Book&zvook, the first Croatian platform and application for audiobooks, along with Sandorf publishing house and literary agency, will participate at this year’s London Book Fair, with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media.
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The Dutch edition of Slobodan Šnajder’s The Bras Age (Wereldbibliotheek, translated by Roel Schuyt) has sold astonishing 15.000 copies in the Netherlands across 8 reprints! The original Croatian edition of the novel was published in 2015 (TIM Press); in 2021, 4th edition was published by the Croatian published Bodoni.
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This year’s exhibition of illustrators at the Bologna Book Fair, which showcases new talent since 1967.,
will feature illustrations from Saturn at the FUTURE Winter Swimming Pool by the Croatian illustrator Vendi Vernić!
The international jury first shortlisted 324 candidates, among which another Croatian illustrator, Agata Lučić with her new, unpublished works.
For their work on the design of Heart of the Land by Gloria Lujanović, the Zagreb designer duo, Narcisa Vukojević and Lana Cavar have just won the prestigious international award for book design in Japan: Tokyo Type Director Annual Award.
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Sandorf Passage was founded in South Portland, Maine in 2020 by the Zagreb-based publisher Ivan Sršen and his American colleague, freelance literary editor Buzz Poole. Since then, Sandorf Passage has published twenty-five titles, primarily high-quality literature in translation. Last week, two of Sandorf Passage's novels were longlisted for two significant English-language literary awards.
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The English translation of the novel Sons, Daughters by Ivana Bodrožić has been longlisted for the prestigious Dublin Literary Award 2025. The English edition was published by the acclaimed American publisher Seven Stories Press in 2024 and translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać.
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In the last days of 2024, Kristian Novak’s most recent novel The Case of My Own Peril received one of the most prestigious regional literary prizes, Fric Award. The award, named after the nickname of the greatest Croatian writer, Miroslav Krleža, celebrates works of fiction written in Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian and Montenegrian languages and published in 2023/2024.
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the book fair Sa(n)jam Knjige u Istri – Pula’s Festival of Books and Authors, which will take place from November 29th to December 8th, 2024, at the House of the Croatian Defenders in Pula. The festival's theme, Microcosmos, reflects the unique identity of Pula and Istria while embracing universal cultural and literary values.
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Croatia will be the guest of honor at the 40th Slovenian Book Fair in Ljubljana (Slovenski knjižni sejem, 26th of November – 1st of December, 2024). Organized by the Ministry of Culture and Media and the Croatian Publishers and Booksellers Association, the program entitled „Croatian Literary Landscapes” will bring a taste of the rich diversity of the contemporary Croatian cultural spaces to the Slovenian audience
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The ongoing war in Ukraine has sparked an unexpected surge of interest in Balkan literature, which has played a key role in the rising success of Sandorf Passage, a U.S.-based publishing house founded by Croatian publisher and author Ivan Sršen. Specializing in translating and publishing significant literary works from the Balkans, Sandorf Passage brings to light stories that often reflect the region's complex history and its legacy of conflict, offering readers a deeper understanding of southeastern Europe.
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