Russian duo to lead public literary event

TWO Russian writers renowned in their homeland will give a seminar in Russian on Friday.

Alexander Ilichevsky and Leonid Yuzefovich will present "Working with the Russian word in the 21st century", which will be followed by a session of reading from their work. The reading session is open to the public and will be followed by a wine reception.

The event will take place at Edinburgh University's Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, on Buccleuch Place, from 5.15pm until 6.15pm.

Mr Ilichevsky, a novelist, poet, essayist and broadcaster championing freedom of expression has won the Russian Booker Prize, one of the world's major literary awards.

Leonid Yuzefovich's detective series set in pre-revolutionary Russia has won him huge acclaim, as well as being adapted for television.

The event is free but tickets should be obtained from www.dashkovacentrebookreading.eventbrite.com