Jantar was founded 15 years ago today. A day for celebration, smiles and pride. Thank you to all our readers, authors, poets, translators, designers, proof readers, editors, booksellers, marketers and reviewers for making the last 15 years so awesome. 🧡🧡🧡

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The first review for The Grandmother... 'Thanks in part to Susan Reynolds's haunting new translation, the novel stays in the deep parts of the memory, as if one has not read it but dreamed it'. – Donald Rayfield in Literary Review. It doesn’t get any better than that! www.JantarPublishing.com

Stellar review in @asymptotejournal for [dasein: defence of presence] Yaryna Chornohuz asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/01... Available in selected bookshops or online postage free from our online bookshop jantarpublishing.com/product-page... @ukraineworld.bsky.social @yarachornohuz.bsky.social

We like posting photos of Artur, particularly as his poetry collection has just been reviewed by @worldlittoday. The review can be read here, worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/july/we... Signed copies of WE WERE HERE can be found online at www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page... #UkraineWillWin

The final cover for 'The Grandmother' by Božena Němcová being launched on 30 October. Now available for pre-order direct from the publisher www.JantarPublishing.com @thebookseller.com @wwborders.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @dauntbooks.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @thetls.bsky.social

Artur Dron', 'We Were Here' book launch recording. @jantarbooks.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social @ukrinstitute.bsky.social youtu.be/9LBJDQthK3c?...

Great event this evening at Hatchards. Nicol Hochholczerová's final night of her UK Tour talking about her new book, 'This Room is Impossible to Eat'. hatchards.co.uk/events/an-ev... @lrb.co.uk @thetls.bsky.social

Safely arrived at Jantar HQ. Signed copies of WE WERE HERE by Artur Dron' Numbers are limited! 💛💛💛💛💙💙💙💙 jantarpublishing.com/product-page... @kyivindependent.com @kyivpost.com @poetryintranslation.com @theukrainianreview.bsky.social @ukrainianinsider.bsky.social @thetls.bsky.social

Signed copies now available WE WERE HERE by Artur Dron' ‘the language is beguiling and ironic' “ @TheTLS ‘For him, it’s the children who will remind survivors that their fight was not in vain’ @Telegraph www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page...

Joint winners for April best sellers on www.JantarPublishing.com 'We Were Here' by Artur Dron' 'poetry of resistance against oppression' - @Telegraph 'Carbide' by Andriy Lyubka 'modern-day Voltaire' - @LAReviewofBooks Available from www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page...

Daniela Hodrová, 'One of Europe's best writers' according to @sjonorama.bsky.social A huge readers' favourite from our back catalogue ... a great way to celebrate World Book Day! www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page... @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social

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What does Easter really mean? Reading books? Browsing websites of publishers with discount bundles and oodles of fabulous titles on offer, postage-free, all year round? www.JantarPublishing.com 💛 @thetls.bsky.social @telegraphnews.bsky.social @theguardian.com @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social

Hybrid book launch for Ukrainian poet and soldier Artur Dron', 'We Were Here', trans. by Yuliya Musakovska. Join via Zoom or live in Lviv or in Exeter, 6 May, 5.30-7pm (UK). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-were-he... @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social @jantarbooks.bsky.social

Did we mention that the second volume in our Amber Poets series is available for pre-order now? It includes 'The Water-goblin'. So scary that 'you simply pause from time to time to make peace with your goose-bumps’, according to @nytimes Pre-orders from jantarpublishing.com/product-page...

Delighted to announce that the second volume in our Amber Poets series is available for pre-order now. The collection includes 'The Water-goblin'. So scary that 'you simply pause from time to time to make peace with your goose-bumps’. - NY Times www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page... #Dvorak

The bestselling book on jantarpublishing.com in March 2025? CARBIDE by Andriy Lyubka Translated by Reilly Costigan Hughs and Isaac Stackhouse-Wheeeler (Most copies sold to readers in the USA. No, we can't explain it either. 🤠) @thetls.bsky.social @theguardian.com @telegraphnews.bsky.social

Important interview with Ukrainian poet and soldier Artur Dron' for @ukraineworld.bsky.social Artur Dron's collection available in English from @jantarbooks.bsky.social ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...

That backlist looks better and better... www.JantarPublishing.com

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Our favorite people winning awards that are much deserved. Fantastic news. Keep on keepin' on, guys!

Thank you to everyone who came to look, buy and chat at the Jantar stall at this year's Alternative London Book fair on Saturday. It was huge fun!

Doors open at 10am! Alternative London Book Fair Islington Central Library Today 10am-5pm @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social @islington-council.bsky.social @londoncentric.media @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social @indienovella.bsky.social @renardpress.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social

Looking forward to meeting fellow publishers, readers and selling our books tomorrow 🧡🧡 The Alternative London Book Fair Islington Central Library 10am - 5pm @lrb.co.uk @londner.bsky.social @telegraphnews.bsky.social @islingtonwalks.bsky.social @islingtontrib.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Marking #worldbookday with Artur Dron', "We Were Here", trans. by Yuliya Musakovska, from @jantarbooks.bsky.social Extraordinary Ukrainian wartime poetry from the front line and beyond. With @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

Celebrating World Book Day! www.JantarPublishing.com @dauntbooks.bsky.social @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @mrbsemporium.bsky.social @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social @ink84books.bsky.social @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social

Meet translator Jozefina Komporaly on our panel at the London Book Fair next week! She'll be discussing 'The Task for Feminist Translators Today' with Cecilia Rossi (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social), Carolina Orloff (@charcopress.com), and Rosalind Harvey. Organised with @bcltuea.bsky.social

Legend John Clegg shows @jaroslavrudis.bsky.social where to sign copies of 'Winterberg's Last Journey' at the @lrbbookshop.bsky.social @thetls.bsky.social @thespectator1828.bsky.social @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @guardianbooks.bsky.social @telegraphnews.bsky.social @radiopraguefr.bsky.social

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Today's plan? Drink coffee and be AWESOME. (Photo taken in Tallinn on Saturday by Jantar fan, Nick. He doesn't do social media, bless 'im). www.JantarPublishing.com @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social @ajbwells.bsky.social @ianhagues.bsky.social @ianwilloughby.bsky.social @jacqbetula.bsky.social

1st Letter to the Corinthians From We Were Here By Artur Dron' 💛💙 ...love could have surrendered, abandoned everything, but it walks on. And sometimes love gets shot in the legs, or shell fragments get stuck in them, or its legs get blown off. Then love is carried by its friends. 💛💙

Congratulations, all!

Today's news reminded us of 'Hear My Voice' by David Vaughan, published in 2019. A young translator/ interpreter witnesses all sides of the Sudetan Crisis in 1938. Based on real events with some fine detail (Havel as a toddler!) but no happy ending ☹️ www.JantarPublishing.com

Happy birthday to Adam Bodor, 89 tomorrow! ‘The Birds of Verhovina’ was published in English by Jantar in 2022. Peter Sherwood provided the sumptuous translation. János Szegő wrote the amazing introduction. It feels like it was just yesterday! 🧡🧡🧡 www.JantarPublishing.com

Great news!

UKRAINIAN DISCOUNT BUNDLE WE WERE HERE and CARBIDE Available postage-free world-wide from jantarpublishing.com/product-page... @thetls.bsky.social @thespectator1828.bsky.social @telegraphnews.bsky.social @theguardian.com @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social @kyivindependent.com #Ukraine #Kyiv

We are absolutely delighted to share the cover of our next book, due in April. KYICE By Karel Jaromír Erben Translated by Susan Reynolds Available for pre-order soon ... @lrbbookshop.bsky.social @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social @guardianbooks.bsky.social @theguardian.com @telegraphnews.bsky.social

THE AMBER POETS Volume 1 'The Video' WE WERE HERE by Artur Dron' Translated by Yuliya Musakovska Available postage-free, world-wide from jantarpublishing.com/product-page... Volume 2 out soon 🧡 @theukrainianreview.bsky.social @kyivindependent.com @thetls.bsky.social

Yesterday, we did stuff. Today, we will do stuff. Tomorrow, we will do more stuff. The next day, we will do even more stuff. www.JantarPublishing.com @thetls.bsky.social @lrbbookshop.bsky.social @thespectator1828.bsky.social @guardianbooks.bsky.social @telegraphnews.bsky.social

Our new look website is gradually taking shape ... it has only taken 6 years to start this process ... never mind jantarpublishing.com

Congratulations all! 🧡

UKRAINIAN DISCOUNT BUNDLE WE WERE HERE and CARBIDE Available postage-free world-wide from www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page...

Our January number 1 online best seller on www.JantarPublishing.com WE WERE HERE by Artur Dron' Translated by @Musakovska This was closely followed by CARBIDE by Andriy Lyubka An abstract way of showing politics moving from satire to poetry in 10 years? 🤷🤷

‘And someday all children will squint at the sun. And those of us who survived will see that none of this was in vain.’ From 'Children' translated by Yuliya Musakovska, in 'We Were Here', p84 Available from selected bookshops and online from www.JantarPublishing.com @lrbbookshop.bsky.social

Meanwhile, in south-central Ruritania: 'The director of the Slovak Literary Centre, the agency responsible for promoting Slovakian literature at home and abroad, has been replaced by a figure who is accused of ties with conspiracy platforms'. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘poetry of resistance against oppression’ - @telegraphnews.bsky.social #Ukraine WE WERE HERE By Artur Dron' Translated by Yuliya Musakovska Available in selected bookshops or direct, postage-free, from the publisher www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page... #Paypal

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