Skaryna Press

Skaryna Press (Belarusian: «Скарына», also rendered as Skaryna) is a Belarusian publishing house based in London, United Kingdom. It was founded on 6 August 2022 by the Belarusian and British publisher, historian and librarian Ihar Ivanou together with like-minded associates. The press was created to reflect the potential of the Belarusian diaspora and to build connections between authors and readers both inside Belarus and abroad. Its slogan is "Books bring community together" (Belarusian: «Кнігі збіраюць супольнасць»). The publisher specializes in Belarusian-language literature, with stated plans to eventually publish books in other languages as well. Its catalogue spans poetry, translated prose and other works that often could not be published inside Belarus. The press frequently travels to meet its readership around the world, appearing in Poland, Lithuania, Germany and Georgia, among other places. Skaryna Press defines its mission around three principles: Enlightenment — the desire to speak the unspoken or the deliberately or inadvertently forgotten, and to preserve, spread and multiply the traditions and achievements that emerged in the Belarusian diaspora; Resistance to censorship and restrictions on creative freedom, so as to be a platform for the free exchange of ideas; and Contemporaneity — creating and publishing books in a new way, here and now, so that they spread across the entire Belarusian universe and live long lives. Its first titles were Hanna Komar's poetry collection "We Will Return" (a poetic document of Belarus in 2021–2022 that could not be published in Belarus and was therefore prepared by a Moscow publisher before being picked up by Skaryna) and a translation of "Beirut Stories" by Ahatanhel Krymsky, a Ukrainian figure of Belarusian origin. The press operates as a private, independent publisher and is associated with the Belarusian diaspora community in the United Kingdom.

Skaryna Press was founded on 6 August 2022 by the Belarusian and British publisher, historian and librarian Ihar Ivanou and his like-minded associates. The press was established to reflect the potential of the Belarusian diaspora and to build connections between authors and readers in Belarus and beyond its borders. It is based in London, United Kingdom, and specializes in Belarusian-language literature, with stated plans to eventually publish books in other languages. The publisher's first books were Hanna Komar's poetry collection "We Will Return" — described as a poetic document of Belarus in 2021–2022 that could not be published in Belarus and was therefore prepared by a Moscow publisher before being picked up by Skaryna — and a translation of "Beirut Stories" by Ahatanhel Krymsky, a Ukrainian titan of Belarusian origin. Skaryna Press frequently travels to meet its readership around the world, visiting Poland, Lithuania, Germany and Georgia, among other places. Its slogan is "Books bring community together." The press defines its mission around three principles: Enlightenment (speaking the unspoken or forgotten and preserving diaspora traditions), Resistance to censorship and restrictions on creative freedom, and Contemporaneity (publishing books in new ways, here and now, so they spread across the Belarusian world).

• Skaryna Press founded on 6 August 2022 by Ihar Ivanou and like-minded associates.

• First books published: Hanna Komar's "We Will Return" and Ahatanhel Krymsky's "Beirut Stories".

Independent Belarusian-language publisher in exile, focused on diaspora voices, anti-censorship and contemporary Belarusian literature.

• Hanna Komar, "We Will Return" (poetry collection)

• Ahatanhel Krymsky, "Beirut Stories" (translation)

1. 1Skaryna Press — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Скарына (выдавецтва) — Wikipedia (Belarusian)be.wikipedia.org