“The Smell of Wormwood” and “At the Top of Uchkara” by Sain Muratbekov were chosen for public reading in 2014 under the Nation-wide campaign entitled “One Country - One Book”. S. Beysembayev Scientific Library of S. Toraighyrov PSU held a series of events devoted to Sain Muratbekov's works.

Zh.K. Abildinova, a librarian at S. Beysembayev Scientific Library, held a bibliographic review of the books by Sain Muratbekov and also made a report entitled “Enduring Values in Sain Muratbekov's Works”.

A book exhibition entitled “Sain Muratbekov: the Light and Warmth of His Heart” was organized in the Imaginative Literature sector.

A reader's conference entitled “True Life in Prose by Sain Muratbekov” closed the series of events devoted to the life and works of this famous author.

Yelena Likhanova, a librarian of the higher category of the Imaginative Literature sector, told about works released in different years and made a slide presentation devoted to the writer's life. The audience learned about the life of the protagonist of “The Smell of Wormwood” (Ayan) and his peers in Kazakh villages in the years of the Great Patriotic War.

In conclusion, students expressed their opinions about Muratbekov's works. According to Aydana Pazylova, even though the main character of the novel was a young boy, he had an incredibly strong character. “Ayan is an extraordinary child with a very difficult life who always tried to live in peace and harmony with everyone despite all the hardships and obstacles that he had to encounter. Every time he told a new fairy tell to other children, he helped them ease their suffering,” said Rustam Nigmatulin. Tatyana Doroshenko from the Faculty of Humanities and Education shared her impression of “At the Top of Ushkaral”. “You can clearly see life wisdom in Muratbekov's works, the author tells us about the problems of morality,” noted Tatyana.

Gabit Musrepov once told about Sain Muratbekov's works, “The young tree of Muratbekov's prose will adorn the flourishing garden of our multinational literature.”