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KAJKAVIANA AND KRLEŽA - this September a special part of the programme marks the 90th anniversary of the first edition of Krleža's Balade Petrice Kerempuha:
16 September 2026, Donja Stubica, Kajkaviana: Denis Peričić - Lalangizmi u Krleže, and the opening of the exhibition Kervave kronike glas, with material from the Kajkaviana collection connected to the first edition of the Balade
24 September 2026, Donja Stubica, Kajkaviana: Adam Končić - Ni med cvetjem ni pravice
1 October 2026, Donja Stubica, Kajkaviana: Klara Macolić Kuparić - a talk on Krsto Hegedušić's illustrations for the Balade Petrice Kerempuha
4 Sep 2026
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FSK - Festival of World Literature - 5-9 September 2026 (Saturday to Wednesday), Zagreb, at three venues - Knjižara Fraktura, HNK2, Galerija Šira
1 Sep 2026
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IGOR ŠTIKS - Fraktura has published his new novel "Alkazar". The launch is on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, at the Festival of World Literature
1 Sep 2026
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PETER NADAS - R.I.P. (14 October 1942 - 26 August 2026)
1 Sep 2026
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JO NESBØ returns to the Mediterranean Book Festival in Split, at Gripe, for the first time since 2018, on 26 September 2026, to present his new novel „Završni kadar" (The Final Frame), the 14th in the Harry Hole series (published by FOKUS na hit). A day later he is in Zagreb, at Tvornica kulture. 80 million books sold, phew…
22 Aug 2026
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19. VRISAK - the Rijeka book festival runs 1-30 September 2026: the book fair in bookshops and on the Korzo, and 12-19 September 2026 the authors' festival in the Benčić art quarter and in V.B.Z.'s bookshop at Korzo 9.
19 Aug 2026
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VEDRANA RUDAN, R.I.P. (Opatija, 29 October 1949 - Rijeka, 18 August 2026)
„He doesn't want children. He is certain that no sane person should have them today. Life on earth has become hell. You never know where your child will be blown to pieces after you've put a mountain of money into it, and an even bigger mountain of love. The free people are those who have only themselves in this world, and now and then someone who won't mess them about.“ (VEDRANA RUDAN, Muškarac u grlu, Oceanmore, Zagreb, pp. 142-143.)
18 Aug 2026
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ZORAN FERIĆ - a new novel, „Balada o sretnoj osobi“ (VBZ), available in pre-order until 1 September 2026.
18 Aug 2026
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FRAKTURA - their site is full of announcements, click through for the titles they are publishing soon (and from 5.9.-9.9.2026. they are running the new FSK - Festival of World Literature in Zagreb):
16 Aug 2026
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BOOK&ZVUK, new:
A new audio novel by Boris Dežulović, „Tko je taj čovjek?“ (winner of this year's tportal award for the best Croatian novel). Munich, 1923: while inflation runs wild and physicists and artists argue about the future in smoky cafés, the journalist Friedrich Walter records a world in which evil has not yet won - the 12-hour audiobook is read by Rakan Rushaidat. Directed by Dražen Krešić.
16 Aug 2026