Never Say War: Life Inside RussiaÅsne Seierstad

Never Say War: Life Inside Russia

Baillie Gifford · 2026 · Longlist

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Baillie Gifford Prize	2026	Longlist

About This Book

The author of The Bookseller of Kabul travels inside Russia, where it is illegal to say the country is at war, and talks to people about their lives after the invasion of Ukraine. Translated by Siân Mackie. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.

About the Author

Åsne SeierstadNorwegian

Åsne Seierstad is a Norwegian journalist and writer. She is the author of The Bookseller of Kabul, One of Us, and The Afghans. Never Say War: Life Inside Russia, translated by Siân Mackie, reports from inside Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.