September 2025 / Skaryna Press

Body in Progress

London. A young woman in exile. She is free. She is safe. Safe, maybe, from the brutal political regime which imprisoned her merely for protesting. But what lingers is the violence and intimidation she lived through.

2 May

Tunbridge Wells Lit Festival

Calverley Pavillion, Tunbridge Wells

19 March

Hanna Komar and Alesia Mankouskaya: poetry and music improvisation

Watch a recording on YouTube

What Readers Say

Komar never turns away, always towards; she is gifted equally in the expression of grief and love, of anger and tenderness, of after and before.

James Appleby

Poet, editor of Interpret magazine

Many tend to categorise poets and their poems as being inspired by either protest or the personal as if these categories have no connection. But Ribwort has both, and Komar’s power lies in the ability to delve into what binds them together.

John Farndon

Poet, translator and editor

I’ve read your Body in Progress and was impressed. I admire your genius to find incredibly accurate words to describe feelings and experiences. Looking forward to giving it 5 stars on Goodreads!

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Maryia Parkhimchyk

Writer, creative producer, and editor

Body in Progress

Tunbridge Wells Lit Festival

Hanna Komar and Alesia Mankouskaya: poetry and music improvisation

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