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The ninth GavranFest in Germany

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.

Ivana Sajko to participate in the opening ceremony of Frankfurt Book Fair 2018

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.

Croatian authors and publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair 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.

BIBF Reader's Choice Award 2018 for Dječja knjiga and Kašmir promet and their authors; Andrea Petrlik Huseinović candidate for the 2019 ALMA Award

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.

Lit Link Festival in Pula, Rijeka and Zagreb

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.

Dubravka Ugrešić won the T-portal Literary Award for her novel Lisica (The Fox)

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

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 €.

Croatian authors and publishers at the Warsaw Book Fair from 17th to 20th May 2018

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.

Croatian authors at the Leipzig Book Fair, 15th – 18th March 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.

Croatia at Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

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.