Национальная библиотека Республики Карелия

The National Library of Karelia held the awarding ceremony of the XIX Contest “The Book of the Year 2018 of the Republic of Karelia”.   

 

The event was attended by representatives of the founders and organizers of the competition, members of the expert groups, publishers and authors, distributors of book production and reading lovers.

 

The annual contest was participated by books received by the Book Chamber of the Republic of Karelia as the legal deposit copies in 2018. Among them, there were 393 names of books and brochures, printed music and dissertation abstracts. 14 publishing houses and 36 publishing organizations competed for the top places in the contest’s categories and for the title of the Book of the Year. Between March 14 and March 27, 2019, all publications were presented at the book exhibition, which could be visited by everyone.

The exhibition and contest events were visited by 651 people (incl. 300 children under 15 years), the lending was 605 books.  Visitors could vote for their favorite books at the exhibition. Besides the year-round virtual exhibition, the Book of the Year 2018, was also opened, and during a month visitors of the website of the National Library could vote online. In the framework of the contest, the library has held several events. These were meetings with Karelian writers, presentations on new books, book publishing reviews for organised groups incl. primary school age children. There was a meeting with representatives of the publishing house Periodika. A meeting of the Club Krayeved (Eng. Local Historian) was organized with use of exhibition materials. School librarians from Petrozavodsk participated in a review of books published in Karelia. An excursion to the exhibition was organized for head of municipal libraries of Karelia and teachers of the course My Karelia.

At the ceremony, winners of 5 categories were awarded diplomas and prizes. The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia, the Administration of Petrozavodsk City District, the Department for Tourism of the Republic of Karelia, Karelian Institute for Educational Development and the Society of Book Lovers awarded special diplomas and prizes to several publishing houses and authors. The National Library of Karelia presented 2 prizes Readers’ Choice according to the results of voting at a book exhibition in the library, with the participation of children under 15 years of age and voting at a virtual exhibition 

 

                                                                                                                            

Anthology of modern national literature of Karelia/ [compiled by N. V. Chikina]. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2018. Text in Russian, Vepsian, Karelian and Finnish

 

 

 The prize for The Best Book in Karelian, Vepsian or Finnish Language was awarded to

 

 

Anthology of modern national literature of Karelia/ [compiled by N. V. Chikina]. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2018. Text in Russian, Vepsian, Karelian and Finnish

   

 

 

L. I. Ivanova Pre-wedding customs and wedding ritual of the Karelians (end of XIX - first half of XX century): research and materials/ L. I. Ivanova, V. P. Mironova; The Russian Academy of Sciences. Petrozavodsk: PERIODIKA, 2018. Text in Russian and Karelian

 

 

N. G. Krasavtseva Frost Pakkaine = Pakkaine : [fairy-tale] / [translated into Karelia by N. A. Sinitskaya, illustrator E. V. Veshchikova]. Petroskoi : Periodika, 2018. Text in Russian and Karelian

  

 

 

Anthology of modern national literature of Karelia/ [compiled by N. V. Chikina]. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2018. Text in Russian, Vepsian, Karelian and Finnish

 

 

 

A. I. Kashtanov. Watercolors by Alexander Kashtanov: [album / editor Yana Zhemoitelite; dedigner Viltaly Nakonechnyi; text by Anna Aksenova and others] Petrozavodsk: Severnoye Siyaniye, 2018.

 

 Special diplomas and prizes

 

Irina Nikitina, the author of the book

 

I. A. Nikitina Half the kingdom for a horse / [painter Lidiya Zenkova]. Petrozavodsk: Ostrova, 2018.

 

 

 

Petrozavodsk. City and power: 100 years of Petrozavodsk City Council / [compiled by v. Bragina, M. Goldenberg, M. Skripkin; text by: M. Goldenberg and others; general editorship by M. Goldenberg; photos by V. Larionov and others]. Petrozavodsk: Skandinavia, 2018. 

 

  

Vek. History of success/ [E. V. Bermus and others; photos L. E. Nikolaev and others; Construction company Vek]. Petrozavodsk: PetroPress, 2018.

                                                                                                                  

 

 

Prize of the Department for Tourism of the Republic of Karelia for promotion of tourism potential of Karelia was awarded to

 

Vitaly Rystov, publisher and editor of the collection

 

Ladoga Islands: Orekhovy, Konevets, Drevesny, Grechesky, Prisheltsev, Osennyi, Zemlyanichnyi, Valaam: local history and literary collection. [Sortavala, 2018].

 

 

 

Elena Ruppijeva for the book

 

Ruppijeva, J. Kielilippahaine / [editor T. P. Boyko, O. A. Khramtsova, painter Anastasia Trifanova]. Petrozavodsk: VERSO, 2018.

  

 

 

Prize of the Society of Book Lovers for the contribution to the development of literature

 

to Sergey Pupyshev, the author of the book

S. L. Pupyshev One sip of life: novella and short stories / [editor Yana Zhemoitelit, painter Vitaly Nakonechnyi]. Petrozavodsk: Severnoye Siyaniye, 2018.

 

for the development of literature to Smotrova Olga, the author of the book

 

Smotrova, O. Kirjaimikko / [painter E. A. Agafonova]. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2018.

 

 

to the Karelian regional public organization "Commonwealth of Karelian Nations" for the book

 

And beauty has merged with silence... : The best works of the participants of the project "Words Workshop " / [compiled by L. N. Davydova, E. S. Kharlamova; painter M. Ivanova]. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2018

 

 

 

to the author Yuri Shleikin

 

for the book Y. V. Shleikin Katya and Richard. Secrets of Zorge’s wife: unfinished search history. Petrozavodsk: Ostrova, 2017

 

Irina Nikitina, the author of the book

 

I. A. Nikitina Half the kingdom for a horse / [painter Lidiya Zenkova]. Petrozavodsk: Ostrova, 2018.