Valya Dudycz Lupescu
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Valya Dudycz Lupescu
@valya.bsky.social
Writes about the experience of magic in the world 🇺🇦🇺🇸 Author of The Silence of Trees and Mother Christmas, editor of Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora. 🌻
Happy Vyshyvanka Day!
May 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm at ICFA, and I brought copies of Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora! They're in the book room. #ICFA45 🌻
March 14, 2024 at 1:47 PM
THIS is Lutfiye Zudiyeva, Crimean Tatar human rights activist (taken from the Radio Free Europe website):
February 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Thank you, Bogi. Absolutely.

THIS is Lutfiye Zudiyeva, Crimean Tatar human rights activist (taken from the Radio Free Europe website):
February 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I turned fifty last weekend! A blog post about time and aging, and the wisdom of trees 🌳: www.vdlupescu.com/journal/2024...
February 7, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Honored that Embroidered Worlds is on this longlist for the BSFA Best Collection! So excited to see Ukrainian fiction on a list like this. When I was a young reader in the 80s & 90s, I dreamed of such an opportunity.
January 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Excited to get Embroidered Worlds in the mail! 400 pages of fantastic stories from writers in Ukraine & the diaspora.

Soon these anthologies will be on their way to mailboxes of Kickstarter supporters around the world. Дуже дякую! Thank you thank you thank you! 💙💛
December 20, 2023 at 5:03 AM
Until midnight CST tonight! You can pre-order your copy of Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora, and you'll still get the beautiful bookplate by Olga Samets!
embroidered-worlds.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
November 13, 2023 at 2:04 AM
I've have been spending all my time head down with translations & edits for this anthology, so I have not had a chance to mention there is ONE MORE DAY to pre-order copies of Embroidered Worlds (& still get the bookplate!) through Backerkit!

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November 12, 2023 at 3:21 AM
Only 20 minutes left until the Kickstarter campaign for Embroidered Worlds ends! Join 1068 backers who are going to get this anthology of 30 stories by writers from Ukraine and the diaspora! It's also the only way to get this beautiful bookplate!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...
October 1, 2023 at 3:39 AM
In the spirit of @zzclaybourne.bsky.social's Witches, a photo of thanks from this Ukrainian Witch.

Thank you to our 1023 backers (with 7 hours to go, can we get to 1111?) #embroideredworlds #UkrainianWitches

(Sticker by www.keithgreenstein.com/uwu)
September 30, 2023 at 8:31 PM
I'm so excited to share the special bookplate we have for backers created by Ukrainian artist Olga Samets.

With just over a day left, it's not too late to join almost 1000 backers supporting Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora:

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September 30, 2023 at 1:40 AM
It’s time to unveil the cover of Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora, as well as the list of 30 authors & their stories!!!

You can read the update here! Just 4 more days to become a backer! www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...

Слава Україні!
September 26, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Stories connect us, and translators are some of the special people who make those connections possible. You can read about the translators for Embroidered Worlds in our latest update:
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September 22, 2023 at 10:52 PM
We commissioned pysanka artist Anna Chychula to create a "Fantastic Pysanka" for Embroidered Worlds. You can read Anna's post about pysanka-making & recent pysanky she has created to support & honor the Ukrainian people.

You can also become a backer for $1! www.kickstarter.com/projects/att...
September 16, 2023 at 7:54 PM
In our latest Embroidered Worlds update, a guest post from Michael Burianyk addresses the question, "Why do we need Ukrainian stories?"

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September 9, 2023 at 8:16 PM
An update from one of our Ukrainian editors for Embroidered Worlds, Olha Brylova. She writes about her experiences as an interpreter at a training center where foreign instructors are teaching Ukrainian soldiers:
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September 7, 2023 at 2:03 PM
We are only 7 backers away from 500 for the Embroidered Worlds Ukrainian anthology! Sesame asks, "Can you help us get to 500?"
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#EmbroideredWorlds #Ukraine #EmbroideredCats
September 6, 2023 at 7:41 PM
Jimmy would like to share that we are just over $100 away from our $10,000 stretch goal to fund all the diaspora stories for Embroidered Worlds!

Thank you! Дуже дякую!

#EmbroideredWorlds #Ukraine #cats #embroideredcats
September 4, 2023 at 5:41 PM
We are $611 away from our $10,000 stretch goal for the Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Stories from Ukraine and the Diaspora Kickstarter! I can’t share these fantastic stories yet, so….here’s one of my fantastic cats with my Baba’s embroidery.
#EmbroideredWorlds #Ukraine #EmbroideredCats #cats #sff
September 3, 2023 at 4:52 PM
Thank you for your pledge! For the ebook, you can absolutely pledge more than $1. All the levels allow you to go back in and manage the pledge, so you can increase the amount if you like.

Hope that helps? Thank you again! <3
September 1, 2023 at 1:24 PM
A long time ago when I was at a crossroads, Maureen Seaton encouraged me to be authentic, to take creative risks, to defy expectations, to be a poet. Beloved teacher & mentor, talented poet, beautiful soul, she will be missed. May her words & memory be eternal.
August 30, 2023 at 2:52 AM
I'm excited to share that Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora (to be published @atthisarts.com) has been chosen to receive a grant by the Ukrainian Book Institute as one of the projects to support translation of Ukrainian literature into other languages.
July 17, 2023 at 9:13 PM