Russian translation of ‘T-Shirts and Suits’ book

A Russian translation of the creative business guide ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ has been published.

Impact Hub Almaty published the book in paperback and eBook formats in 2019 in Kazakhstan. This is the fourteenth translation of the book.

The free eBook in Russian can be downloaded, printed and re-distributed.

The book was published by Impact Hub Almaty and its Art2B project, with sponsorship from Chevron.

David Parrish said:
“I congratulate Impact Hub Almaty for taking the initiative to publish this first Russian translation of the book. The eBook will be available online for free, throughout the Russian-speaking world. Thanks to the whole team involved in the publishing project and sponsors Chevron. I’m happy that the book will help to develop the creative industries in Kazakhstan and beyond.”

The publication project follows David’s visit to Almaty, Kazakhstan in November 2018, when he made a speech at a public meeting and delivered a creative business training workshop for entrepreneurs in the Art2B project.

Cover. T-Shirts and Suits. Russian.

Russian translation of T-Shirts and Suits

Russian translation of T-Shirts and Suits

Special thanks to translator Nastia Goncharova, Catherine Korabaevoj, editor of Russian translation, project manager Alissa Fomenko and publisher Indira Shah.

Back cover. T-Shirts and Suits. Russian.


‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ is a practical handbook for creative entrepreneurs to refer to and find information, examples from successful creative businesses, and practical tips about using powerful business ideas in a creative context. It’s a creative business guide for entrepreneurs in the creative industries and creative economy.

eBook, Audiobook and Paperback

– In English, it’s available as a paperback, eBook and Audiobook.

“Clear and concise with a lovely clean design.
T-Shirts and Suits is a great mixture of theory, practice and inspiration.”
– Fiona Shaw. Capsica Publishing

Here’s what it says on the back of this leading creative entrepreneurship book:

Successful creative enterprises integrate creativity and business. T-Shirts and Suits offers an approach which brings together both creative passion and business best practice.

Written in an engaging and jargon-free style, the book offers inspiration and appropriate advice for all those involved in running or setting up a creative business.

Marketing, intellectual property, finance, competition, leadership – and more – are included in this guide.

Examples of best practice are illustrated in eleven ‘Ideas in Action’ sections featuring a range of creative businesses and organisations.


This book is listed as a key reference for the Creative Industries by Wikipedia.

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Translations of the creative business book “T-Shirts and Suits” have been published in 14 countries so far, either in paperback or eBook formats. See details of all translations.

The book is available in many languages: Armenian, Azerbaijani/Azeri, Belarusian, Complex Chinese (published in Taiwan), Simplified Chinese (published in China), Georgian, Lithuanian, Romanian (published in Moldova), Russian (published in Kazakhstan), Spanish (published in Colombia, Chile, Spain), Thai and Ukrainian.

This creative business guide is available for translation and publication in other languages and countries.


The book translation project follows David’s visit to Kazakhstan in November 2018. At Impact Hub Almaty David made a creative industries presentation and delivered a creative business development workshop for Art2B Entrepreneurs.

Kazakhstan creative industries presentation by David Parrish

David Parrish working with Creative Hubs worldwide