Knyzhka Corner Audio Bookshelf showcases books on a Ukrainian theme written in English. Includes author interviews, reviews, as well as links to the titles at online booksellers. Topics range from fiction to non-fiction and poetry, by authors around the world including Canada, the USA, the UK, Ukraine and elsewhere. Author interviews are conducted by Pawlina, producer and host of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. Book reviews by Myra Junyk , an avid reader and accomplished writer based in Toronto. Transcripts are posted along with the audio, and contain links to the books at online stores, primarily Amazon. The price to you is the same whether you purchase the books through these links or not. However, if you do, you will be supporting Nash Holos at no extra cost. So please consider clicking on a link and making a purchase. You will be helping to keep Nash Holos on the air and online!
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Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Sunflowers Under Fire
Read more: Knyzhka Corner Book Review: Sunflowers Under FireTranscript: In this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Diana Stevan’s novel, Sunflowers Under Fire. Sunflowers Under Fire tells the epic story of Diana Stevan’s grandmother who lived in Ukraine during the years 1915 to 1928. Enduring World War I, a civil war, and great personal hardship, Lukia not only survives, but becomes…
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Serhii Rudenko’s Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine’s Wartime President
Read more: Serhii Rudenko’s Zelensky: A Biography of Ukraine’s Wartime PresidentIn Zelensky, Serhii Rudenko captures the transformation of an unlikely political newcomer into the steadfast leader of Ukraine in its darkest hour. This review reflects on a biography that reveals the pressure, peril, and resolve that defined Zelensky as he faced Russia’s brutal invasion.
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A Harvest Truce: Grief, Resilience, and the Absurdity of War — A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
Read more: A Harvest Truce: Grief, Resilience, and the Absurdity of War — A Knyzhka Corner Book ReviewMyra reviews a HURI book, A Harvest Truce, a tragicomedy set in war‑torn Eastern Ukraine, portraying the dignity of ordinary people living under Russian occupation and the fragile “harvest truce” that lets farmers bring in their crops.
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Knyzhka Corner book review: The Torture Camp on Paradise Street
Read more: Knyzhka Corner book review: The Torture Camp on Paradise StreetIn this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Stanislav Aseyev’s, The Torture Camp on Paradise Street. The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, translated by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray and published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, is a personal memoir of Stanislav Aseyev’s two and a half years in illegal…
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Ukrainian Food Flair – the Cookbook
Read more: Ukrainian Food Flair – the CookbookFor those advance planners, here’s a suggestion for holiday gift-giving. Everyone loves a good cookbook, and this one has turned out to be quite popular. In August of last year, I wrapped up a project started almost 20 years ago—a collection of the recipes of Sylvia Molnar, who presented over 200 of them in the…
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Knyzhka Corner book review: Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack by Marsha Skrypuch
Read more: Knyzhka Corner book review: Kidnapped from Ukraine: Under Attack by Marsha SkrypuchSkrypuch’s Kidnapped from Ukraine Under Attack traces the first days of Russia’s assault on Mariupol through the eyes of twelve‑year‑old Dariia Popkova and her mother. As bombardment shatters their city and civilians are hunted, the two are driven into a desperate flight that ends with Dariia taken to a Russian camp designed to erase her…
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Swimming with Spies: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
Read more: Swimming with Spies: A Knyzhka Corner Book ReviewSwimming with Spies is a young adult novel by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger, set in Crimea during Russia’s 2014 annexation. The story follows a young dolphin trainer navigating themes of loyalty, empathy, and marine biology in a time of political upheaval. This review originally aired on the Knyzhka Corner segment of Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio
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First Star I See Tonight: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
Read more: First Star I See Tonight: A Knyzhka Corner Book ReviewIn this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Orysia Tracz’s book, First Star I See Tonight: Ukrainian Christmas Traditions. Orysia Tracz explores the origins, rituals, and cultural significance of Ukrainian Christmas traditions in her first book, First Star I See Tonight. This book includes a number of articles about Ukrainian Christmas celebrations in…
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Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Torture Camp on Paradise Street
Read more: Knyzhka Corner Book Review: The Torture Camp on Paradise StreetIn this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Stanislav Aseyev’s, The Torture Camp on Paradise Street. The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, translated by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray and published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, is a personal memoir of Stanislav Aseyev’s two and a half years in illegal…
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In Isolation – Dispatches from Occupied Donbas: A Knyzhka Corner Book Review
Read more: In Isolation – Dispatches from Occupied Donbas: A Knyzhka Corner Book ReviewIn this edition of Knyzka Corner, we will be discussing Stanislav Aseyev’s, In Isolation – Dispatches from Occupied Donbas. In Isolation – Dispatches from Occupied Donbas, translated by Lidia Wolanskyj and published by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, outlines the experiences of journalist and patriot Stanislav Aseyev as he faces repression, war, captivity,…