Belarusian literature in English, and in Belarusian, ready for your shelves, your syllabus and your shop.
Our titles fill a real gap in Slavic and Eastern European studies, world literature, translation studies, folklore, anthropology and diaspora collections. Most of our translations have never before been available in English.
Most of our print titles are distributed through Ingram / Lightning Source, so libraries, library vendors and bookstores can order them by ISBN from their usual supplier. Our e-books are also distributed through Ingram, and libraries can license them. If a title isn’t showing in your catalogue, email us and we’ll supply it directly.
Libraries and educators
- Through your usual supplier: order by ISBN through Ingram or your library vendor.
- Directly from us: libraries, schools and universities receive a special institutional discount on direct orders. Email mail@grunwald.ca with the titles and quantities you need.
- Examination copies: educators, academic and public libraries, cultural non-profits and Belarusian community organisations may request free examination copies.
Bookstores and retailers
- Order through Ingram: stock our titles alongside the rest of your order, by ISBN, at your usual Ingram terms.
- Order directly: independent bookstores, museum and gallery shops, and Belarusian and Eastern European community stores can order from us directly. Email mail@grunwald.ca with the titles and quantities and we’ll send our trade terms.
- Events and book fairs: hosting a reading, a Belarusian cultural event or a book fair? Get in touch about copies for your event.
- Title information: cover images, descriptions and full bibliographic details for every title are available on request.
Titles and ISBNs
Available now
| Title | Author | Format | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobleman Zavalnia, or Belarus in Fantastical Tales | Jan Barszczewski, tr. Olya Ianovskaia | Trade paperback (B&W), 422 pp. | 2025 | 978-1-7383142-2-5 |
| Nobleman Zavalnia | EPUB | 2025 | 978-1-7383142-3-2 | |
| Remnants of the Ancient Worldview among Belarusians | Adam Bahdanovich | Paperback, A5, 194 pp. | 2026 | 978-1-0697424-3-8 |
| Remnants of the Ancient Worldview among Belarusians | EPUB | 2026 | 978-1-0697424-9-0 | |
| Пережитки древняго міросозерцанія у Бѣлоруссовъ, restored edition (in Russian) | Adam Bahdanovich | Paperback, newly typeset, 196 pp. | 2026 | 978-1-0658448-2-2 |
| Пережитки, restored edition | EPUB | 2026 | 978-1-0658448-0-8 | |
| Пережитки древняго міросозерцанія у Бѣлоруссовъ, 1895 facsimile (in Russian) | Adam Bahdanovich | Paperback, facsimile, 196 pp. | 2026 | 978-1-0697424-4-5 |
| Two Souls | Maksim Haretski, tr. Olya Ianovskaia | Paperback, 182 pp. | 2024 | 978-1-7383142-0-1 |
| Two Souls | EPUB | 2024 | 978-1-7383142-1-8 | |
| Two Souls / Дзьве душы, bilingual English–Belarusian edition | Maksim Haretski, tr. Olya Ianovskaia | Paperback, tête-bêche (flip book), 5.5 × 8.5 in, 268 pp. | 2026 | 978-1-0697424-5-2 |
| Tomorrow is Yesterday | Kastuś Akuła | Trade paperback (B&W) | 2025 | 978-1-0693348-6-2 |
| Tomorrow is Yesterday | Premium paperback | 2025 | 978-1-0693348-5-5 | |
| Tomorrow is Yesterday | EPUB | 2025 | 978-1-0693348-7-9 | |
| The Belarusian Cookbook | Aliaksandr Biely | Hardcover, 408 pp. | 2025 | 978-1-7383142-8-7 |
| Білінгва (Bilingva) (in Belarusian/Russian) | Uladzislaŭ Navažylaŭ | Paperback, 352 pp. | 2025 | 978-1-0693348-1-7 |
| Білінгва | EPUB | 2026 | 978-1-0693348-2-4 | |
| Яблык у валізцы (in Belarusian) | Uladzislaŭ Navažylaŭ | Premium paperback, 358 pp. | 2025 | 978-1-0693348-3-1 |
| Яблык у валізцы | EPUB | 2025 | 978-1-0693348-8-6 | |
| Непрытомнасць (in Belarusian) | Uladzislaŭ Navažylaŭ | Paperback, 220 pp. | 2026 | 978-1-0697424-0-7 |
| Непрытомнасць | EPUB | 2026 | 978-1-0697424-1-4 |
Forthcoming
| Title | Author | Format | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobleman Zavalnia, Premium Illustrated Edition | Jan Barszczewski, tr. Olya Ianovskaia, illus. Nasta Lee | Hardcover, full colour, 8 × 10 in, 304 pp. | January 2027 | 978-1-7383142-9-4 |
| Unholy: Devils, Demons, and Folk Belief in Belarus | Nikolai Nikiforovsky, tr. Olya Ianovskaia | Paperback, 6 × 9 in | 2027 | 978-1-0658448-4-6 |
| Unholy | EPUB | 2027 | 978-1-0658448-5-3 | |
| As Much Freedom as You Can Carry: Confessions of a Belarusian Metalhead | Uladzislaŭ Navažylaŭ (Lesley Knife), tr. Olya Ianovskaia | Paperback, 5.5 × 8.5 in, 338 pp. | Early 2027 | 978-1-0693348-4-8 |
| As Much Freedom as You Can Carry | EPUB | Early 2027 | 978-1-0693348-9-3 | |
| Above All: A Memoir of Mountains and the Women Who Climbed Them | Liliya Ianovskaia | Paperback | 2027 | 978-1-0697424-2-1 |
| Above All | EPUB | 2027 | 978-1-0658448-1-5 |
Suggested for courses and programs
Where our books fit on a syllabus or reading list. Examination copies are available for course adoption.
| Course area | Titles |
|---|---|
| Slavic and Eastern European literature | Two Souls (also bilingual), Nobleman Zavalnia, Tomorrow is Yesterday |
| Modernism, existentialism and 20th-century literature | Two Souls (1919), the first Belarusian existentialist novel: a young man torn between self and nation in the years of war and revolution |
| World literature and literature in translation | Nobleman Zavalnia, Two Souls, As Much Freedom as You Can Carry |
| Romanticism, the Gothic and folk horror | Nobleman Zavalnia (1840s), with its companion tales |
| Folklore, mythology and religious studies | Remnants of the Ancient Worldview among Belarusians, Nobleman Zavalnia |
| Anthropology and ethnography | Remnants of the Ancient Worldview among Belarusians, with its 1895 Russian original in a restored edition and in facsimile |
| History: the First World War and the Russian Revolution | Two Souls |
| History: the Second World War, occupation and memory | Tomorrow is Yesterday |
| Post-Soviet studies | As Much Freedom as You Can Carry, Яблык у валізцы, Непрытомнасць |
| Political science, authoritarianism and human rights | As Much Freedom as You Can Carry, Непрытомнасць, Білінгва, Two Souls |
| Exile, migration and diaspora studies | Tomorrow is Yesterday, As Much Freedom as You Can Carry, Непрытомнасць, Білінгва |
| Canadian literature | Tomorrow is Yesterday, first published in Canada in 1968 |
| Life writing | As Much Freedom as You Can Carry, Above All |
| Music, popular culture and subcultures | As Much Freedom as You Can Carry, the inside story of Belarusian metal and Gods Tower; Білінгва |
| Women’s and gender studies, sport and adventure | Above All, with its history of Belarusian women in high-altitude climbing |
| Food studies and cultural history | The Belarusian Cookbook |
| Belarusian language and bilingual education | The bilingual Two Souls / Дзьве душы; Яблык у валізцы read alongside its English translation |
| Translation studies | Original and translation pairs: Яблык у валізцы and As Much Freedom as You Can Carry; Bahdanovich’s 1895 text (restored edition) and Remnants; the bilingual Two Souls |
| Book history and print culture | The 1895 Hrodna facsimile of Bahdanovich’s Пережитки, read alongside the newly typeset restored edition |
Not a librarian or bookseller? You can still help
Ask your public or university library to order our titles. Most libraries have a “suggest a purchase” form, and it takes five minutes. Or ask your local bookstore to stock them. Every request helps keep Belarusian literature on shelves.
Contact: mail@grunwald.ca