Irena Karpa. Literary stand-up
There are writers who are not just read. They are listened to like a friend after the third cup of coffee, as the voice of inner freedom, as a person who knows how to turn their own chaos into literature. Karpa is exactly that.
Her literary stand-up is an evening where books come off the pages and start speaking out loud. Where the funny suddenly becomes very personal, and a light story unexpectedly hits a spot that no one has touched in a long time.
This will not be a quiet presentation or an academic conversation about the texts.
This is a living stream of stories about love, which does not always behave politely. About freedom, which sometimes costs more than it seems. About childhood, growing up, travel, mistakes, marriages, desires and all those strange turns of life, from which the best books are then born.
Karpa will speak as only she can: sharply, gently, ironically, without false correctness or a desire to please anyone.
The evening will feature excerpts from her books, stories from her life, and a conversation about her new novel, "He Returns on Sunday."
And after the meeting, you can take the book with you not just as a thing, but as a small personal talisman. With a signature, a wish, and, perhaps, the very words you need to hear at the right moment.
And it's better to bring your desire with you.
Bold.
Lives.
One that you're not ashamed to say out loud.
Tickets are already on sale.
- When: September 25, 2026, 7:00 PM
- Where: Kyiv, Saksaganskoho St., 6
- Genre: Literary stand-up
- Features: fragments from books, stories from life, a conversation about the novel "He Returns on Sunday", an autograph session