Obelix has won a new battle — this time in an EU trademark dispute. An EU court annulled Works 11’s “Obelix” trademark for weapons and explosives after a case brought by Asterix and Obelix rights holder Éditions Albert René. The decision may still be appealed. chytomo.com/en/eu-court-...

A Russian combined drone and missile strike on Ukraine overnight on May 13-14, 2026 damaged a logistics center of the Ranok publishing house and a warehouse belonging to its affiliate, One More Page, disrupting book distribution and delaying online orders. chytomo.com/en/ranok-pub...

The Orwell Foundation has revealed the finalists for its 2026 journalism prizes, honoring reporting on war crimes, social inequality and homelessness in Britain and around the world.

The program, aimed at helping Ukrainians turning 18 purchase printed books, e-books, and audiobooks in Ukrainian from participating bookstores and publishers, averaged about 700 book purchases per day in the first quarter of 2026. chytomo.com/en/ukrainian...

Any gamers here? 👍 “The Hollow,” a Ukrainian game inspired by Ivan Bahriany’s novel “The Hunters and the Hunted” (also translated as “Tiger Trappers”) and developed by Vitaliy Chyzh and Brenntkopf Development studio, has been released on Steam platform.

It’s happening right now! Join a stream for free ⬇️⬇️⬇️ The Ukrainian Drama Showcase presented by Razom for Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian Cultural Festival The upcoming staged readings: A Harvest Truce by Serhiy Zhadan (translated by Nina Murray), directed by Danilo Gambini

Ukrainian illustrator Masha Foya created the cover for the latest issue of Guardian Weekly, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. chytomo.com/en/ukrainian...

For the first time in more than 25 years Bulgaria will serve as the guest of honor at the 22nd Thessaloniki International Book Fair in Greece, a major international book fair, scheduled for May 7-10, 2026. Read more in our news piece! chytomo.com/en/bulgaria-...

We’re proud that Ukraine is becoming a home for a new international competition in contemporary illustration! 🇺🇦 Organized by Pictoric, the open call is now live — deadline May 2, 2026. Illustrators, don’t miss it — share & apply! 🎨 chytomo.com/en/internati...

These 10 books by Ukrainian writers are set to be published in English in 2026! (+ 11th, but the publisher has not been revealed yet.) — See the thread and share it with your followers.

1/ The winners of @worldpressphoto.bsky.social 2026 have just been announced—and among them is Ukrainian @apnews.com photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, awarded in the Europe category for his photo of a Russian attack on #Kyiv.

📃 "FINALYY, SPRING" 📃 We know, we know - everyone is always waiting for spring… but you can’t imagine how much it has been awaited in Ukraine. And now it’s finally here. Photo by Maria Semenchenko, journalist and one of our authors.

From time to time, The Old Lion Publishing House changes the façade of its building by displaying books. This time, 12 HUGE titles are featured on the publisher’s building in #Lviv. What are the highlighted books these time? ↘️ ↘️ ↘️

Highly recommended!

In #Lviv, a #UNESCO heritage building caught fire, and 32 people were reported injured. Writers, publishers, and translators became witnesses to the russian attack and shared how Lviv’s literary community experienced the day: many events were cancelled or postponed ↘️

The Drahomán Prize, an award for translators of books from Ukrainian into other languages, has announced the shortlist of nominees for 2025 🎉 – ITALIAN language: Alessandro Achilli and Yaryna Grusha – ENGLISH: Nina Murray – SWEDISH: Nils Håkanson and The Special Award from the Chapter goes to...

Ukrainian illustrator Maksym Palenko refers to “Young Napoleon” by Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville, 1908.

Independent photographer Yaroslav Andriyanov has finished compiling an art book focused on the youth of Sevastopol prior to the occupation in 2014. Preserving photographic films after the annexation is a story of its own.

A literary evening with writer Artur Dron was sold out. His book Hemingway Knows Nothing, with a total print run of 40,000 copies, has already been sold to publishers in 8 countries. Read about how many people attended the event, where the proceeds go, and why the book won't be published in Norway.

1/3 Over 12 long years of war, Ukraine has suffered irreparable losses. Over the last 4 years Russians began to more actively destroy everything related to Ukrainian culture, not only in the occupied territories, but throughout Ukraine. We gathered these facts and figures here:

For 16 years, we have been writing about books and literature. It is deeply moving to find our editorial team included in a Knyholove book “Kulturni” among the figures who have shaped the history of culture and media in Ukraine 🫶

This winter is hard for Ukrainians. And for our bookshops. chytomo.com/en/flood-aft...

The real summary of the year can only be done after awarding the best publishing projects of the year (see previous posts!), so now we can finally show off the achievements of our editorial team! And present you one of the most incredible one... ↘️ chytomo.com/en/chytomo-i...

Debris from a Russian drone fell near the building of the National Library of Ukraine for Children, causing damage to the library premises.

OPPORTUNITY! Book Arsenal launches open call for 2026 Fellowship Program. Please, share with publishers, literary agents and rights managers — the end of spring is beautiful in Kyiv. chytomo.com/en/book-arse...

🎉 We announced the winners of the 2025 #ChytomoAward! The award honors individuals and organizations for outstanding achievements in Ukraine’s publishing industry. The ceremony took place on January 29 in Kyiv.

We’ve just attended the Responsibility Award Ceremony at the Museum of the Second World War, and today it was damaged by a Russian attack (photos: Ukrainian Culture Ministry)

Chytomo and Craft were shortlisted for the Responsibility Award 🙌 with Chapter Ukraine, in the category “Collaboration Without Borders”. The ceremony took place today, on Ukraine’s Day of Unity. Congratulations to the winners: Strichka, Cherkasy Institute of the City, and Memorial of Heroes!

1/5 UA cities are sunk in darkness; the processes in our editorial team have slowed down, and it’s freezing cold even in apartments. A new luxury is moving to a village house with a wood-burning stove, but it’s not always possible. Here is a post from Chytomo’s cofounder, Oksana Khmelyovska:

Chapter Ukraine, a digital platform created by Chytomo and Craft Media, is on the longlist for the Responsibility Award. The project was selected from 165 applications — and in our category, “Interaction Without Borders: Ukraine to the World,” only 8 projects will compete for the award 🏆

Chytomo closed the year by establishing a new award –#ChytomoPicks. We invited nearly all prominent Ukrainian literary critics to serve on the jury, and (after some real battles!)we arrived at a list of the 12 best books in fiction and autofiction. Here they are!

Did you know that subscribers to our newsletter will be the first to receive the Chytomo Bestsellers List 2025? Subscribe here chytomo.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Today, on the first day of 2026, we are remembering writer, war crimes investigator, journalist, and civic activist Victoria Amelina. Today is her birthday. We do not forget her - chytomo.com/en/her-new-s...

Have you spotted any new publications from mentors of the UA/UK Cultural Journalism Exchange?

Have you spotted any new publications from participants in the UA/UK Cultural Journalism Exchange?

1/2 Viktor Kruglov, director of the Ranok Publishing, shared a video from Triada Print: "If you ever feel like giving up — just come to #Kharkiv. People of Kharkiv are stubborn. We don’t run. We print. And as long as we print knowledge, the country lives."

1) In an interview with Lucas Velidakis, Tanja Maljartschuk, one of the most significant voices in contemporary Ukrainian literature, speaks about Ukraine that fights and writes, about memory as a battlefield, and a way to remain human amid the absurdity of war

#ChytomoPicks: Writing under fire: Five must-read Ukrainian non-fiction books already available in French. 1) “Freedom or Death” / “La liberté ou la mort” by Arsène Sabanieiev – Editions Robert Laffont, 2024 (originally written in French)

As of October 2025, more than a decade into Russia’s war against Ukraine, at least 263 members of Ukraine’s literary community — writers, translators, scholars, and others — have been killed by Russian forces. The figures were reported at the Ukrainian stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

Yuriy Tarnawsky, a Ukrainian-American writer, translator, and one of the founding members of the New York Group of Ukrainian avant-garde authors, has passed away at the age of 91 on Oct. 14, 2025, according to his wife Karina.

1/ The type of questions #Krasznahorkai’s publisher should answer: “We’re constantly receiving calls and letters. Since he doesn’t give interviews, all questions come to us. Today, for example, someone asked me...

“Eeeeeeeeevil Eka’s Excavator Stories,” a children’s book by Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, has been published in #Latvia. It was published by the renowned Latvian publishing house Liels un mazs in a translation by Māra Poļakova, illustrated by Edmunds Jansons. chytomo.com/en/children-...

First pictures of the Ukrainian stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair (by Olena Odynoka, Ukrainian Book Institute) #frankfurterbuchmesse

❗Georgia’s literary community calls for international attention chytomo.com/en/georgian-...

This is a house of Anna Tretyak, Chief Editor of BaraBooka and mother of three kids. Anna's family is alive. Her mother's flat is damaged. BaraBooka is the most well-known media outlet for children's literature in Ukraine. They are the winners of the Chytomo Award 2024. You can help in comments

Three Ukrainian books included in The White Ravens 2025 catalogue! None of them is about the war. And the first one here is already translated and published in French by Rue du monde.

Jim Lawless, the author of “Taming Tigers: Do Things You Never Thought You Could” believes that Russian attack was intentionally timed to align with the book festival in Lviv: “Russians are very brave, hurling explosives at mothers and children. They wait ‘til nightfall to cover their shame... ↘️↘️↘️

We are accepting nominations for the 2025 Chytomo Award for outstanding achievements in Ukrainian book publishing and literature! Deadline: Oct, 31, 2025 (23:59). The Award this year is supported by the International Renaissance Foundation and Frankfurter Buchmesse:

Ukrainian political scientist Halyna Herasym has won the Translated Book Award from the Peterson Literary Fund for her translation of “On Freedom,” written by US historian Timothy Snyder and released by Crown Publishing. chytomo.com/en/halyna-he... And here is the Ukrainian book cover:

Ukrainian publisher of Gábor Maté, Carlos González, and Michel Odent hit by Russian drone strike chytomo.com/en/ukrainian...