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Croatian Book Month

Three-colour visual identity of the 2026 Croatian Book Month,

Croatian Book Month 2026 opens in Virovitica

15 October – 15 November 2026

This year’s edition of the Croatian Book Month, traditionally organised by the Zagreb City Libraries public library network under the auspices of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, opened at the Virovitica City Library. Its over 2,000 events organised by more than 300 institutions will be taking place all across Croatia by 15 November. President of the Month’s Programme and Organising Committee Iva Lorković, Director of the Virovitica library Robert Fritz and the 2026 Month’s ...

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Young male NSK user returning an overdue loan to a male member of NSK staff at a loan desk in one of NSK’s reading rooms.

NSK waving late return charges as part of Croatian Book Month (11 – 14 Nov 2026)

11 – 14 November 2026

We make a fair portion of our collection available for loan – and we want to keep it that way! As part of celebrating this year’s Croatian Book Month, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be waiving late return charges from 11 to 14 November. Overdue titles may be returned where they were issued – at the loan desk on the Library’s Ground Floor or in the reading rooms on Floors 3 and 4. Just return that overdue book and you will completely be let off the hook!

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The visual identity of the fifth NSK’s 2026 “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event, featuring a portrait of Ruđer Bošković.

Sixth “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” 2026 event spotlighting Ruđer Bošković’s first work

20 October 2026. 13.00

On 20 October 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is organising the sixth event of its this year’s Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme. Focusing on another gem of the NSK collections, it is spotlighting the legacy of Croatia’s 18th-century genius Ruđer Bošković (Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich). Marking the 315th anniversary of the birth of the renowned Croatian mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, diplomat and poet and 290 years since the publication of his first work, the event is organised as one of the programmes with which the Library will ...

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Three-colour visual identity of the 2026 Croatian Book Month,

Croatian Book Month 2026: Stories – a path to discoveries

15 October – 15 November 2026

Bringing into spotlight natural sciences and scholarly books and calling for their popularisation, the slogan of this year’s Croatian Book Month is From stories to discoveries (Od priča do otkrića). As Croatia’s major national programme promoting books and reading, it is traditionally organised by the Zagreb City Libraries under the auspices of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and its rich programme will open on 15 October 2026 at the Virovitica City Library. Libraries – where science is ...

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Speakers at the closing of the 2025 Croatian Book Month.

“Superlibrarians”: Croatian Book Month 2025 closes with its quiz awards ceremony

14 November 2025

The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) once again hosted the awards ceremony of the national online quiz taking place every year as part of the Croatian Book Month, Croatia’s annual national programme supported by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and successfully spotlighting books and reading for the last thirty years. In her welcome address, the Head of the NSK User Services Department Dorja Mučnjak greeted on behalf of the NSK Director General all present at the ceremony, thanking the Zagreb City Libraries public library network for successfully organising yet another Month, ...

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The participants in the 2025 General Assembly of the Croatian Library Association.

Croatian Libraries Day: Croatian Library Association presents Library of the Year Award 2025

50th General Assembly of the Croatian Library Association

At its 50th General Assembly and as part of the celebration of the Croatian Libraries Day, traditionally marked during the Croatian Book Month, the Croatian Library Association announced the winners of the 2025 Library of the Year Award. Celebrated on the Association’s initiative since 2010, the Croatian Libraries Day is marked on 11 November, on the anniversary of the passing in 1960 of the first Croatian library act, which set the legal framework necessary for a planned and systematic operation and development of all types of libraries in Croatia and all key elements making up the Croatian national library system.

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Participants in the fifth edition of the NSK “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” spotlights books as works of visual art

29 October 2025

Featuring a lecture-and-exhibition programme themed Art between the covers: Book as a work of art, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) organised the fifth edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium. Held as part of this year’s Croatian Book Month, the programme was prepared as one of the events of the Library’s 2025 programme promoting and popularising Croatian cultural heritage which it preserves as part of CROATICA, Croatia’s national library collection. Book as a medium of expression in visual art ...

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The visual identity of the fifth edition of the NSK “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” #5: “Art between the covers: Book as a work of art”

29 October 2025, 12.00, CroAtrium, conference hall Judita

The fifth edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, the 2025 programme of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) promoting and popularising the Croatian national library collection, will be held on 29 October 2025, as part of this year’s Croatian Book Month programme. Spotlighting books created as works of art, mainly visual art, the programme will feature a lecture by Professor at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts Tanja Dabo, who will present the specific characteristics of artists’ books and other forms of art books.  

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Young male person among bookshelves holding a pile of books hiding his face.

NSK waving late return charges as part of 2025 Croatian Book Month

8 – 15 November 2025

As part of celebrating this year’s Croatian Book Month, the National and University Library in Zagreb will be waiving all late return charges from 8 to 15 November 2025. Overdue titles may be returned where they were issued – at the loan desk on the Library’s Ground Floor or in the reading rooms on Floors 3 and 4. Just return that overdue book and you will completely be let off the hook!

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The visual identity of the 2025 Croatian Book Month.

Croatian Book Month 2025 kicks off in Sisak – with librarians in the spotlight

15 October – 15 November 2025

The 30th edition of the Croatian Book Month organised by the Zagreb City Libraries public library network and under the auspices of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, opened at the Vlado Gotovac Public Library in Sisak. Traditionally taking place from 15 October to 15 November as Croatia’s annual national programme promoting books and reading, the 2025 Month spotlights the essential role of librarians in contemporary society. After welcome addresses by the President of the Month’s Programme and Organising Committee Dr Sunčica Ostoić and Acting Director of the Sisak library Vesna Ivanković, the 2025 Month’s ...

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