I am a Ukrainian writer, podcaster, popularizer of fairy tale motifs in modern literature. I investigate the magical mythological component in prose and with its help I try to talk about current topics. The heroines of my texts are female figures whose metamorphosis I reveal as part of my work with feminism.

Not about war, but about people

In March 2022, due to the Russian assault on Ukraine, I had to escape from Kyiv and move to Berlin, where, with the support of the PEN Center in Germany, I started working on an autobiographical novel,"(Not) About War".

My Main Project

My goal was to tell a personal story about refugeeism and the experience of overcoming it in order to contribute to the struggle of Ukrainians for freedom. With my book, I intended to express the support to all those who are experiencing the horrors of war along with to document the events of my country and compatriots.

In March 2022, due to the Russian assault on Ukraine, I had to escape from Kyiv and move to Berlin, where, with the support of the PEN Center in Germany, I started working on an autobiographical novel,
"(Not) About War".

My text is a fiction diary, which I have kept from February 24, 2022 to November 2023. But despite being autobiographical, it is also a way of telling about people, the power of their love and the beauty that shines through the destruction and death, the creativity that sustains me during the darkest of times.

The novel "(Not) About War" was published by Meduza Publishing in the fall of 2024. Follow the news on my social networks.

The official soundtrack of the book Buk Annuk - Jittia

my books

«The Purple House»

In 2020, I started writing a surreal, feminist parable novel about women's voices in history called The Purple House. But the book has never been finished because of Russia's assault on Ukraine.

Series «The Thorn Witch»

My fairy-tale adult dilogy about women’s initiation, separation, finding oneself, has gained the popularity among readers in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.

I am not cooperating anymore with publishers from the Russian Federation, the contracts for the publication of my books have been partially severed. I am in the process of reclaiming the rights to the Thorn Witch dylogy, but the Russian publisher AST Mainstream refuses to cooperate.

11.09.2024
Meduza's 10th anniversary Meduza's 10th anniversary

15.09.2023 — 2.12.2023
Mentoring Programme Ukraine 2023, Budapest — Berlin

8.09.2023
Lange Nacht des Exils (Die Tage des Exils)

30.06.2023
Sommerfest im Li-Be: Exilliteratur

27.06.2023
SWR Medienforum Migration, Stuttgart

12.04.2023
Literary readings as part of Tage des Exils, Hamburg

28.03.2023
Literary readings, Darmstadt

15.02.2025
Paris, Bookstore Globe

18.01.2025
Stockholm, Bookstore Interbook

20.12.2024
Berlin, Bookstore Babel

07.12.2024
Vienna, Bookstore Gamayun

23.11.2024
Presentation of the novel "(Not) About War", Berlin

My Literary Life

Presentation of the novel "(Not) About War"