Jim Dingley “Remembering Guy Picarda”
Writing about Guy at the time of what would have been his 95th birthday makes me undertake a trip down Memory Lane, something that…
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Guy Picarda (1931-2007): A Lifelong Friend of Belarus
This week we are commemorating the 95th anniversary of the birth of Guy Picarda, a London lawyer and musicologist who was for many decades…
Belarusian Church Among UK’s Top 100 21st-Century Buildings
The Belarusian church in London was included in the official list of the 100 most significant British buildings of the first quarter of the…
Researcher Taćciana Astroŭskaja on the Publication of Łarysa Hienijuš’s Poems from the Holdings of the Skaryna Library
In an interview with the ‘Budzma Belarusami!’ portal, Taćciana Astroǔskaja, a historian and researcher of Heniyuš’s work, spoke about the history of the book,…
A book launch of the English translation of Belarusian novel Pa što idzieš, voŭča? by Eva Vezhnavets 11/07/2026, Skaryna Library
What Now, Mr. Wolf?: a book launch of the English translation of Belarusian novel Pa što idzieš, voŭča? by Eva Vezhnavets Francis Skaryna Libarary…
Traditional Feast of St George (“Jurja”) with the Folk Group “Vir” at the Skaryna Library on 25 March
The Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum is a place around which various cultural communities of the Belarusian diaspora gather. One of them is…
Announcement: 15/05/2026 — VEHA archive curator Lesia Pčołka to present the book Ruins of Belarus at the Skaryna Library
The Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum invites you to a presentation of the VEHA archive book Ruins of Belarus. 📅 When: 15 May 2026, 7:00 pm…
90 Years Since the Birth of Vera Rich, English Poet and Translator from Belarusian and Ukrainian
24 April marked the 90th anniversary of the birth of Vera Rich — English poet, journalist, and translator of Belarusian and Ukrainian poetry into English. Few…
Announcement: 29 April 2026 — “A song never-waning”. Symposium in Memory of Vera Rich (1936–2009)
The Shevchenko Library and Archive and the Francis Skaryna Library and Museum invite you to join a symposium marking the 90th anniversary of the…
What does the London “Skaryna Library” preserve, and why do researchers strive to visit it?
A programme about the Skaryna Library featuring one of its trustees has been released on Euroradio. We republish the material in full. “Founded in…
British translator Nathan Jeffers wrote a review of Belarusian poetry and began translating poems into English
Nathan Jeffers, a British translator, has a tragicomic story: he began translating from Belarusian after being involved in a bicycle accident. Shortly before that,…
Bieraścianik – the revival of a forgotten technique. Video of its handover to the Skaryna Library. January 2026.
In January, a rare artefact was added to our museum collection — researcher Śviatlana Liasovič donated a bieraścianik made by the Belarusian master-reconstructor Valery…
Meeting with poet and translator of The Lord of the Rings, Ihar Kulikoŭ
📅 When: April 11, 2026, at 2:00 PM 📍 Where: Skaryna Library We will talk about the works of J. R. R. Tolkien in Belarusian translation. Why “Valadar” instead of “Uladar”?…