British publisher, producer and editor. The author of bestselling Easy Russian for English speakers audio training series and producer and narrator of popular Anton Chekhov and Ivan Turgenev Stories. The founder and CCO of Interactive Media, digital production house and editor in chief of Urban Romantics, Fractal Press, and Fantastica imprints. Prior to establishing career in arts and digital media held management posts at The Cambridge University Local Examination Syndicate (now Cambridge Assessment), various management and consulting posts in British Telecommunications Plc (BT), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and several other prominent firms. Fluent in Russian and English languages
Graduate of classic music and arts school in Russia, plays piano. Favourite composers include Beethoven, Tchaikovskiy, Mozart, Dvorak, Haydn, Bach, Khachaturian and Vivaldi.
Holds first class degree in Information Technology and Economics. Microsoft Systems Engineering Qualifications, PRINCE2 project management accreditation. Acting and Drama qualifications from UK's Actors Centre and City Literary Institute. Photography qualifications from UK's Saint Martins University of Arts.
About Interactive Media
Interactive Media is a boutique publisher and production house for digital content including e-learning, games, audio drama and corporate digital content. Pioneering innovative methods of learning, entertainment and distribution of interactive content.
About Urban Romantics
Urban Romantics is an imprint dedicated to promoting new directions in modern arts and culture. Romanticism could be traced back to an artistic, literary and intellectual movement characterised by revolt against social and political norms and a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature. It was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature. This imprint is for all souls seeking new direction, new ideas and inspiring writing. Romantics of the past in Russian literature include Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Tutchev. The poet and painter William Blake is the most extreme example of the Romantic sensibility in Britain. An early German influence came from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of the founding writers of künstlerroman branch of European literature. www.urban-romantics.com
Romantics with technological power of 21st century
Urban Romantics and Interactive Media have been set up by Max Bollinger with strong emphasis on technology and digital innovation. Interactive Media built an impressive digital infrastructure, links and relationships with world's best book shops and retailers. "We focus on what matters for our readers. Our new releases offer some of the best and most exciting stories of 21st century", says Max Bollinger, the founder of Urban Romantics. "Our digital distribution model and infrastructure is one of the most advanced in publishing industry and one of the most efficient and flexible too. We work with retailers on both sides of the Atlantic, Russia, Asia and even Africa. But all this did not happen overnight. It is a result of many years of passionate work." Some of the best writing talent have been signed up by the publishing group recently. In addition to impressive and growing list of classics, the group offers contemporary writing from England, United States, Russia and even China. The list of contemporary writers working with Interactive Media includes Debut prize writers Pavel Kostin amd Andrei Kuzechkin, award winning translator James Rann. All expected to release their latest fiction and non-fiction work later this year and in 2013 through Urban Romantics, Fractal Press and Interactive Media.
