(Kupalo Book Review Competition) Ivan Kupalo, a much loved Ukrainian folk festival, is approaching fast. On the night of Kupalo Eve, 6th July, magical powers are at their peak. Rusalky leave their homes under water and make merry in the fields, witches celebrate their Sabbath, and treasures that have been hidden

The new addition to our series Tradition on a Plate is a book dedicated a beautiful spring holiday, Velykden, Ukrainian Easter (click here for a free book preview). The title of the book is Traditional Velykden: Ukrainian Easter Recipes. Velykden (Engl., ‘Easter’) in the Ukrainian language literally means ‘great day’.

A few days ago we launched a new series of books dedicated to Ukrainian cuisine, or more precisely, to its fascinating and abundant component: the dishes that are traditional or specific to festive and other significant occasions. The series is called ‘Tradition on a Plate’. Each book presents a collection

“…He saw Katrusia lying beside him. There was no trace of yesterday’s insanity on her face, nor the frantic savagery, with which she had chanted incantations, in her eyes.” (Orest Somov, The Witches of Kyiv) Whether by coincidence or the hand of fate, our latest publication happens to be another

The current issue of East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies has a review of two Sova Books publications: The Living Grave by Liudmyla Starytska-Cherniakhivska and Treasure of the Ages by Klym Polishchuk (Link). The review is written by Dr Svitlana Krys from MacEwan University in Alberta, Canada. One of Dr Svitlana Krys’s fields of expertise is the Gothic

“She was called ‘light of salvation’ by the great Rus chronicler Nestor, ‘wise’ by history, ‘cunning’ by the people and ‘holy’ by the church,” wrote the author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch of Olha, a medieval ruler of Kyiv. Written more than a century apart, two fictional accounts of Olha, Bloody Wedding

In circumstances difficult for Western writers and artists to comprehend, authors, artists and intellectuals from Ukraine were, over several decades, targeted by the Stalinist regime. They were subjected to arrest, brutal captivity and eventual execution. Most of the arrests took place in 1920s and 1930s in Soviet occupied Ukraine, peaking

Customers from the USA and Canada, as well as from many other countries, can now purchase Taste of Ukraine from the Yevshan Ukrainian goods website, just follow this link. The price of the book and postage costs may differ between countries.

It is official – Taste of Ukraine is Best in the World. This title was awarded to Taste of Ukraine on 20th May by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards as a result of our book getting into the world’s top three in its category Eastern European cuisine (the top three

Taste of Ukraine has won the 2014 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Eastern European Cuisine book in Australia. The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards competition was founded in Europe in 1995 and has since become a globally renowned wine and cookbook competition. This year several thousand books from 187 countries were entered in the prestigious Gourmand