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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Jun 27

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

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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Hugh Roberts @hughgaroberts.bsky.social · May 15

Artur Dron', 'We Were Here' book launch recording.

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youtu.be/9LBJDQthK3c?...

Book Launch: Artur Dron', We Were Here

YouTube video by University of Exeter

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · May 15

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...

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · May 8

Safely arrived at Jantar HQ.

Signed copies of

WE WERE HERE
by Artur Dron'

Numbers are limited!

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · May 7

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...

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · May 3

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...

Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 23

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...

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City of Torment by Daniela Hodrova | jantarpublishing.com

'This book can change your life' - Agnieszka Dale in Los Angeles Review of Books 620 pagesPaperbackFrench flaps An intoxicating, personal journey through 1,000 years of European culture where history’...

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 23

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Hugh Roberts @hughgaroberts.bsky.social · Apr 23

@uniofexeternews.bsky.social on Artur Dron, 'We Were Here'.

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Exeter experts support Ukrainian poet and soldier Artur Dron to share experiences of the war from the front line and beyond

Exeter experts are supporting renowned Ukrainian poet turned soldier Artur Dron to share the experiences of those fighting on Europe’s front line. Artur Dron has had to endure multiple operations and ...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 16

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

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Hugh Roberts @hughgaroberts.bsky.social · Apr 14

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...

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 11

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...

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 9

It is a rubbish shortlist

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 4

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

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 3

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. 🤠)

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 2

Oh man, that's way too deep!

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Apr 1

is the barren landscape faked? 😆

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Hugh Roberts @hughgaroberts.bsky.social · Mar 31

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/...

Poetry Born in Trenches: the Story of Ukrainian Writer and Servicemen Artur Dron

A talk on a new language of poetry, relationships during the war, and adaptation between the military and civilian worlds.

ukraineworld.org

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Mar 24

That backlist looks better and better...

www.JantarPublishing.com

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Mar 22

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Hugh Roberts @hughgaroberts.bsky.social · Mar 21

#WorldPoetryDay

Artur Dron', 'Ukrainian Literature', trans. by Yuliya Musakovska, from 'We Were Here', available from @jantarbooks.bsky.social

Powerful poetry from the front line and beyond. Please share Ukrainian literature to #StandWithUkraine!

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𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social · Mar 17

My annual post decrying the influence of St. Patrick in Ireland. The legend is that he brought Christianity to the country replacing, among other beliefs, our tree worship.
If I had to believe in a God, I'd take Spinoza as my guide and find him/her made manifest in nature.

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Mar 14

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · Mar 13

The largely forgotten Howard Baker (1905-90) keeps his finger in the wind as a soon-to-be-global catastrophe unfolds far from US shores. The blossom burning in the sap bursts out in due course.

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Mar 13

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

Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Mar 12

What!!! We won the North England Regional and Country Small Press of the Year! Alongside @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social, whom it is an honour to stand beside 😘

@thebookseller.com

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Mar 10

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!

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Jantar @jantarbooks.bsky.social · Mar 8

Doors open at 10am!

Alternative London Book Fair
Islington Central Library
Today
10am-5pm

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