Literature

No agreement was reached with the copyright holders of JK Rowling's Harry Potter book series.

No agreement was reached with the copyright holders of JK Rowling's Harry Potter book series. / Reuters

Reaching an agreement with the rights holders was impossible because Belarus is under Western sanctions.
Natalia Litvinova

Natalia Litvinova / facebook.com/natalia.litvinova.35

The jury called it a “luminous, radioactive novel.”
Andrei Yanushkevich

Andrei Yanushkevich

For exceptional courage in defending the freedom of book publishing.
Цензура в Беларуси

Censorship / Euroradio / Еўрарадыё

Allegedly, this will only benefit the readers.
Sviatlana Kurs (Eva Viežnaviec) / Photo from her Facebook page

Sviatlana Kurs (Eva Viežnaviec) / Photo from her Facebook page

The award is given for contemporary foreign prose translated into German for the first time.
Alhierd Bacharevič and his "extremist" book / svaboda.org

Alhierd Bacharevič and his "extremist" book / svaboda.org

The author is happy with his book.
Publisher Andrei Yanushkevich / Photo by Yulia Tsimafeyeva
Publisher Andrei Yanushkevich / Photo by Yulia Tsimafeyeva
"It is necessary not only not to stop, but even not to slow down."
Viktar Martsinovich's novel "Revolution" / svaboda.org
Viktar Martsinovich's novel "Revolution" / svaboda.org
The news came from the publisher.
First copies of Kathleen Kent's book / facebook.com/kathleenkentbooks
First copies of Kathleen Kent's book / facebook.com/kathleenkentbooks
An undercover CIA agent arrives in Minsk in 1990 to stop the flow of nuclear weapons from the crumbling Soviet Union but...