Writers for Ukraine

Crossing Border presents - Schrijvers voor Oekraine (Writers for Ukraine)

Crossing Border is pleased to announce a special evening with the Schrijvers voor Oekraïne (Writers for Ukraine) collective. The event will take place at Theater aan het Spui on Tuesday, the 28th of May.

The writers, who witnessed the situation in Ukraine first-hand, formed the collective to share their stories and combat Russian disinformation.

Tommy Wieringa, Jelle Brandt Corstius, Maurits Chabot, Iris Koppe, Olaf Koens, and Lisa Weeda will join us to discuss their experiences. Volkskrant-photographer Daniel Rosenthal will show recent footage from the country. Oleg Lysenko en Tatiana Chevtchouk with play music on accordion and piano. Moderator: Alena Muravska. The full programme will be announced at a later date.

A small group of writers joined the third convoy sent by Protect Ukraine. They saw the growing equipment shortages in Kyiv, Charkiv, and Izjum, where no two soldiers wear the same shoes, but also the Ukrainians' tenacity: they will keep fighting. Unless Russia succeeds in dividing the West and ending the provision of weapons and ammunition, Ukraine is not lost. Upon their return to the Netherlands, Tommy Wieringa and Jaap Scholten, accompanied by Ukrainian marine Andrej Mahomet, visited the Dutch parliament. They spoke to several MPs, including Kati Piri, Frans Timmermans, Derk Boswijk, Jan Paternotte and Thierry Baudet, urging them to expedite support for the Ukrainian army and draw attention to the Russian disinformation campaigns.

All proceeds will go to Protect Ukraine, who provide protective gear for Ukrainian forces.

Authors will sign their books after the performance. Books of the authors will be for sale at The Other World Bookshop.