Artem Chapeye, author of The Weathering, in conversation
Veranda Books, London, W1H 5BA
Monday 18th May 2026
We’re delighted to welcome Ukrainian writer Artem Chapeye to Veranda to discuss his new novel The Weathering (tr. Daisy Gibbons), which follows a couple who escape city life to the Ukrainian mountains, only to return to a changed reality.
Artem is also the author of the short fiction collection The Ukraine and a book of reportage Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns. Currently serving in the Ukrainian army, Artem will be in London for a brief visit and will be in conversation with Uileam Blacker, an academic at UCL who specialises Eastern European literature.
This promises to be an evening of lively and compelling conversation about Artem’s work - and a timely reminder of the ongoing (and increasingly forgotten) conflict at the edge of our continent. We hope you can join us - drinks will be served from 6.30, conversation to start at 7
Artem is also the author of the short fiction collection The Ukraine and a book of reportage Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns. Currently serving in the Ukrainian army, Artem will be in London for a brief visit and will be in conversation with Uileam Blacker, an academic at UCL who specialises Eastern European literature.
This promises to be an evening of lively and compelling conversation about Artem’s work - and a timely reminder of the ongoing (and increasingly forgotten) conflict at the edge of our continent. We hope you can join us - drinks will be served from 6.30, conversation to start at 7
