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      • mikrotext / Nikola Richter

        mikrotext is a publisher for texts with attitude and for new narratives, founded in 2013 in Berlin by Nikola Richter The independent publishing house focusses on new literary texts that comment on contemporary questions and allow insights into tomorrow. The texts are inspired by discussions on social media platformes and reflect today’s global debates. All titles are published digital first. A selection is available in English. In 2020 and 2019, mikrotext was awarded the German Publisher Award by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Media.

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      • Kathrin Dreusicke Books

        Als Kind bereits wünschte ich mir, das Leiden durch Krankheiten mit natürlichen Produkten lindern oder sogar heilen zu können.Nach extremer jahrelanger weltweiter Recherche über verschiedene Heilmethoden bemerkte ich ein Detail: eine stark heilende Wirkung hat das Sonnenhormon Vitamin D dicht gefolgt von anderen Nährstoffen.Mein Wissen habe ich in der Folge eingesetzt für Freunde und Verwandte: mit einem unglaublichen Erfolg. Durch eine konstante und gezielte Behandlung mit Vitaminen und Mineralstoffen wurden alle Behandelten gesund ohne extra Medikamente zu benötigen.

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        Children's & young adult: general non-fiction
        2020

        Reactors Do Not Explode. A Brief History of the Chornobyl Disaster

        by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Stanislav Dvornytskyi

        Chornobyl is not only a city or a nuclear power plant but also an Exclusion Zone, a tragedy and a symbol. This book aims to explain the tragic events to people who were born after it happened, so that “Chornobyl” is not only a word by which Ukraine is recognized but also a historical experience worth acknowledging. The event is shown in the book through several dimensions: technical, emotional, natural, and political. The authors are using both verbal and visual communication to tell the story of a large-scale tragedy in a simple way, yet still able to provoke emotions. The book brings up the topics of responsibility and the cost of human life; “the right to know”; heroics; totalitarian regimes; ecology.

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        Children's & YA
        2017

        Who Grows in the Garden

        by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (Author), Oksana Bula (Illustrator)

        The nightingale has returned from distant Africa and is looking for a spot to build its nest. And there are so many trees and bushes in the garden to chose from! Which of them would make a good home for a bird? Maybe a sour cherry tree, or a sweet cherry tree... or perhaps even a cherry plum tree? And what about a plum, or a pear tree? Each tree tells its story to the nightingale, describing its own special traits. What emerges from the stories of the trees is the image of the old gardener, clever and kind, who treats the trees as living creatures, talks to them and cherishes them greatly, along with his family, still living in the nearby house, honoring the trees and collecting their fruit.     From 3 to 6 years,  2515 words Rightsholders: ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua

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        Children's & YA
        2019

        Hoverla

        by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (Author), Svitlana Balukh (Illustrator)

        Hoverla is the tallest mountain in Ukraine. Many people climb it every year. But what do we know about it? Where does its name come from? Where does the Prut waterfall flow? Why is it so important not to trample down the moutain slopes? The story is told by the mountain itself, and many interesting facts and beautiful illustrations will introduce the readers to the diverse world of Hoverla and its inhabitants. Hoverla shows that everything has its unique voice, even the stones if you know how to listen.   From 5 to 10 years, 820 words Rightsholders: Nargis Gafurova and Anna Tiurina; crocus.publishers@gmail.com

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        Children's & YA
        January 2021

        Yakyv and the Wet Evening

        by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (Author), Grasya Oliyko (Illustrator)

        The earthworm Yakyv got out of his hole in a good mood and crawled around to find his dinner. But on the way he came across a snail, some woodlice, a butterfly and a stag beetle, all crying. Yakyv got angry because he could not understand why they were crying. But soon, Yakyv himself was brought to tears. The book Yakyv and the Wet Evening will help the child understand why we sometimes cry and that crying is nothing to be ahsamed of. The book offers exercises at the end that help children make sense of their own emotions and understand the feelings of others.     From 3 to 5 years, 1532 words. Rightsholders: Ivan Fedechko; ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua

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        Children's & young adult poetry, anthologies, annuals
        2018

        Snow Poems For Kids

        by Sashko Dermanskyi, Halyna Malyk, Mariand Savka and other

        Children love poems. So before Christmas, the Old Lion and a group of modern Ukrainian poets and illustrators created this elegant book to read in the family circle. Snow Poems for Kids are full of fun snow games, magical gifts from St. Nicholas and magical moments of Christmas and New Year. Also, the Old Lion reminds young readers to take care of birds and animals in winter. The collection includes poems by Mariana Savka, Halyna Malyk, Halyna Kirpa, Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Oleksandr Dermanskyi, Ihor Kalynets, Oksana Lushchevska, Oksana Krotiuk, Hryhorii Falkovich, Tetiana Vynnyk, Yulia Smal, Natalia Poklad, Olesia Mamchych, Ivan Andrusiak , Oleksandr Orlov. Compiler - Natalka Maletych. Illustrated by: Dasha Rakova, Oksana-Olexandra Drachkovska, Yuliia Pylypchatina, Nataliia Oliynyk, Bohdana Bondar, Oksana Bula, Marta Koshulynska, Kateryna Sad.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2019

        Nobody knows us here, and we know nobody

        by Kateryna Kalytko

        Kateryna Kalytko's new book is a long story written in one breath. It is a book about personal boundaries that one will recognize and defend as well as the boundaries will always protect him. This story is about the ability to live with one's scars, being an orphan, remembering the metallic smell of weapons at night, and the air in which time is dissolved. This is the story about the taste of your own words that burn your mouth when you taste their true meaning.

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        Children's & YA
        2022

        The Holiday I Had to Take

        by Kateryna Yehorushkina (Author), Sonia Avdieieva (Illustrator)

        When the holidays draw near, schoolchildren begin to think about rest and travel. Sadly, this time, Vira's (Faith) holidays will be different due to the war. She, along with her parents and younger brother, has to move to the basement floor of their apartment building to hide from the bombardments. The family members do all they can to adapt to this new reality: they melt snow when they run out of water, try to warm themselves up by singing when they run out of heating, and reassure themselves that all the people close to them are safe when they cannot hear from them. The usual way of life seems like a distant memory, surviving perhaps only in our imagination or in computer games. Yet, even in these activities, and in supporting our loved ones, we can learn how to find a light inside that no missile will ever be able to reach. The Holiday I Had to Take is not only the moving story of Vira; readers of Kateryna Yehorushkina's book will also find advice and soothing practices from psychologist Svitlana Royz to support everyone finding themselves in difficult times   From 3 to 8 years, 2138 words. Rightsholders: Natalie Miroshnyk,   n.miroshnik@vivat.factor.ua

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        2020

        Bridges Instead of Walls, or What Unites Ukrainians?

        by Tetiana Teren

        In this collection of essays, twenty Ukrainian intellectuals reflect on the phenomenon of social bridges and walls. Why do they both exist? Do bridges always bring understanding? Or do they perhaps sometimes allow crossing boundaries? Do walls necessarily separate? Or do they occasionally protect? With whom and how should we build bridges, and from whom shall we isolate by walls? The result of the media project of the Ukrainian branch of the International PEN Club, published in the New Time publication, is now under one cover. On the pages of the book, you will find essays by the following authors: Kateryna Kalytko, Kateryna Botanova, Vakhtang Kebuladze, Zoya Kazanzhy, Ostap Slyvinskyi, Olena Stiazhkina, Larysa Denysenko, Myroslava Barchuk, Viktoriya Amelina, Vitaliy Ponomariov, Vasyl Makhno, Volodymyr Rafeenko, Mykola Riabchuk, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Svitlana Pyrkalo, Borys Gudziak, Ihor Isichenko, Halyna Vdovychenko, Pavlo Kazarin, Vitaliy Portnykov. Compiled by Tetiana Teren. Foreword by Andriy Kurkov.

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        Children's & YA
        July 2014

        Go Dragons!

        by Katya Shtanko

        A schoolboy from Kyiv, fascinated by biology, accidentally raises... a dragon and that abruptly changes his usual life... This enchanting tale is, to some extent, both a detective story and a parody of a detective story. The mix of light fantasy and children's "Bondiana" has many informative moments. This is the debut story by the famous Ukrainian illustrator Kateryna Shtanko.

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        March 2015

        Testfall Ukraine

        Europa und seine Werte

        by Katharina Raabe, Manfred Sapper

        Der Krieg in der Ostukraine ist ein Krieg im Zentrum Europas. Das wurde spätestens klar, als über dem Kampfgebiet eine zivile Verkehrsmaschine abgeschossen wurde. Über 300 Menschen, die meisten aus den Niederlanden, kamen ums Leben. Doch nichts geschah, was die Gewalt und den rasanten Zerfall von Zivilität bis hin zum Sterben der Millionenstädte Donezk und Luhansk hätte stoppen können. Die Ereignisse, die der Maidan-Revolution in Kiew folgten, von der Krim-Annexion bis zur Invasion russischer Truppen in Nowoasowsk, haben binnen weniger Monate die Grundlagen der europäische Nachkriegsordnung erschüttert: territoriale Integrität, Souveränität, Sicherheit, Frieden scheinen außer Kraft gesetzt. Russland und der Westen stehen sich wieder feindlich gegenüber. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Und was bedeutet das für das künftige Zusammenleben in Europa? Schriftsteller und Publizisten suchen nach Antworten. Mit Beiträgen von Alice Bota, Andreas Kappeler, Kateryna Mishchenko, Herfried Münkler, Serhij Zhadan u.a.

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        Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
        2016

        Happy Naked People

        by Kateryna Babkina

        "Happy Naked People" is a thematically united cycle of stories about happiness or rather about what precedes happiness. These are stories about the generation of Ukrainians who had a chance to see the last days of the Soviet Union and the recession that followed it, about those who grew up and became the strogest versions of themselves, in spite of everything that happened to them. It is about how these people live now and interact with the world, in which there is war, and love, and emigration, and Hanoi, and New York, and the dead, and the living, and the blind, and the unwise; and, most importantly, how to be happy with this all.

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        Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
        2019

        My Grandfather Was the Best Dancer

        by Kateryna Babkina

        “My Grandfather Was the Best Dancer” is a series of short stories following the family histories of five protagonists who met on their first day of school in the first year of Ukraine’s independence and became lifelong friends. These family histories take the reader through the events of the 1920s in Kharkiv, the repression of the Les Kurbas Theater during the Great Terror, the Holodomor (the man-made genocidal famine of 1932–33), World War II, the 1990s, several waves of emigration and the war in Donbas. First and foremost, this is a book about accepting the past. It describes how events and circumstances affect us, whether consciously or unconsciously. It addresses continuity and ties between generations, yearning for love and acceptance, and loneliness as the product of or reason behind our choices. It deals with losses both conscious and unconscious, justified and pointless. Most importantly, it stresses that no matter how lonely, outcast or broken you feel, you can survive and live because, notwithstanding, there is always a chance to attain happiness at last.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        2021

        Order of the Silent Women

        by Kateryna Kalytko

        A portrait of a Ukrainian woman more often shows her being silent than speaking. However, without this silence there would be no voice that sounds in this collection. The voice that defends the right to speak sincerely about acute grief, generational traumas, the courage of love, and disappointment with emptiness behind masks. Since speaking out is the only way to remain oneself and to be the voice of hundreds speechless sisters.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2021

        How Avo Was Searching for Cado

        by Kateryna Perkonos (Author), Antonina Yurchenko (Illustrator)

        Avo is half of an avocado, and he's searching for Cado, his other half. It turns out that there are many characters that resemble Cado from a distance. However, they are all different upon closer inspection: everybody has their own temperament, dreams, and aspirations. While Avo has found many friends along the way, will he manage to find Cado? An unusual die-cut cardboard book, How Avo Was Searching for Cado, will teach children how to compare shapes, sizes, colors, and temperaments. Most importantly, it will teach them how to search for and find true friends.   From 3 to 5 years, 430 words Rights holders: Alex Sharlai, alex.sharlay@gmail.com

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        Children's & YA
        January 2020

        Let's Make Friends

        by Anastasia Merenkova (Author), Kateryna Razin’kova (Illustrator)

        This is the story of a little wolf. One day, the wolf's mother gave two candies to the little cub, one for him and one for a new friend, that he had yet to find. But he did not understand why he needed to find friends to share candies with. After all, he did not like to share, and he loved sweets very much! In the end, no one wants to be friends with a selfish animal, so how can our wolf cub even find one? Maybe he has to learn that happiness does not only mean candies?   From 3 to 5 years, 606 words. Rightsholders: hanna.bulhakova@ranok-school.com

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        Children's & YA
        January 2022

        My Home

        by Kateryna Tykhozora (Author), Oleksandr Prodan (Illustrator)

        The protagonist of this story is a boy who, together with his family, is on his way from his destroyed house to another country. On the way, he tries to understand where his home is now.  At the end of the book, he finds out that home is always in your heart and is waiting for you. The book is written and drawn by Ukrainian authors who personally experienced the horrors of war and will be interesting for all people who have lost or left their homes, or for those who are not afraid to know the truth about the war in Ukraine.   From 5 to 8 years, 456 words Rightsholders: hanna.bulhakova@ranok-school.com

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