The international Odessa delegation and programme were organised through cooperation between several of the city’s cultural organisations. Ulrich Schreiber supported the delegation’s journey to Chișinău, while Ukrainian Cosmopolis supported the participation of Vladyslava Ilinska, Taya Naydenko and Olena Ilyasova. Mykhailo Kutsak participated through a partnership between the Odesa UNESCO City of Literature Office and Vechirnia Odesa.

For Schreiber, the travelling editions of the festival remain connected to a clear ambition: that the Odesa International Literature Festival will eventually return to the city where it began.

Until then, the festival continues to function as a travelling meeting point for Odessa’s literary community and its international partners. In Chișinău, conversations about war, humour, displacement, memory and coming of age were accompanied by something equally important — new translations, residencies, collaborations and relationships that can continue long after the festival itself has moved on.