After the international success of Our Man In Iraq by Robert Perišić, translated into a dozen languages across the globe, his novel No-Signal Area continues to spark interest of international publishers. The novel was published in the USA last month by the prominent publishing house Seven Stories Press and received glowing reviews, confirming Perišić as a contemporary author of international renown.

The 2020 International Stefan Heym Prize winners are the Croatian novelist and journalist Slavenka Drakulić and the Swedish author and journalist Richard Swartz. The coveted award recognizes their works as a protest against the collective amnesia, a guiding light of the intercultural compassion and reconciliation and an invitation to readers to make their own judgements and decisions.

On this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, held from 16th to 19th October 2019, the 56 m2 long Croatian national stand will be located in the Hall 5.0 (D117). Twenty Croatian publishers will exhibit at the stand (a special place on the stand will be reserved for 10 leading fiction, non-fiction and children’s titles).

Roman Simić, the founder and director of the Festival of European Short Story, and Caroline Michel from Hay Festival, will present an important literary cooperation taking place in Rijeka in the June of 2020 and introduce the project “Europa 28”, which is aimed at emphasizing the contribution of women in Europe in the fields of literature, science and art.

As will be shown in the conversation with Croatian authors Slobodan Šnajder and Kristian Novak and Austrian author Norbert Gstrein, the increasing interest for the perception of the self and "Other" is a shared feature of both Croatian as well as German literature.

The existing literary residencies in Croatia open to domestic and international writers.

For the first time, the Republic of Croatia will participate at the biggest book fair in France Livre Paris, which will take place from 15 until 18 March 2019.

As in the past years, Croatia will once exhibit on the Leipzig Book Fair. Croatian authors will appear within Traduki, now traditional literary program, and continue the year-long practice of appearing alongside with other members of the Traduki cultural network.

Publishing house Istros Books has published Wild Woman, English translation of the book by Marina Šur Puhlovski first released in 2018 under the title Divljakuša. For Divljakuša, Šur Puhlovski was awarded with V.B.Z.'s Award for the Best Unpublished Novel in 2018.

The ninth GavranFest, the international theatre festival which exclusively features plays by the Croatian author Miro Gavran, will take place 1-3 February 2019 in the Sensemble Theatre in Ausburg, Germany.

Another outstanding recognition for Ivana Sajko is the invitation to take part, along with the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Flemish author Stefan Hertmans, in the Frankfurt Book Fair Opening Ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday, 10th October 2018.

At the recent 25th edition of the Beijing International Book Fair, which for the first time also hosted the BICBF (Beijing International Children's Book Fair), Croatian publishers Dječja knjiga and Kašmir promet and their authors Andrea Petrlik Huseinović and Kašmir Huseinović received the BIBF – Reader’s Choice Award 2018.

Croatian Association of Publishers and Booksellers at the Croatian Chamber of Economy, in association with the Croatian Ministry of Culture, is organizing this year’s participation of Croatian authors and publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will take place 10 – 14 October 2018.

Lit Link Festival 2018 presents American and Croatian authors, hosting events in Pula (June 28), Rijeka (June 29) and Zagreb (June 30). Along with organizing readings by foreign and Croatian authors, Lit Link Festival is equally dedicated to the promotion of the Croatian literary production to international editors and publishers who are its equally important guests.

T-portal’s eleventh literary award for the best novel was awarded to the author Dubravka Ugrešić for the novel "Lisica" / "The Fox"(Fraktura, 2017). The jury concluded that Lisica is a masterpiece by this distinguished Croatian master of narration.

Author Ivana Sajko and translator Alida Bremer are the winners of the tenth Internationaler Literaturpreis for translated contemporary literatures for the novel Liebesroman in its first German translation. Ivana Sajko receives a prize of 20,000 €, Alida Bremer receives a prize of 15,000 €.

For the third time, Croatian authors and publishers will be presented to the Polish readers and industry representatives at the Warsaw Book Fair, which is to take place 17-20 May 2018.

Once again in 2018, Croatian authors will be presented at the Leipzig Book Fair which takes place from 14th to 18th of March. Three Croatian authors will participate at the 2018 Leipzig Book Fair: Slavenka Drakulić, Ivana Šojat and Igor Štiks.

Year to year Croatia is present at the Frankfurt Book Fair as a central place of world publishing industry. This year we are presenting selection of recent works by 11 prominent contemporary Croatian writers, followed by a selection of books published by more than 30 Croatian publishers.

According to the Association of American Publishers (AAP), in the first six months of 2015, sales of e-books in the US fell by 10 percent, yet e-books’ share of total book sales remains stable at 20 percent...

The New York Times - Sunday Book Review
‘Trieste,’ by Dasa Drndic

Dazzling, funny and deadly serious, this perfectly pitched novel about the legacy of the Yugoslav war heralds the arrival of an exciting new European voice.

Most recently published issue no. 48 of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is featuring six Croatian authors: Gordan Nuhanović, Zoran Ferić, Damir Karakaš, Olja Savičević, Bekim Sejranović and Tea Tulić.

The writer Kristian Novak has won the roman@tportal.hr award for his novel "Črna mati zemla" published by Algoritam. He was presented this prestigious literary award worth 50,000 HRK at yesterday's award ceremony held at Europa Cinema in Zagreb. Recognizing the importance of investing in culture and granting awards to writers, one of the most-visited web portals, www.tportal.hr. established this award seven years ago.

An evening of poetry with a line-up of 3 Croatian Poets and 3 UK poets. Hosted by contemporary avant garde English poet and artist, Steven Fowler, this promises to be a lively evening of words and wine.

This year Croatia was represented at the Leipzig Book Fair by authors Daša Drndić, Ivana Šojat Kuči, Ivana Simić Bodrožić, Milana Vuković Runjić, Branko Čegec, Marko Pogačar and Daniel Rafaelić.

1st edition of Zagreb Book Festival was successfully held in Zagreb's Museum of Arts and Crafts.

Featuring 149 interviews, critical essays, and 1,860 photographs that span 2,096 beautifully designed pages The Chronotope of Croatian Performance Art is a formidable and astounding testament to artists whose art clashed with all ideologies.