“Journey of a Book” is a project designed by a group of Russian and European youth. Our project has a very important task, which is particularly relevant currently – to show Europe Russia and to show Russia Europe.
To do so we are creating a book, which will bring together 20 stories from different cities across Russia and Europe. The stories will be written by 20 young and talented writers, each of which will portray their country, write about their culture, their people and what makes their city special to them. They will show a different side to their city, which can’t be found in travel guides or on a postcard, overcoming the stereotypes and misconceptions other people may have about his or her country and people.
Our project has received financial support from the Youth Association for a Greater Europe, as a result of winning first place in a project designing competition in 2013. It was also presented at a conference at the UNESCO Headquarters in 2014.
The book will travel from author to author, travelling across 15 international borders. Each author will then be able to read through the stories written by the authors before them, see their handwriting, their style and through it all understand who that author is. This will bring the authors closer to each other, becoming friends without formally meeting.
The organisers will film the book’s journey, its authors, their cities, the people around them and their favourite places. When all the stories have been collected, all the short clips will be put together to make one film, no longer than 10 minutes. This film will be available to view on our website.
The stories will also be published in print form. We hope that the book will be available to purchase or download over the internet and to buy in local bookshops.
Our team has already produced a promotion video for the project. This video was filmed during a hitchhiking journey from Ufa, Russia to Paris, France. The team visited cities such as Kazan, Moscow, Vienna, Ljubljana, Munich, Basel and Paris. We filmed in every city with the help of locals and used the clips in our promotion video. We have also begun promoting the project on social media and will soon begin the search for authors.
What can you do for us?
We need your support to tell your friends and acquaintances about us, so that our project can become a reality. Share this document, visit our website, tell your friends. When our book is complete, we will thank you with a free copy!
- If you know companies or people who would be interested in sponsoring or supporting the project, please share our information with them.
- If you know young writers or worldwide literary figures, tell them about our project, we are now beginning our search for authors.