We are delighted to invite you to the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 Award Ceremony on 15 June, where the where the £10,000 prize will be awarded to the winning author.
The event offers an opportunity for you to experience the award ceremony in distinguished company, listen to conversations between the judges and shortlisted authors, meet the authors and purchase signed copies of the shortlisted titles and the winning book! The ceremony will take place with the backdrop of Katya Muromtseva's exhibition, with the artist present, and will include a live artistic performance and piano recital. We will be serving a standing buffet dinner and drinks throughout the evening, all of which is included in the ticket price.
This year’s ceremony will be held in our beautiful, Grade II-listed Georgian house in the literary heart of London, and will be hosted by Andrew Jack, founder of the Prize, and Elena Sudakova, Executive Director of Pushkin House.
The books shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 illustrate the valuable contribution that academics make to our understanding of Russia’s complex culture, history and people, particularly during our current realities since 24 February 2022.
Titles on this year’s shortlist provide insight into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war; post-Soviet societal tensions and their complicated relationship with the West; illicit gay relationships and friendships in Russia during the fin-de-siècle; the illegal Soviet campaign that almost led to the extinction of endangered whale populations; a comprehensive study of Soviet tobacco habits; in-depth analysis of the Russian worldview of the current war in Ukraine; and the cultural perils of bringing Sesame Street to Russia.
The 2023 shortlisted titles are:
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia by Natasha Lance Rogoff
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews
Russia’s War by Jade McGlynn
Places of Tenderness and Heat: The Queer Milieu of Fin-de-Siècle St. Petersburg by Olga Petri
Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR by Tricia Starks
Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling by Ryan Tucker Jones
Find out more about this year’s shortlist.
Purchase the Book Prize 2023 Bundle.