Night Train to Odesa

Over the last three years of Russia’s war against Ukraine, freelance journalist Jen Stout brought the war home to readers in Scotland with her vivid first-hand reporting from the night trains and bunkers, the frontlines, and the cities under siege – all now detailed in her award-winning book Night Train to Odesa.  

Joined by James Jauncey as moderator, this talk will be an eye-witness account of the Russo-Ukrainian war, illustrated with Jen’s striking photographs from Ukraine and Romania, and with a focus on the ordinary people who are the heroes of her stories.  

Jen Stout is a journalist, writer, and radio producer from Scotland, frequently working in Ukraine. Originally from Shetland, she has lived in Germany and Russia. Her reports are often found in the Sunday Post and on BBC Radio. Her empathetic and vivid coverage on the deportations in Kharkiv region was shortlisted for an Amnesty Media Award.