A meeting with Natalya Schepko, a well-known poetess living in our city, took place at S. Beysembayev Scientific Library of S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University on October 14, 2014.

Many poetry lovers of our city are already familiar with Schepko's works. She is an active participant of poetry events held by the Slavic Culture Center, Tsvetayeva Bonfire, her poems have been recited at many literary events and published in local newspapers.

2011 was a really special year for Natalya Schepko, as this is when her first book (“Hello, people!”) was published. Poems in this book are characterized by patriotism and very delicate style.

Opening this event, Yelena Likhanova, a librarian of the higher category of the Imaginative Literature sector and the Library of People of Kazakhstan, emphasized the need for teaching moral values to young people. “Nowadays, for many reasons, life priorities are rapidly changing in our society, so people need support and assistance in understanding the changing reality. N. Schepko advocates the purity of human relations, makes the reader think about eternal values and meaning of life in general,” said Yelena Likhanova.

Students of Pavlodar State University showed great interest in Natalya Schepko's poems. This meeting with the poetess was attended by undergraduate and graduate students, as well as academic staff members of the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Information Technology. Aydana Pazylova (REiT-302), Aygerim Kozkina (FiL-302), Zhemilya Zhumakhan (AGR-302) and Natalya Schepko herself recited some of the most famous poems written by this author.

Students admit that such meetings with interesting people help them learn a lot of new things. “The importance of such meetings is beyond question: they help us understand that we are responsible for the world that we will leave to future generations,” said Natalya Kosenkova, a student of the Department of Russian Philology.

At the end of the evening, Yelena Likhanova presented an exhibition entitled “The Wonderful Land of Pavlodar” which was devoted to Natalya Schepko's works.