Anastasia Stoeva launches her new book, Found Things
A shard of glass from a crash, playing cards found in the street: the small discoveries at the heart of Anastasia Stoeva’s new book.
11 November 2026 · Doors 19:00; performance 20:00 · Toplocentrala, Bar Stage
“An inventory of things nobody was looking for.”
That's how poet Stefan Ivanov describes young writer Anastasia Stoeva's new book, Namereni neshta (Found Things). He adds: “She has an ear for the small things. For childhood superstitions and the snails in the sand bucket. For the cassette whose songs nobody remembers any more.” In Found Things, there are statues of headless donkeys and disappointed parents. There are cellophane swans. Allergies and diagnoses. A whole pile of cards. At least two or three cats. It's a portrait of a person as a collection of objects, packed with loved ones and memories like a junk collector's house. It's also a game. Published by Scribens,
the book launches at Toplocentrala on 11 November.
Doors open at 7pm, with the event starting at 8pm. Expect a performance with interactive elements and a special appearance by the book's editor, Stefan Ivanov.
Anastasia illustrated the book as well as writing it.
And that's only part of what she does. She's a poet, film critic and book designer, and the author and illustrator of the poetry collection Neizvarsheni prestapleniya (Uncommitted Crimes, 2024), which won the debut award at the tenth Damyan Damyanov National Poetry Competition. Her articles, reviews and poems have appeared in a range of periodicals. In 2026, she received the Stoyan Kambarev Foundation's Flight in Art award in the Multitalent category. She's also a co-founder of the Polovin Chovek (Half a Person) animation collective, and directs and animates short films.
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