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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: from Dalmatia, with Croatia’s most famous mountaineer Stipe Božić and novels by Jurica Pavičić and Robert Perišić, accross Lika with Damir Karakaš and urban landscapes of Zagreb with Nada Gašić and Zoran Ferić, all the way to the Northwest of the country, represented by Kristian Novak and Marko Gregur, and the Northeast, with Ivana Šojat and Dino Pešut.

Tea Tulić and Monika Herceg will present the new generation of poets, and Croatia’s best jazz pianist, Matija Dedić will celebrate our rich singer-songwriter tradition in a concert dedicated to the legendary Arsen Dedić. Last but not least, one of Croatia’s most renowned contemporary singer-songwriters, Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, will promote a collection of stories inspired by his songs and written by 26 established Croatian authors.

The program will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Croatia’s greatest children’s author, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. To showcase Croatian visual arts in literature, works by illustrators Vendi Vernić and Klasja Habjan, as well as comic artists Irena Jukić Pranjić and Danijel Žeželj will be exhibited.