Book Launch: The Safest Place by Svetlana Pironko
Join Betimes Books for the official launch of The Safe Place, a haunting collection of short stories by Svetlana Pironko, and presented by Enrica Ferrara, writer and Trinity College lecturer.
Each story is a window into the quiet devastations and fragile beauties of being human—grief, love, solitude, memory, and the inevitable passing of time.
Told in a distinctive, introspective voice that feels both intimate and universal, these stories form a mosaic of emotional truth—fragmented yet belonging together. The writing is visual and unflinching, evoking the deep emotional cadence Yeats called “the deep heart’s core.”
There is sorrow here, yes—but also grace and humour. Within the darkness, a steady pulse of hope endures. The result is a work both darkly exquisite and ultimately uplifting—a meditation on how we survive our losses and learn to live within the beautiful ruins of what remains.
