The Yanushkevich publishing house is one of the leaders of the Belarusian literature market and has commissioned many translations of foreign literature into Belarusian, including such bestsellers as Harry Potter and The Witcher.
Andrei Yanushkevich opened the Knihauka bookshop in Minsk in 2022. At that time the shop operated for just one day: security officers came to search it, and Andrei and a shop employee were detained. After almost a month
In 2024, he opened the Knihauka bookshop in Warsaw. It stocks around 200 titles, all of them published by Belarusian publishers abroad – above all Yanushkevich, but also Gutenberg Publisher, Viasna, Miane Niama, Kamunikat, Pfliaubaum, Skaryna and others.
On March 3, 2026, a coalition of print publishers, which includes the Kamunikat.org Foundation, Lohvinau Publishing House and Andrei Yanushkevich Publishing, was added to the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ updated list of “extremist formations”. In connection with the formation, the list names Yaraslau Ivaniuk, Zmitser Kolas, Ihar Lohvinau, Vatslau Bahdanovich, Andrei Yanushkevich and Aliaksandr Yaudakha. The publishers’ websites and social media accounts were also added to it. The publishers who were in Belarus were detained in February 2026.
