OEBF FESTIVAL

From December 10 to 16 in Melbourne, Australia, the XI International Literary Festival “Open Eurasian Book Forum & Literature Festival” was held.

The Open Eurasian Literature Festival & Book Forum (OEBF), organised by the Eurasian Creative Guild (London) together with the British publishing house Hertfordshire Press, has become a meeting place for writers, poets, artists and other representatives of the arts for the eleventh time, but this year cinema and literature united.

The Open Eurasian Book Forum & Literary Festival was attended by creative people from around the world, including Israel, Australia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Great Britain, Russia, Moldova, USA, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, France, Belarus, Spain, Turkey, and China.

The official opening of the festival began with the opening speech of the Vice-Chairman of the Guild, Marat Akhmedjhanov, and the premiere of the play by the Australian producer Warren Wills based on the book of the famous Kazakh playwright Dulat Issabekov, “Borte: Empress of the World”

The play portrays the difficult life of the wife of the “universal ruler of Mongolia” Genghis Khan, Borte. The guests of the festival had the opportunity to plunge into the atmosphere of that time, to feel the relationship between the two most powerful people of the greatest empire in the world since the time of Rome.

The opening was enchanting, the event was attended by more than 100 people, the event was attended by the Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan in

Australia, Andrew Fernyhough, the Consul of India, Mongolia, representatives of the press, cinema and the literary community of Melbourne.

On Saturday, December 10, the literary marathon, “Voices of Eurasia’,’ was held in online and offline format. Talented authors from different parts of the world were presented, including: Natalie Mitz, Alexander Kazarnovsky, Lara Prodan, Lyudmila Larkina, Marina Shkrobova - Vernalis, Baqyt Bek Qadyr, Cathie Cayros, Elena Aslanyan, Aldona Grupas, Alex Levin - Arlev, Alisa Klima, Anna Demina, Vera Sytnik, Dana Zheteyeva, Elena Bezrukova, Elena Soboleva, Yesenzhan Abubakirov, Zhyldyz Urmanbetova, Karybek Baibosunov, Kati Beyaz, Ksyusha Zero, Lenar Shaeh, Liya Sizova, Lyubov Kazaziants, Lyubov Mosley, Mar. Salim, Marina Alyasova, Marina Vardan, Maria Zhumagulova, Maria Muchinskaya, Natalie Wong, Nina Yagolnitser, Nurgul Moldabaykyzy, Olga Sivey, Yulia Olshevskaya-Hatzenböller and Nurym Taibek

On December 11, there were presentations of books by the writer and poetess Victoria Levin and Alexander Kazarnovsky, winner of the Hertfordshire Press Award literary award in the Bestseller nomination of the Hertfordshire Press publishing house. As well as getting acquainted with Hertfordshire Press’ new publications and the works of the winners of the 9-10th international competition “Open Eurasia-2020-2021”:

1. “Сундук Безумного Кукольника” by Nina Yagolnitser

2. “War will tell the further plan” by Alexander Kazarnovskiy

3. “Turmoil” by Dulat Isabekov

4. “Leah and Ayh the sewing doll” by Nargisa Karasartova

5. “Соседушки” and “Сказки бабушки Гульсифат” by Gulsifat Shakhidi

6. “In the loyal eyes of a friend” by Andrey Grodzinskiy

7. “West Midlands Ho!” by Aldona Grupas