The Ukrainian Bookshelf Project “provides for the distribution of Ukrainian literature in the original language and its translations in the world’s leading libraries”*, and the University Library has recently benefited from this fantastic and generous scheme. A large delivery coordinated by the Ukrainian Embassy in London and by the British Library has seen books selected first by the BL but then any duplicates to their holdings offered to academic libraries collecting Ukrainian, and Cambridge’s rapid response has seen us benefit most wonderfully with the donation of nearly 50 modern Ukrainian titles.
The books are mainly literature or history titles; titles added to the catalogue today include a collection of essays by Oksana Zabuz︠h︡ko (Planeta polyn), the novels Radio Nich (I︠U︡riĭ Andrukhovych) and Amadoka (Sofii︠a︡ Andrukhovych), a poetry collection by Serhiĭ Z︠H︡adan (Psalom aviat︠s︡iï), and a critical edition of the complete works of Hryhoriĭ Skovoroda. These will appear in the iDiscover catalogue only later tomorrow (17 Sept.), and we’ll update this post with direct catalogue links next week [now done]. At the time of writing, just one title – but many more volumes than that – is in the catalogue: a wonderful 14-volume set of the collected works of Lesi︠a︡ Ukraïnka.
The UL has vigorously collected Ukrainian material since the late 2000s, when the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme started, but we are still only as good as what we are offered by our vendor (who selects material for us) and my own awareness of new publications allow. The books that we will now be able to provide for our readers thanks to the Ukrainian Bookshelf Project are really books I think I should already have bought (Zabuz︠h︡ko et al. are major authors), so I need to think about how we can improve our book supply further. We are able to spend generously on Ukrainian books, so we can surely improve things, and it’s for me to make this happen. In the meantime, I am just overwhelmingly grateful to the Ukrainian Bookshelf Project, the Ukrainian Embassy, and our colleagues and friends at the British Library for the fantastic books we have received.
All bar one of them will appear in iDiscover later tomorrow, albeit most in a very sparsely catalogued form. The unfinished records will include a note explaining that readers can ask in the main Reading Room for the title to be fetched from our department. Or you can of course email slavonic@lib.cam.ac.uk.
For the moment, you can see the list of titles we’ve received pasted at the end of this post. Among them is a book I’ve been trying to get hold of for some time (Li︠u︡tyĭ li︠u︡tyĭ 2022), a memoir by Darʹi︠a︡ Bura about the first terrible days of the appalling full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022 (li︠u︡tyĭ is both the Ukrainian word for February and a word meaning cruel). The record for that will appear soon, once I’ve understood from our vendor whether or not our existing order can be cancelled (if it can’t, I’ll pass the Bookshelf Project copy to the MMLL Faculty Library; they are already happily benefiting from some double copies of the titles we were sent).
Mel Bach
| Andrukhovych, I︠U︡riĭ | Radio Nich : roman | [Chernivt︠s︡i] : Meridian Czernowitz, 2022 | 9786177807123 |
| Andrukhovych, I︠U︡riĭ | Dva romany | Ivano-Frankivsʹk : Lilei︠a︡-NV, 2014 | 9789666683093 |
| Andrukhovych, Sofii︠a︡ | Amadoka : roman | Lʹviv : Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva, 2021 and 2023 | 9786176796299 |
| Aseev, Stanislav | “Svitlyĭ shli︠a︡kh” : istorii︠a︡ odnoho kont︠s︡taboru | Lʹviv : Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva, 2022 | 9786176798545 |
| Aseev, Stanislav | Shelest bambukovoho hai︠u︡ : korotka proza, shchodennyk | Lʹviv : Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva, 2022 | 9789664480823 |
| Bori︠a︡k, Teti︠a︡na (compiler) | 1933 : “I choho vy shche z︠h︡yvi ? “ | Kyïv : Klio, 2021 | 9786177755349 |
| Bovhyri︠a︡, Andriĭ | “Slovo i dilo” : politychni zlochyny ta politychnyĭ rozshuk v Hetʹmanshchyni XVIII st. | Kyïv : TOV “Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo “Klio”, 2022 | 9786177755486 |
| Brest, Martin | Pikhota, nasha zemli︠a︡ : pravdyva istorii︠a︡ boĭovykh diĭ motopikhotnoï roty vesnoi︠u︡ 2016 roku u naĭpivnichnishyĭ tocht︠s︡i sektora “M” – peredmisti Dokuchai︠e︡vsʹka | Kyïv : DIPA, 2021 | 9786177606610 |
| Bura, Dar’i︠a︡ | Li︠u︡tyĭ li︠u︡tyĭ 2022 | Kharkiv : Folio, 2022. | 9786175510520 |
| Donchenko, Olesʹ | Beladonna : li︠u︡bovnyĭ roman 20-kh rokiv | Kyïv : Tempora, 2019 | 9786175694251 |
| Dubchak, Olʹha | Chuty ukraïnsʹkoi︠u︡ : u sviti zvuki[ŭ] i bukv | Kyïv : Vikhola, 2021 | 9786177960071 |
| Dubchak, Olʹha | Bachyty ukraïnsʹkoi︠u︡ : slovo v movniĭ kartyni svitu | Kyïv : Vikhola, 2021 | 9786177960255 |
| Haĭvoronsʹkyĭ, Oleksa | Kraïna Krym : narysy pro pam’i︠a︡tky istoriï Krymsʹkoho khanatu | Kyïv ; Bakhchysaraĭ : Maĭster knyh, 2017 | 9789662578768 |
| Holovko, Volodymyr | Vyprobovui︠u︡chy doli︠u︡, hartui︠u︡chy voli︠u︡ : | Kyïv : TOV “Vydavnyt︠s︡vo “Klio”, 2022 | 9786177755516 (set) (hardback) |
| Hromenko, S. V | Skoropadsʹkyĭ i Krym : vid protystoi︠a︡nni︠a︡ do pryi︠e︡dnanni︠a︡ | Kyïv : Nash Format, 2022 | 9786177973088 |
| I︠A︡kubova, Larysa | I︠E︡vraziĭsʹkyĭ rozlam : Ukraïna v dobu hibrydnykh vyklykiv | Kyïv : TOV “Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo “Klio”, 2020 | 9786177755059 |
| Ivshyna, Larysa (editor) | Denʹ vdi︠a︡chnosti | Kyïv : TOV “Ukraïnsʹka pres-hrupa”, 2019. | 9789668152795 |
| Ivshyna, Larysa (editor) | Detoks | Kyïv : Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo “Denʹ” : TOV “Ukraïnsʹka pres-hrupa”, 2021 | 9789668152818 |
| Kubaĭchuk, Viktor | Khronolohii︠a︡ movnykh podiĭ v Ukraïni : zovnishni︠a︡ istorii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoï movy IX-XX st. | Kyïv : K.I.S., 2020 | 9786176842521 |
| Lai︠u︡k, Myroslav | Svit ne stvorenyĭ : roman | Lʹviv : Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva, 2018 | 9786176795759 |
| Li︠u︡bka, Andriĭ | Malyĭ ukraïnsʹkyĭ roman | Chernivt︠s︡i : Meridian Czernowitz, 2020 | 9786176143147 |
| Lohvynenko, Bohdan | Ukraïner : kraïna zseredyny – 2 | Kyïv : Ukraïner, 2022 | 9786178216009 |
| Mace, James | Ukraïna : materializat︠s︡ii︠a︡ pryvydiv | Kyïv : Klio, 2021 | 9786177755332 |
| Makhno, Vasylʹ | Vichnyĭ kalendar : roman | Lʹviv : Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva, 2019. | 9786176797258 |
| Marusyk, Taras | 30 rokiv Nezalez︠h︡nosti : movni akty, i︠a︡ki zmini︠u︡i︠u︡tʹ Ukraïnu | Kyïv : TOV “Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo “Klio”, 2022 | 9786177755509 |
| Mykhed, Oleksandr | “I︠A︡ zmishai︠u︡ tvoi︠u︡ krov iz vuhilli︠a︡m” : zrozumity ukraïnsʹkyĭ Skhid | Kyïv : Nash Format, 2022 | 9786177866335 |
| Narbut, Heorhiĭ Ivanovych | Ukraïnsʹka abetka : mali︠u︡nky Heorhii︠a︡ Narbuta | Kharkiv : Vydavet︠s︡ʹ Oleksandr Savchuk, 2020. | 9786177538355 |
| Osiĭchuk, Oresta | Abrykosova knyharni︠a︡ : roman | Kyïv : Nash Format, 2022 | 9786177866809 |
| Pakhlʹovsʹka, Oksana | Ave, Europa! : statti, dopovidi, publit︠s︡ystyka (1989-2008) | Kyïv : Universytetsʹke vyd-vo Pulʹsary, 2008. | 9789662171129 |
| P’i︠a︡nkova, Teti︠a︡na | Vik chervonykh murakh : roman | Kyïv : Nash Format, 2022 | 9786177973958 |
| Plokhy, Serhii | Ukraïnsʹka Klio : narysy pro istorii︠u︡, istorykiv ta pam’i︠a︡t | Kyïv : TOV “Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo “Klio”, 2022 | 9786177755554 |
| Plyushch, Leonid | U karnavali istoriï : svidchenni︠a︡ | Kyïv : Komora, 2018 | 9786177286386 |
| Povali︠a︡i︠e︡va, Svitlana | Minlyva khmarnistʹ z proi︠a︡snenni︠a︡my : virshi | Kyïv : Vikhola, 2022 | 9786178257026 |
| Rudenko, Serhiĭ | Zelensʹkyĭ bez hrymu | Kyïv : Samit-knyha, 2021 | 9789669862808 |
| Sem’i︠a︡nkiv, Andriĭ | Tant︠s︡i z kistkamy : medychnyĭ tryler | Kyïv : Vikhola, 2022 | 9786177960675 |
| Sent︠s︡ov, Oleg | Khronika odnoho holoduvanni︠a︡ : shchodennyk; 4 з половиною кроки : oповiдання | Lʹviv : Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva, 2020 | 9786176798262 |
| Shevelʹov, I︠U︡riĭ | I︠A︡ – mene – meni … (i dovkruhy) : spohady : u dvokh tomakh | Kharkiv ; Nʹi︠u︡-Ĭork : Vydavet︠s︡ʹ Oleksandr Savchuk, 2017-2021. | 9789662562958 |
| Soboli︠e︡va, Olena | Krymsʹkotatarsʹka kukhni︠a︡ | Kyïv : İzhak, 2019 | 9789669788207 |
| Sti︠a︡z︠h︡kina, Olena | Smertʹ Leva Sesila mala sens | Lʹviv : Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Staroho Leva, 2021 | 9786176798941 |
| Taranenko, Iryna | Knyha-mandrivka : Nezalez︠h︡ni | Kyïv : #knyholav, 2022 | 9786178012373 |
| T︠S︡ymbal, I︠A︡ryna (compiler) | Shli︠a︡khy pid sont︠s︡em : reportaz︠h︡ 20-kh rokiv | Kyïv : Tempora, 2021 | 9786175694978 |
| T︠S︡ymbal, I︠A︡ryna (compiler) | Molodistʹ : li︠u︡bovna proza 20-kh rokiv | Kyïv : Tempora, 2019 | 9786175694053 |
| Ukrainka, Lesia | Povne akademichne zibranni︠a︡ tvoriv : u 14 tomakh | Kyïv : [Tipohrafii︠a︡ “Vid A do I︠A︡”], 2021 | 9789666007301 |
| Ushkalov, Leonid | Lovytva nevlovnoho ptakha : z︠h︡ytti︠a︡ Hryhorii︠a︡ Skovorody | Kyïv : Dukh i litera, 2017 | 9789663785547 |
| Ushkalov, Leonid (editor) | Povna akademichna zbirka tvoriv / Hryhoriĭ Skovoroda | Kharkiv : Savchuk, 2016 | 9789662562736 |
| Zabuz︠h︡ko, Oksana | Planeta Polyn : vybrani eseï | Kyïv : Vydavnychyĭ dim “KOMORA”, 2021 | 9786177286591 |
| Z︠H︡adan, Serhiĭ | Psalom aviat︠s︡iï : [virshi] | [Chernivt︠s︡i] : Meridian Czernowitz, 2021 | 9786178024093 |
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