Marek Kohn

Writer: science, society, diversity, identity. Latest book: The Stories Old Towns Tell. Latest revised book: Dope Girls.

[The EBRD @EBRD]

Spring is here and so is the #EBRDLiteraturePrize2026 shortlist!

Thank you, independent judges @MayaJaggi, @marekkohn, Chigozie Obioma and @lea_ypi! And many congratulations to the authors, translators and publishers on this inspiring list from across our countries of operation.

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

We're no longer active on this platform, but we're happily posting where the air is fresher. Really obvious clue ⬇️

[Marek Kohn @marekkohn]

@logan_nick also @KyivIndependent – hugely impressive editorial range and standards; a reminder of what journalism can and should be about.

[Marek Kohn @marekkohn]

Yes bring us that literary fiction! Super excited and honoured to be one of next year's judges

[The EBRD @EBRD]

The #EBRDLiteraturePrize2026 is open for submissions!

New judges @marekkohn, Chigozie Obioma & @lea_ypi w/chair @MayaJaggi to read & consider translated literary fiction from economies where we invest.
Deadline: 🗓️8 Dec

More info: https://t.co/ISgbiggb9k

[Marek Kohn @marekkohn]

Thrilled and very proud to be on this shortlist!

[Nanovic Institute @NanovicND]

Congratulations to Marek Kohn ( @marekkohn ), author of "The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey through Cities at the Heart of Europe" ( @yalepress 2023) for being named to the shortlist for the 2026 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies.

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

Nature, belonging, and drones in the night: moments from our conversation at the edge of a wetland in the middle of Ukraine https://t.co/tbU24hDhSI

[Marek Kohn @marekkohn]

My book about #climate and the British Isles is in the new @bookshop_org_UK ebook range; turns out the 2100 future I imagined in 2009 is approaching faster than scheduled. Climate breakdown and Britain's national identity crisis are on course to merge. https://t.co/PE6QTMNJnx

[Ukraїner in English @ukrainer_en]

War has changed how Ukrainians speak — and what they refuse to. For Da Vinci Wolves commander Serhii Filimonov, language is central to his transformation and to his children’s. In this video, he explains why his son doesn’t speak Russian — and why it matters.

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

The sounds of war just reached deep into the Polish countryside too. Surreal experiences are often previews of a new reality.
#Poland #Ukraine

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

'I heard the air siren from the nearby village, and that was a really surreal experience, because you know that place where you grew up, running with friends, swimming in the river, herding cows, going for walks, and then that surreal sound …'
https://t.co/Pi17RMvshG

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

also on Spotify https://t.co/Wi89YnZlPi
audio-only: Apple, Amazon podcasts
YouTube has English subtitle option

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

We travelled to the Ukrainian village that is the deep inspiration for our project, and talked on the edge of its wetlands: about nature, childhood, imagination, the sounds of war in the air, and why places must not be stolen from people.

https://t.co/aNgXwfaRAV

[Marek Kohn @marekkohn]

@GHarward Thanks very much indeed. BTW my father was part of that sharp drop in numbers by the end of 1940. He and presumably his colleagues left Bucharest for Belgrade in October, shortly after the German forces entered Romania.

[Marek Kohn @marekkohn]

I bought some dried mushrooms in the Ukrainian Carpathians, but not the ones in the tub on the right, this isn't a fairy tale 🍄

[Ukraїner in English @ukrainer_en]

Russia has destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Ukraine. Now, Ukrainian architects are helping communities rebuild authentically. With Craft Story, we show how they preserve regional architecture through an online tool that lets people design homes rooted in tradition.

[Amitesh Jasrotia @bookjelly]

Loved @marekkohn’s book. Reading it felt like walking through Central Europe itself - Warsaw, Vilnius, Prague, Frankfurt. Cities rebuilt from ruins of WWII, yet still carrying the memory and scars of war in their reconstruction.

[Kupala Brighton @KupalaBrighton]

All these brilliant performers, and we'll be there too! Looking forward hugely to the Summer Fusion Festival at the Jubilee Library in Brighton, Sun 7 Sept, 11 – 3, free, all welcome!
https://t.co/MPzUkVBHSm

[Jack El-Hai @Jack_ElHai]

"The rise of the city's #underground nightlife."

Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @marekkohn & @GrantaBooks!

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[Marek Kohn @marekkohn]

A week ago I was eating grapes from a Ukrainian kitchen garden (= small farm in UK city terms) and thinking I should follow the example in my own small way back home so ... rose hip syrup
soundtrack: The Ukrainian Shelf 5: Food https://t.co/fm4jMZAhkA