Unique Bibliography

About the Pysanka—It Is Written! A Bibliography by Joan Brander

This valuable resource is a unique compilation of more than 250 books, periodicals and audiovisual titles by an author who is knowledgeable and experienced in the ancient tradition of pysanky. When the author discovered that she could not find a published bibliography on pysanky she set about to write her own. The result is "About the Pysanka—It Is Written! A Bibliography by Joan Brander".

This colorfully illustrated bibliography brings together publications on the pysanka in Ukrainian, English, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Polish and Japanese. The publishing and cataloguing of this first of-its-kind book garnered a place for "pysanky" in the bibliography class of the Library of Congress headings - a precedent setting development.

The bibliography is a "must have" for anyone who is interested in pysanky, Ukrainian folk art, and heritage studies.

About the Author

Joan Brander is a pysanky expert and the author of "About the Pysanka—It Is Written! A Bibliography". Select our About Us link for information about her. Select our Contact Us link to contact or connect with her.

Book Launch and Mark of Distinction Announcement

There have been two book launches of "About the Pysanka—It Is Written! A Bibliography by Joan Brander".

Washington, DC - March 8, 2008
The inaugural book launch was held at the first U.S. Pysanka Symposium in Washington, DC on Saturday March 8, 2008. The book received a mark of distinction when it was announced that the Library of Congress assigned a first of-its-kind place in its headings–a unique development in the bibliography classification.

See a video of the Washington book launch on YouTube.

See a photo montage of the Pysanka Symposium on You Tube.

Download the text of Joan Brander's Washington presentation (pdf file).

Download the Press Release (February 2008).

Vancouver, Canada - March 15, 2009
The British Columbia book launch was held at Ukrainian Community Centre of Ivan Franko on March 15, 2009.

See a video of the British Columbia book launch on YouTube (coming December 2011).

Download the British Columbia invitation (pdf file).

Download the text of Joan Brander's British Columbia presentation (pdf file).

Reviews

• Here I thought I have been keeping up with all the books, videos, and DVD's on pysanky. Boy was I wrong. If you are like me and collect everything Ukrainian or pysanky this bibliography by Joan Brander is a must have." (L. Popow, artist)

• It's a gorgeous book … lots of titles. Photos of the covers, in color, also included. Books for kids, newsletters, a list of articles, and audiovisual materials. Something very neat... a chronological index as well as an author index. Congratulations on a beautiful book … and a most useful one! (Paulette Demchuk MacQuarrie, freelance writer and broadcaster)

• Thank you very much. It was needed. (Lubow Wolynetz, curator Ukrainian Museum and Library of Stamford, Connecticut and curator Folk Art Collection at Ukrainian Museum in New York City