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The Ukrainian Library Association has opened a campaign called “Library Event of the Year,” inviting libraries nationwide to post on Facebook about a single 2026 event that mattered to their community ahead of All‑Ukrainian Library Day on September 30. Entries should explain the event, who took part, and its impact. A simple Facebook post can put a Kyiv library’s 2026 highlight on the national map — pick one event and explain how it changed your community.
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Chytomo asked Kyiv publishers and ad agencies how book campaigns perform on the city’s metro and street panels. Prices range from a few thousand hryvnias for single panels to hundreds of thousands for vehicle- and in-wagon formats; agencies call the channel useful for awareness but say direct sales effects are mixed. Useful reading for Kyiv authors, bookstores and small publishers: the piece lists typical metro formats, current price bands, and which stations or placements agencies recommend for targeted campaigns.
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German publisher Carlsen, author Mark‑Uwe Kling and illustrator Astrid Henn filed a lawsuit on 19 August 2026 at the Munich I Regional Court against OpenAI Ireland Ltd., alleging ChatGPT can reproduce stories and near‑identical illustrations from the children's series Das NEINhorn. A Europe-facing copyright test case with implications for Kyiv writers, illustrators and publishers tracking how AI may use protected works.
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On 27 August 2026 Lviv opened a new SENS bookstore-cafe in the former Bohdan Khmelnytskyi cinema at Bohdana Khmelnytskoho 11. The 550.2 sq m protected building houses fiction and an event stage on the ground floor and non-fiction on the second floor. SENS already operates in Kyiv; this Lviv franchise shows the chain's regional expansion and sensitive reuse of a historic cinema, of interest to Kyiv book lovers tracking Ukrainian bookstore networks.
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City life
A draft Kyiv City Council decision published 19 August 2026 would change the spelling of Bessarabska Square and the adjacent Bessarabskiy Drive to Basarabska and Basarabskiy to match the new Ukrainian orthography. The proposal is awaiting commission review and would not require extra city funds. A small orthographic change affects central city landmarks; council committees will review the proposal after it appeared on the city site on 19 August 2026.
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Researcher Serhii Shumylo reported the discovery of three previously unknown copies of the 1581 Ostroh Bible in closed monastic repositories on Mount Athos. One copy may have belonged to Ivan Vyshensky; another links to Paisii Velychkovsky’s circle. The finds add to roughly 350 known surviving copies. The books tie directly to early Ukrainian printing and to volumes issued in the Kyiv metropolia; many of the Athonite prints came from the Black Vyr skete’s Ukrainian library.