Istria Book Fair to Focus on Issues of Freedom

ZAGREB, October 14, 2018 – Freedom is the theme of the 24th Istria Book Fair, to be held in Pula from November 29 to December 9. The event will be opened by Wole Soyinka, the first African winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and fighter for a free society, organisers have announced.

The fair will bring together hundreds of participants, including authors, promoters, over 200 publishers, and libraries, as well as thousands of visitors. It will include book launches, round tables, and award ceremonies.

Aside from Nigerian author Soyinka, the fair will be attended by Icelandic poet and novelist Eirikur Orna Nordahl, Norwegian philosopher Lars Svendsen, Israeli philosopher Ishay Landa, Italian cartoonist Vittorio Giardino, and Macedonian author Rumena Bužarovska.

Croatian authors will include Žarko Paić, Rajko Grlić, Ivana Dragičević, Danijel Žeželj, Sinan Gudžević, Borivoj Radaković, Julijana Adamović and Darko Berljak.

Javier Cercas, one of Europe’s greatest contemporary authors, will close the fair.

 

Subscribe to our newsletter

the fields marked with * are required

Email: *
First name:
Last name:
Gender:	Male Female
Country:
Birthday:	[DD] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 [MM] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [YYYY] 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Please don't insert text in the box below!