9th BOOK FAIR(Y) IN ISTRIA
Pula Festival of Books and Authors
Theme: Power of a Woman and Literary Creation
3rd – 13th December 2003
House of Croatian Defenders
"If Interliber is Croatian Frankfurt, then the Book Fair(y) in Istria is Croatian Leipzig.“ - the minister of culture Dr. Antun Vujić pointed out at the opening of the 9th Book Fair, devoted to its founder Boško Obradović.
The central theme of the Fair titled "Power of a Woman and Literary Creation“ stirred strong emotions in some women writers even before the Fair's beginning. Irena Vrkljan, Sanja Iveković, Sibila Petlevski, Milana Vuković-Runjić, Andrea Zlatar, Daša Drndić and Julijana Matanović, to mention only some of the local writers, along with Karolina Fetscher, Magdaléna Platzova, Alice Schwarzer, Bettina Balàka, Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti and Erica Fischer presented their intricate work in all of its literary aspects.
Forty-some tons of books (from 290 Croatian and foreign publishers) arrived at the Fair and were meticulously examined and chosen for their private book collections by tens of thousands of visitors. Apart from the House of Croatian Defenders, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, cafe Foška, Club P14, Rock Club Uljanik, Multimedia Center Luka, restaurant Vela Nera, and Gallery Cvajner opened their doors to the audience and 150-some authors, translators, and editors.
