500 Years of Belarusian Book Printing

Monument to celebrate Polotsk as cradle of Belarusian statehood to be unveiled 2 September
The monument has been already installed on the bank of the Western Dvina River near St. Sophia Cathedral...

Writers from three countries to convene in Gomel for ten days of Belarusian literature
Members of writer associations from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine as well as young authors from the three countries — over 100 wordsmiths in total — will take part in the ten-day event...

500 Years of Belarusian Book Printing expo opens at Belarus’ Embassy in Indonesia
The exposition comprises BelTA’s photos depict the famous Belarusian writers and the national artworks...

BelTA special project: 500 years of Belarusian book printing
The 500-second video takes its viewers on an exciting trip across many centuries of history by showing Polotsk of the late 15th century, telling about Skaryna’s activity in Prague, the fate of the Radziwill Bible and first printing houses, and demonstrating the evolution of the technical progress in printing...

Belarusian book to showcase in China, Serbia, Germany in 2017
This year the Belarusian book was presented in Lithuania, Czechia, and France. “We are going to showcase Belarus’ book publishing in China on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Belarusian book printing. This year we will also visit exhibitions in Serbia and Germany,” Lilia Ananich said. Belarus maintains its positions in book publishing despite the rapid development of information technologies. Printed books have strong positions in the country, the minister highlighted...

Book about Francysk Skaryna’s legacy to be unveiled in Minsk on 3 August
This is the first book to contain all the 25 books of the first Belarusian book printer. The book The World Heritage of Francysk Skaryna won the main prize of the CIS international contest The Art of Book 2017, and the main prize of Eurasian Book Fair 2017...

New stage of Kniga.BY project timed to 500th anniversary of book printing in Belarus
The organizers will stage charity actions to collect books for social institutions. Meetings of young Belarusians with writers will be arranged. Bookcrossing book shelves will be installed in public places. Anyone will be able to borrow the books with the project’s logo...

International congress to celebrate 500 years of Belarusian book printing in September
The program will also include an international panel discussion to highlight Documentary Heritage in Central Europe: Ways to Preserve, Study and Popularize, and the international exhibition project Francysk Skaryna and his Epoch...

Moscow joins celebrations of 500th anniversary of Belarusian book printing
Lilia Ananich briefed the participants about the events held in Belarus to celebrate the first Belarusian book printer. UNESCO’s decision to include the 500th anniversary of the Belarusian book printing in the 2017 list of anniversaries attests to the international recognition of Francysk Skaryna’s legacy...

Books about 500 years of Belarusian book printing on show in St Petersburg
The national exposition features the best Belarusian publications of 2016-2017. Belarusian book publishers have also opened a section of the Belarusian book in the Writers’ Book Store founded by the Committee for the Press and Mass Media Cooperation of the St Petersburg City Administration and Russian writers’ organizations...