GAIANA Book and Art

GAIANA Book and Art (Bulgarian: „Гаяна“) is a private Bulgarian publishing house founded in 1996 by Yavor Tsanev. It was registered as „ГАЯНА Бук енд Арт“ ООД in 2021, with its seat in the city of Ruse. The publisher works both on its own publishing projects and in support of self-publishing and self-distributing authors. The house is best known for its genre-literature magazine „Дракус“ (Drakus), published since 2012 and focused mainly on Bulgarian authors. Since 2014 it has also run the „Колекция Дракус“ (Drakus Collection) for works by Bulgarian authors of science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime literature. Another collection, „Олд Голд“ (Old Gold), presents works by iconic world authors such as Sheridan Le Fanu, Jack London, Robert E. Howard, Jules Verne, Richard Connell, John Buchan, Arthur Machen, Ambrose Bierce and Leonid Andreyev. GAIANA also organizes the „Вдъхновени от…“ (Inspired by…) competition for works by Bulgarian writers inspired by Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Lovecraft, Robert Sheckley and Bram Stoker, with the winning entries published in a separate collection. Its catalogue spans children's literature, local-history editions, scholarly literature, dictionaries, plays, poetry, translated literature, anthologies, and fiction, fantasy and horror. Among the Bulgarian authors published by GAIANA are Elena Pavlova, Dimitar Tsolov, Dogo Tankart, Velko Gerdzhilov, Evgeni Dimov, Zhivodar Dushkov, Daniel Ivanov, Aleksandar Draganov, Anna Gyurova, Branimir Sabev, Mariyan Petrov, Stefan D. Stefanov, Adrian Lazarovski, Deliyan Marinov, Agop Melkonyan, Donko Naydenov, Neli Tsvetkova, Valentin Popov, Yavor Tsanev, Ivan Kostadinov, Sibin Maynalovski, Kosta Sivov, Zmey Goryanin, Vladislav Atanasov, Maria Vergova and Magda Borisova.

GAIANA Book and Art was founded in 1996 by Yavor Tsanev as a private publishing house in Bulgaria. In 2021 it was registered as „ГАЯНА Бук енд Арт“ ООД with its seat in the city of Ruse. The publisher operates both on its own publishing projects and in support of self-publishing and self-distributing authors. A major development came in 2012, when the house began publishing the magazine „Дракус“ (Drakus), dedicated to genre literature and mainly featuring Bulgarian authors. In 2014 it launched the „Колекция Дракус“ (Drakus Collection), devoted to works by Bulgarian authors of science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime literature. Another notable collection is „Олд Голд“ (Old Gold), which presents works by iconic world authors, including Sheridan Le Fanu, Jack London, Robert E. Howard, Jules Verne, Richard Connell, John Buchan, Arthur Machen, Ambrose Bierce and Leonid Andreyev. The publisher also organizes the „Вдъхновени от…“ (Inspired by…) competition for works by Bulgarian writers inspired by Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Lovecraft, Robert Sheckley and Bram Stoker, with the winning entries published in a separate collection. Its catalogue covers children's literature, local-history editions, scholarly literature, dictionaries, plays, poetry, translated literature, anthologies, and fiction, fantasy and horror. Among the Bulgarian authors it has published are Elena Pavlova, Dimitar Tsolov, Dogo Tankart, Velko Gerdzhilov, Evgeni Dimov, Zhivodar Dushkov, Daniel Ivanov, Aleksandar Draganov, Anna Gyurova, Branimir Sabev, Mariyan Petrov, Stefan D. Stefanov, Adrian Lazarovski, Deliyan Marinov, Agop Melkonyan, Donko Naydenov, Neli Tsvetkova, Valentin Popov, Yavor Tsanev, Ivan Kostadinov, Sibin Maynalovski, Kosta Sivov, Zmey Goryanin, Vladislav Atanasov, Maria Vergova and Magda Borisova.

• 2021

  Registered as „ГАЯНА Бук енд Арт“ ООД with seat in Ruse.

• 2014

  Launched the „Колекция Дракус“ (Drakus Collection) for Bulgarian genre authors.

• 2012

  Started publishing the genre-literature magazine „Дракус“ (Drakus).

• 1996

  Founded as a private publishing house in Bulgaria by Yavor Tsanev.

Independent Bulgarian publisher specializing in genre fiction and supporting Bulgarian authors, with a catalogue spanning fiction, fantasy, horror, children's literature and scholarly works.

• Списание „Дракус“

• Колекция Дракус

• Колекция Олд Голд

• „Вдъхновени от…“ anthology

• „Вдъхновени от…“ competition

1. 1GAIANA Book and Art official websitegaiana-books.com
2. 2Wikidata: GAIANA Book and Artwikidata.org
3. 3Гаяна (издателство) – Wikipediabg.wikipedia.org