Max Kidruk is a writer, publisher, and popularizer of science. Anastasia Yevdokimova is a literary critic, curator of art projects, co-host of the project “Untitled for Now”, moderator of the book club of the bookstore “Sens”, interviewer of “Conversations with Sense”. We talk with Max about the joy of reading, the specifics of writing and the popularization of science. Kidruk talks about the goals and priorities of his and his wife Tetyana’s family publishing house “Borodatiy Tamarin”, shares the story of how the band Iron Maiden can inspire a national tour, and announces what he will be doing in the next 10 years. A conversation about books and senses, a conversation about dreams and daily work, in which Anastasia Yevdokimova asks questions and Max Kidruk answers. #kidruk #maxkidruk #beardedtamarin #newdarkweeks #colony #literature #whattoread #conversationswithsense #bookstoresense #bookclub #sense #sensebookstore #bookstorekyiv Subscribe to our channel to be the first to know about new conversations with people who read and think about meanings! 🟢 Books recommended by Max Kidruk: The Wheel of Time series of novels, Robert Jordan The First Law Trilogy, Joe Abercrombie The Stormlight Chronicles series, Brandon Sanderson Prey, Airframe, Timeline, Michael Crichton All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell The Expanse series, James S. A. Corey The Shuttle. Outrageous Stories of a Space Shuttle Astronaut”, Mike Mullane “11/22/63”, “Pet Cemetery”, “Under the Dome”, Stephen King: https://sens.in.ua/foreign-modern-lit... “Laughter at the End of the Tunnel. Notes of a Ukrainian Anesthesiologist”, Ivan Chernenko: https://sens.in.ua/smikh-u-kintsi-tun... “Fruits against Vegetables”, “Alien Plants”, “Planet of Mushrooms”, Oleksiy Kovalenko: https://sens.in.ua/frukti-proti-ovoch... Books by Max Kidruk in the online store “Sens”: https://sens.in.ua/ukrainian-modern-i... 🟢 Online store of the bookstore “Sens”: https://sens.in.ua/ 🟢 Instagram of the bookstore-cafe “Sens”: / sens_kyiv Join the book club from the bookstore “Sens”: https://t.me/+SJTljj53uks4YmEy Instagram of Anastasia Evdokimova: / nastia.evdokimova Instagram of Max Kidruk: / max.kidruk We are grateful to CEO Club Ukraine for providing the location for the shooting! Quick access: 00:00 introduction 00:58 pros and cons of a writer's work 5:17 a writer is a professional reader 6:46 why is fantasy popular 10:33 what to read by Stephen King? 13:04 Michael Crichton is an innovator of the genre 15:02 ratings on good reads 18:41 Kidruk is now a publisher 21:14 what would you like to publish? 24:24 publishing plans of "The Bearded Tamarin" 26:49 has the number of readers increased this year? 29:02 in 2022 sales increased 31:39 a story about the band Iron Maiden 36:04 what Kidruk dreams about 40:12 why Kidruk became a writer 43:19 the crisis of expertise and science 46:09 a quick physics lesson from Kidruk 48:44 about the new novel "Colony" 53:09 "this is my life for the next 10 years" 56:03 is writing exhausting? 57:45 what Kidruk is uncomfortable thinking about 59:19 what are you reading now? 1:00:43 give advice to Max Kidruk