Rustam Gilfanov: The book of Lucky Labs’ charity project became the winner of the “Book of the Year 2018” in Ukraine

The grand-prix of the main literature contest in Ukraine was given to the book “Philosophy of Freedom” by Miroslav Popovich. The award “Publishing Image of the Year” was given to the publishing house “A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA”, which received the most prizes.

Several books, including classic ones, became winners of the category “Children’s holiday”. “The Secret Garden” by Frances Burnett became “The best book for schoolchildren”. Nikolai Gogol’s “Taras Bulba” won the nomination in “Teenage and youthful literature”. Kuzko Kuzyakin’s “#WHATISMATH” got nomination as “The best educational and developing book of the year for children”. It was published in fall 2018 as part of LuckyBooks, IT-company Lucky Labs’ charity project.

“One of the main tasks of our project is to search for talented Ukrainian authors and help in publishing popular science literature for teenagers. LuckyBooks began working with Kuzko Kuzyakin from the very first days of its existence in 2017,” says Rustam Gilfanov, co-founder of the IT company Lucky Labs. “When the book was published, we tried to distribute as many copies of it as possible to libraries and boarding schools in Ukraine. For several months we donated and handed over 1000 copies to schoolchildren and to the library funds. At the end of last year, Kuzyakin’s book and several more books of LuckyBooks project were included in the state list of references for all the children’s libraries in the country. We are pleased that our activities are so highly valued in Ukraine and by the professional literary community. ”

The LuckyBooks project started in the spring of 2017 on the initiative of the IT company Lucky Labs. The main goal of the project was publication and free distribution of contemporary popular science literature for teenagers in the Ukrainian language. During its existence, representatives of LuckyBooks donated more than 5,000 copies of teenage non-fiction to libraries. The project became the general partner of the children’s program of the largest book exhibition in the country. The books and authors of the project received a number of literary awards in Ukraine.

About Lucky Labs

Lucky Labs develops software products for marketing, gaming and financial industries. The company\\’s portfolio includes more than 100 mobile and desktop applications. The company sells its products on the western market and in the Asian countries. Today, 950 people work in the Ukrainian offices of Lucky Labs. According to DOU rating, Lucky Labs is also among the 20 largest Ukrainian IT companies.