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Fontanka brings Russian and East European culture to the west and vice versa, publishing books on subjects that range from folk stories for children to historical studies and works on art and architecture as well as contemporary culture.
Winner of an English PEN Translates award, Kolobok: A Russian Bun on the Run! is an enchanting book for children, written by Sian Valvis and illustrated by Dovile Ciapaite. Based on a well-known Slavic folktale, this rhyming tale of the Kolobok who goes on a great adventure is aimed at pre-reading and early-reading age children. With its beautiful illustrations printed in three inks, it is also a book to delight the book lover of any age. See the review in East-West Review here.
The Majlis: A Meeting Place. Created and written by Caravane Earth for the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture, The Majlis showcases innovative architecture, art and design that bring creative ideas together within the traditional space of the majlis, a structure that embodies the bridge between the personal and the public. More than a catalogue, this is a book that presents the key ideas of Caravane Earth, established to consider how we should live, focusing on the importance of art, craft, architecture, agriculture and education.
Eyewitness 1917: the Russian Revolution as it happened. Described by journalist Matthew Parris as 'a genuinely novel way of approaching ... a political earthquake', these first-hand accounts of the revolution are drawn from several years' research into diaries, memoirs, letters and news reports of the time. 
Fontanka's wide range of books bring the best of contemporary design to publications on Eastern Europe, Russia and other parts of the world. 
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