A creative meeting with Yevhenia Henova , an Odesa-based journalist and editor of the Intent publication, took place at on March 27 at the Bookstore-Café at 77 Evropeiska Street.
The event was held in the format of a conversation over a cup of coffee, so, as Yevheniia Henova said, the visitors exchanged views.
The conversation was based on the presentation of the books Crimean Tatar Families, Free Voices of Crimea, and My Grandmothers Did Not Live to See the War, two of which were authored by Yevhenia Genova and one of which she is a co-author.
"We talked about books, about the importance of preserving historical and family memory. We exchanged views on the consequences of Russian propaganda and its impact on the destruction of our family memories," the author commented on the event to Intent.
"By visiting the Bookstore-Café at 77 Evropeiska Street, you are not only supporting Ukrainian books and the local cultural space, but also independent journalism, as the project was created as one of the ways to support independent media.
"Crimean Tatar Families, a book by Yevhenia Henova of the Kharkiv publishing house Folio, collects the stories of 14 families. The author wrote it in the spring and summer of 2013, and the book was published in January 2024. One of the working titles of the book was Qırımda yaşa - "Live in Crimea".
In March 2024, Vivat Publishing House presented the book "Free Voices of Crimea. Stories of Crimean Journalists - Prisoners of the Kremlin", co-authored by Yevhenia Henova. The book was published at the initiative of PEN Ukraine, ZMINA, the Human Rights Center and The Ukrainians Media. It includes stories of civilian journalists who opposed the occupiers and became political prisoners. The book contains documentary evidence of the activities of activists: letters, excerpts from diaries, speeches from courts in cases of imprisonment.
Yevheniia Henova 's new book My Grandmothers Did Not Live to See the War was presented to Odesa residents at the Hrushevsky Library on November 19, 2025. The book was published by the Nika Center publishing house. Yevheniia Henova's story consists of family memories and is dedicated to the formation of national identity in the families of residents of the Ukrainian South. A characteristic feature of the book is the parallels with the heroine's own experiences during the current Russian aggression and the comparison of them with the events that her relatives experienced in the past.
Кирило Бойко