Representatives from the Canadian publishing industry conducted a trade mission to Russia at the end of November, doing panel discussions about Canadian literature and attending book fairs in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The Canadian panel at the main library in St. Petersburg (from left): Hector Cowan, Canadian Consul General in St. Petersburg; Kim McArthur, holding special Canadian edition of Innostranya Litteratura); Martin Levin of The Globe and Mail; Anita Large. Behind Martin and McArthur is Alexander Livergant (editor of Innostranya Litteratura), and author Guy Gavriel Kay with Russian students and their professor.

Photo credit:Lena Astafieva

Mingling at the Canadian booth at the Non/Fiction book fair in Moscow (from left): Natalia Sanina from Synopsis Literary Agency; Martin Levin; Guy Gavriel Kay; Pascal Assathiany of Les

Photo credit:Anita Large

A panel discussion in Moscow (from left): Martin Levin; Kim McArthur; Guy Gavriel Kay; Alexander Livergant; Matthew Mayer of the Canadian Embassy in Moscow; Alexander Gavrilov; and Anita Large of Theytus Books.

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