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Klio Publishing House

A Georgian publishing house founded in 2003 by historians, initially focusing on historical literature and later expanding to school textbooks and other genres.

Last updated September 1, 2026

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Overview

Klio Publishing House is a Georgian publishing house founded in 2003 by historians Zaza Khidureli and Elene Medzmariashvili. It was named after Clio, the muse of history in Greek mythology. Initially prioritizing historical literature, it later became involved in the process of approving school textbooks. Since then, about 200 school textbooks have been prepared, most of which successfully passed the approval process. Besides school textbooks, its current priority areas include school auxiliary literature, non-fiction, guidebooks, and children's educational literature. The publishing house regularly participates in national and international book fairs and festivals, and is the only Georgian publisher to have participated in the Havana (2017) and Jerusalem (2018) book festivals. Since 2020, with the support of the European Union's Creative Europe program, it has been implementing the project 'Let's Get Closer to Literary Europe', under which 9 books by contemporary European authors were published in Georgian in 2021.

History

Klio Publishing House was founded in 2003 by historians Zaza Khidureli and Elene Medzmariashvili. It was named after Clio, the muse of history in Greek mythology. Initially, the publishing house's priority was publishing historical literature. Later, it became involved in the process of approving school textbooks. Since then, about 200 school textbooks have been prepared on the publishing house's base; most of them successfully passed the approval process. Besides school textbooks, its current priority areas include school auxiliary literature, non-fiction, guidebooks, and children's educational literature. The publishing house regularly participates in national and international book fairs and festivals. It is the only Georgian publisher to have participated in the Havana (2017) and Jerusalem (2018) book festivals. Since 2020, with the support of the European Union's Creative Europe program, it has been implementing the project 'Let's Get Closer to Literary Europe', under which 9 books by contemporary European authors were published in Georgian in 2021.

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