In addition to others, Hetq, and Hetq reporter Marine Martirosyan, were the recipients of this year’s “Book Friend” award.

The award is given to news outlets and reporters who, with their news coverage and writing, support literary endeavors in Armenia.

This year, the award was granted by Antares Publishers, the Granish Literary Foundation, and literary critics Hasmik Hakobyan and Arkmenik Nikoghosyan.