6th BOOK FAIR IN ISTRIA
In Bed With a Book

4th – 14th December 2000
Cinema Pula

The sixth Fair was dedicated to all of those who lay in bed with a book, to the inexistent club of bed readers. This Book Fair in Istria began with the slogan "To the Bed With a Book“ and an accompanying poster that stirred up a hornets' nest and caused outrage among self-proclaimed moral policemen. Forty-some authors, editors, and hosts who participated in the book promotions transformed the Fair into a real book festival. At the time, not widely known Festival of A Literature (Festival A Književnosti – FAK) – a traveling, collective presentation of mostly young, but also some established authors - took place as a separate program of the Fair at the legendary Rock Club Uljanik and attracted the most attention.  

The promotion of the book The Biblioclasts by Gérard Haddad will be remembered as the longest and most emotional promotion of the Fair, owing primarily to the host, the late Don Branko Sbutega. That was also the only promotion where the host – because the author wasn't present – signed books at the request of the audience.