week weβre going to war-torn Ukraine to feature the Lviv Book Forum, in collaboration with Hay Festival, which runs in a bomb shelter between 6th and 9th October. We talk to the courageous and undaunted Programme Director, Sofiya Chelyak, and to the human rights KC, Philippe Sands, celebrated author of East West Street, The Ratline and a new book...