Interliber, the 47th International Book Fair, will be held from 11 to 16 November 2025 at Zagreb Fair.
 
As the most important national literary event, Interliber serves as a key platform for the promotion and distribution of books, science and knowledge in Croatia. Its fundamental role is to encourage reading and support the entire publishing industry.
 
The fair traditionally brings together all relevant domestic publishers and bookstores, who will present the public with a rich and diverse programme of new releases across all genres. By being held continuously and providing a high-quality offer every year, Interliber demonstrates the strength, stability and diversity of Croatian publishing, while also enabling direct contact between professionals and the general public with the latest national and international literary productions.
 
Interliber is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia and the City of Zagreb.

Pavilions 5, 6, 7 and 7a will host more than 360 exhibitors from 15 countries (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, France, Croatia, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, USA, Slovenia, Serbia, Sweden, UK) at over 13,000 m2.

One of the highlights of this year’s fair is the visit of the renowned Irish author Paul Lynch, winner of the prestigious 2023 Booker Prize for his novel “Prophet Song”.
 
The book promotion, along with meeting and book signing, will take place on Thursday, 13 November at 6:00 p.m. on the stage in the pavilion 7.
 
“Prophet Song”, Lynch’s fifth novel, is a highly gripping, propulsive and confrontational portrait of a family and an entire country on the brink of disaster. The story unfolds in a fictional Ireland slowly descending into tyranny.
Paul Lynch (born 1977 in Limerick, lives in Dublin) has established himself as one of the most important contemporary writers. With Prophet Song, he became the sixth Irish author to win the Booker Prize. His other novels include Beyond the Sea, Grace, The Black Snow and Red Sky in Morning.
 
Lynch is celebrated for his powerful and poetic writing style, and his novels often explore profound moral and social themes. His appearance at Interliber offers the Croatian audience a unique opportunity to gain firsthand insights and reflections from one of today’s most significant contemporary writers. 

LET ME TELL YOU A STORY - A FAIRY TALE IN OUR HANDS

This year, Interliber places special emphasis on its youngest visitors, recognizing the importance of books in a child’s development and the stimulation of imagination. In doing so, Interliber confirms its mission to promote reading and literacy across all generations, with a particular focus on cultivating the next generation of readers.

Under the title “Let Me Tell You a Story - A Fairy Tale in Our Hands”, a series of interactive and innovative events will take place daily from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in the gallery of the pavilion 5. These activities will introduce children to the magical world of stories. The children’s corner is a true oasis of creativity and learning, designed as a safe space to foster a lasting love of books and to bring attention back to the “good old fairy tale” from the earliest age.

The programme includes interactive pop-up performances for all ages (starting from 6 months), educational games based on literary quiz shows and creative literary workshops such as storytelling sessions, reading corners, writing your own stories and creating comic strip creation. All of this is complemented by art workshops titled “Magic Hands”, where fairy tales come to life through origami and chocolate workshops, accompanied by an exhibition of classic picture books.

A book of fairy tales is often a child’s first encounter with reading habits. Through these activities, Interliber aims to show that reading is not just a duty, but an endless source of fun, knowledge, and emotional growth.

DO YOU READ FEMALE AUTHORS?

A new feature this year is the launch of the Interliber Book Club “Do You Read Female Authors?”, whose first successful edition in September brought together businesswomen for a discussion of the selected book.

With this initiative, Zagreb Fair reaffirms its mission to make Interliber not just a book fair, but a place for fostering a vibrant reading community, building on its long-standing projects and offering new, enriching experiences for all lovers of the written word.

What makes this book club special are its members: successful women from the business world, a community deeply woven into the identity of the Fair. Book club meetings take place in a relaxed, informal atmosphere, bringing together women from the professional world who read, lead and inspire. Through discussions of selected titles by women authors, members have the opportunity to enjoy themselves, take a break from professional obligations and connect on a level that only literature can inspire.

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

In addition to its exceptionally rich book selection, Interliber places great emphasis every year on its accompanying programme of events, which constantly attracts numerous visitors. Panels, workshops, lectures and meetings with authors are a key part of the fair, as they create an interactive atmosphere that encourages cultural exchange and the development of a reading community.

JEFF KINNEY, KORADO KORLEVIĆ, GIBONNI AND MANY OTHERS
 
For this year’s fair, we are announcing over 200 hours of a diverse programme, taking place on four stages located in pavilions 5, 6, 7 and under an outdoor dome.

Alongside Paul Lynch, this year’s Interliber star is Jeff Kinney, author of the popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. On Wednesday, 12 November, he will hold two book promotions at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on the gallery of the pavilion 5, giving all fans of the little hero Greg a chance to hear what’s new in his world.

Tuomas Kyrö, Finnish writer, cartoonist and satirist will present his novel “The Alliance” on Tuesday.

We also highlight book promotions by Jurica Pavičić (Mouth Full of Sea), Zoran Predin (Circus Astralis), Toni Milun (Get Financially Fit), Martina Mlinarević (I’ll Carry You Across Prague) and Marina Vujčić, all of which are sure to attract large attention of the visitors.

Korado Korlević, one of Croatia’s leading astronomers and an exceptionally inspiring and educational speaker, will give a lecture on the topic “The Last Century of Homo Sapiens” on Thursday, 13 November at 5:00 p.m. in the pavilion 6.
 
The Croatian Publishers and Booksellers Association at the Croatian Chamber of Economy is organizing a rich PREMIUM PROGRAMME this year, featuring a book promotion and discussion with Boris Jokić - 60 Heartbeats: Music Curriculum, a presentation of Gibonni’s poetry book - Banners of a Fallen Empire and appearances by two authors: Martina Divić - Where the Rainbow Gets Its Color and Marina Juranić - The Confessions on the Way to Santiago. The programme will also include a presentation and panel discussion on the new project of the Ministry of Culture and Media - Cultural Card, a project in which everyone turning 18 receives a voucher to use for various cultural activities.
 
Within the scope of the Programme for children and the youth titled “One Hundred Percent Literate” Zagreb Fair is organizing several very educational and engaging workshops: “How to Reduce Digital Footprint?” by Marina Knežević, ”Small Glagolitic Workshop” - Prof. Darko Žubrinić, President of the Association of the Friends of Glagolica, “How to Think Faster, Smarter and Calmer in the AI Era: The Mathematical Trick That Changes Business Decisions and Saves Lives and Wallets", Petra Posedel Šimović, PhD.
 
Visitors at the stand and on the stage of the pavilion 7 can expect an attractive programme of panels, sheet-music presentations and talks organized by the Music Information Centre.

The highlight will be a concert by the Prohaska Big Band and Lana Janjanin, marking the 100^th anniversary of Miljenko Prohaska’s birth, on Sunday, 16 November.
 
There will also be the High Five quiz show for elementary and secondary school students. On Saturday, the Croatian Quiz Association will organize the National Team Quiz Championship.

WHAT HAVE THE PUBLISHERS PREPARED FOR US?

AGM - from the publishing series XXI for this year’s Interliber highlights: Donatella Di Cesare - Torture, Ellen Meiksins Wood - Citizens to Lords, Alain Corbin - A History of Silence, Pierre Charbonnier - Abundance and Freedom, Eva von Redecker - The Freedom to Stay, Jonathan Crary - Scorched Earth.
 
ALFA - highlights: Ivan Majnarić, Tomislav Šarlija, Nikola Štambak - MY ZADAR AND ME, an integrated workbook on the history of the city of Zadar, Željko Bošnjak, Tatjana Brešćanski, Kristina Vučić, Natalija Zvelf - ACCEPT THE MATH CHALLENGE 6, a collection of math problems for gifted students, Jelena Tadić Cegnar - THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE JURE, Lara Branilović, Beata Guszak - CHOCOLATE SQUARED - SOFT COVER EDITION, Božidar Prosenjak - THE CHILDREN’S ORCHESTRA, Dubravka Glasnović - WHERE WILL I SLEEP?, Stjepan Pepeljnjak - LITTLE DROPLET, Sanja Pilić - KIKI’S ADVENTURES, I. Majnarić, T. Šarlija, N. Štambak - MY BELOVED ZADAR, Melita Rundek - 3 PLATES + 2, Mladen Kopjar - THE BUS TO THE MOON, Ljerka Šimara - KING TOMISLAV, Branka Primorac - MISSING, Ljiljana Vidović - WHAT’S NEW ON MARS?, Beatrix Beck - THE PASSIONATE HEART, Marina Kljajo-Radić - HEAVENLY FLOWERS, Lima Barreto - THE SAD END OF POLICARPO QUARESMA, Božidar Petrač - NEW READING OF TRADITION, Gani Mehmetaj - THE HOSTAGE WAR, Nikolaj Danilevski - RUSSIA AND EUROPE, Emilia Pardo Bazan - SUNSTROKE, Nada Mihoković-Kumrić - BECAUSE OF THE PRINCE ON A WHITE HORSE, Šimun Šito Ćorić - ONCE UPON A CERTAIN LAND, Paula Vazquez - THE BOOKSTORE AND THE GODDESS, Gerald Durrell - BIRDS, BEASTS AND RELATIVES.
 
DISPUT - emphasize tree titles: Mihail Bulgakov - The Life of Monsieur de Molière, Marguerite Yourcenar - Mishima; A Vision of the Void and Wendell Berry - Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer.
 
FRAKTURA/BODONI - this year presenting: The Angel of the City - Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, The Persians - Sanam Mahloudji, Deliver Me - Malin Persson Giolito, The Retreat - Emily Rudolf and I Close My Eyes and Pray - Alex Ahndoril. Guest appearances include Goran Gavranović and Boris Rašeta, who will present the book “Eight Days in May“, Bruno Šimleša with a lecture titled “How to Create the Best Year of Your Life?", Marina Vujčić will a book presentation “And Then Božo Started Over”. As part of the programme "Let Me Tell You a Story - A Fairy Tale in Our Hands", they have prepared a literary workshop for the youngest visitors to be led by authors Ivana Đula and Milica Sinkauz.
 
LUMEN - this year featuring: Samantha Harvey, Orbital, C. W. Gortner, trilogy The Elisabeth I Spymaster Chronicles - The Tudor Secret, The Tudor Conspiracy and the Tudor Vendetta, George R. R. Martin, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, J. R. R. Tolkien, Tales from the Perilous Realm and The Fall of Gondolin, Keanu Reeves and China Miéville, The Book from Elsewhere, Robin Hobb, Ship of Magic, James Clavell, Shogun, John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods, Elise Kova, A Deal with the Elf King.
 
NAKLADA LJEVAK - among new releases, highlights include Ivana Šojat: “I Dreamed of Snow”, David Lynch and Kristine McKenna: “Room to Dream”, Gaj Trifković: “Sea of Blood - A Military History of the Partisan Movement in Yugoslavia 1941-1945”, Dubravka Zima: “Walking - Chapters from Cultural History”, Paul Lynch: “Prophet Song”, Jean-Baptiste Andrea: “Watching Over Her”, Dorta Jagić: “Café Dan”, Tuomas Kyrö: “The Alliance”.

NAŠA DJECA - will host a book promotion at the stand: “505 More Jokes for Children“ by Mane Galović.

MEANDAR MEDIA - will present novelties: Anka Žagar: Ursula’s Yellow Minutes of Saint Ursula, Négar Djavadi: The Last Place, Robert Makłowicz: Café Museum, Gisèle Sapiro: Sociology of Literature, Zvonko Maković: About the Other, Branko Čegec: The Beauty of the Abyss, Cyrill Kazanov, Dmitrii Koshkin, Veronika Moscatello Goldinakova, Platon Romanov: Lenin’s Butt, Nataša Govedić: The First Aid Book, Nada Topić: The Paper Room.
 
MOZAIK - highlights for this year: Asako Yuzuki - Butter, Bram Stoker - Dracula, Dav Pilkey - The Scarlet Shredder.
 
PROFIL - new releases:  David McKee/Marysia Milewski: Elmer and the Polar Bear, David Mckee: Elmer’ Christmas, Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run - second edition, Smriti Halls/Nila Aye: One in a Million, Jules Howard/Gosia Herba: Respect the Insects, Simon Philip/Lucia Gaggiotti: I Really Want to Help, Cédric Sapin-Defour: His Smell After the Rain, Yuval Zommer: Our Islands, Rick Riordan: The Chalice of the Gods - Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Sibel Roller: The Rooster - Discovering My Father’s Memories from the Jasenovac Concentration Camp, Oliver Jeffers: Where to Hide a Star, C. S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia 1: The Magicians Nephew. C. S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia 2: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Tom Percival: Sammy Feels Shy, Isabel Thomas/Margarida Esteves: The Bedtime Book of EVEN MORE Impossible Questions and Answers, Peyo: The Smurfs 1 - 4, Jelena Pervan, Vibor Juhas: Mak and the Cookiesaurus, Maja Šimleša/Sven Nemet: Through Picture Stories Around the World: 10 Countries, Aaron Blabey: The Bad Guys 19, Aaron Blabey: The Bad Guys 20, Eva Amores/Matt Cosgrove: Worst Week Ever, Friday, Eva Amores/Matt Cosgrove Worst Week Ever, Saturday, Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel: Equality, Anne Enright: The Wren, the Wren, Markus Zusak: Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth), Michiko Aoyama: What You Are Looking For is in the Library, Patti Smith: Bread of Angels.
 
PROFIL KLETT - novelties: new workbook PIN It! 8 for 8th-grade students, PIN study sheets and the study guide From Reading to Writing intended for secondary school students preparing for the Croatian matura exam.
 
STILUS KNJIGA - new titles: Coco Mellors: Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Arundhati Roy: Mother Mary Comes to Me, Jurica Pavičić: Mouth Full of Sea, James Norbury: Beautiful World, Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women, Timothy W. Ryback: Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power, Chris Anderson: TED Talks, Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco: Mom Brain.
 
ŠKOLSKA KNJIGA - this year’s highlights: MinaLima Classics, Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy, The Third Cycle of the Works of Miroslav Krleža, Collected Works of Dragutin Tadijanović, Selected poems of Petar Gudelj - Chasm and Reed, Hrvoje Hitrec: Rex Croatorum Tomislav, Mladen Tomorad: Old History, Robin Harris: Croatia: A History from Revolution to Independence, Mitja Ferenc, Uroš Košir: Hidden Croatian Mass Graves in Slovenia, Nikolai Tolstoy: Stalin’s Vengeance: The Final Truth About the Forced Return of Russians After World War II, Mirjana Kasapović: The Jerusalem Mufti El Huseini and the Muslims of Bosnia - A Dark Story from World War II, Angela Merkel and Beate Baumann: Freedom: Memories 1954 - 2021, Sun Tzu: The Art of War, Miyamoto Musashi: The Book of Five Rings, Mirela Holy/Nikolina Borčić: Celebrity Propaganda, Irena Miljković Krečar: Cyberpsychology, Jonathan Haidt: The Anxious Generation, Leonard Mlodinow, Subliminal - How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behaviour, Elijah Wald: Dylan Goes Electric!, Katarina Nina Simončič: Fashion: History of Clothing, Fashion and Design, Dr. James Lees, John Farndon: Mathematica: Mathematics From Ancient Times to the Modern World, Mark Hyman: Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?, Andrew Chevallier: Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine.

VBZ - of the new releases, special highlight goes to the long-awaited new book by Dan Brown -The Secret of Secrets. Non-fiction and biographies include Mel Robbins -The Let Them Theory, Dr. Kate Lister - A Curious History of Sex, Marc Zao Sanders -Timeboxing, Al Pacino - Sonny Boy: A Memoir. Croatian non-fiction titles include: Hrvoje Prpić -The First Half, Nikola Paleka - Inquizus 2. More authors: Semezdin Mehmedinović - A Little Novel About Silence, the new book by Charles Bukowski - On Love, poems anthology 1957 - 1994, Tadej Golub - The Lake, Boris Akunina -Pelagia and the Red Rooster. For children: Harriet Muncaster - Mirabelle and the Picnic Pranks, Mirabelle and the Midnight Feast and the Croatian author Marijana Križanović and her picture book: I Want.
 
ZNANJE - this year’s highlights: Danielle L. Jensen - A Fate Inked in Blood, Lauren Roberts - Powerless, Laurie Gilmore - The Pumpkin Spice Café, Patrick King - Read People Like a Book, Dr. Lauren Cook - Generation Anxiety, Bernardo Stamateas - Toxic People, Anthony Hopkins - We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir, Steven Bartlett - The Diary of a CEO, Giuliano da Empoli - The Hours of the Predator, Hayley Morris - Me vs Brain, Papa Franjo - Hope, Gillian Anderson - Want, Kristin Hannah - Between Sisters, Sarah Leipciger - The Moon Road, Karine Tuil - The Decision, A. K. Blakemore - The Glutton, Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness, Matt Haig - The Life Impossible, Andrzej Sapkowski - Narrenturm, Anna Metcalfe - Chrysalis; Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 4.

NEW VISUAL IDENTITY

In collaboration with the Kofein agency Interliber has adopted a modern visual identity, making a clear strategic step forward and confirming its status of a significant cultural event. The new design reflects Interliber’s key values: openness, knowledge and dialogue, using a motif of an open book.

OFFICIAL OPENING

The official opening will be held on Tuesday, 11 November 2025 at 1:00 p.m. on the gallery of the pavilion 5.

WORKING HOURS

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Friday 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

Admission to the fair is free.

PRESS CENTER

Located in the pavilion 5, it is available to journalists during the entire run of the fair. Phone: 01/6503-524, mail: zv.press@zv.hr