{"id":90278,"date":"2024-04-24T14:19:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/?p=90278"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:36:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:36:52","slug":"croatian-book-night-2024-makes-the-dinosaurs-message-heard-rrrrrrrrread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/news\/croatian-book-night-2024-makes-the-dinosaurs-message-heard-rrrrrrrrread\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatian Book Night 2024 makes the dinosaurs\u2019 message heard: Rrrrrrrrread!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">On 23 April 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the opening of the 2024 Croatian Book Night, whose programme was held on more than 250 venues all across Croatia, featured over 1,200 events and brought together thousands of participants of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nocknjige.hr\/\">Croatian Book Night<\/a>, Croatia\u2019s annual national programme marking <a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/commemorations\/worldbookday\">World Book and Copyright Day<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/blog-en\/croatian-book-day\/\">Croatian Book Day<\/a> (22 April) traditionally opened at the Library. After a welcome address by the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107 and introductions by the President of the Publishers and Booksellers Association of the Croatian Chamber of Economy Slavko Kozina and State Secretary at the Croatian Ministry of Science and Education Dr Iva Ivankovi\u0107, this year\u2019s Night was officially opened by the Croatian Minister of Culture and Media Dr Nina Obuljen Kor\u017einek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"90281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90281 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-4-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-4-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-4-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"90280\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90280 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-7-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-7-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-7-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb Professor Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107 and President of the Publishers and Booksellers Association of the Croatian Chamber of Economy Slavko Kozina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"90289\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-3-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90289 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-3-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-3-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-3-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-3-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-3-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-3-1-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-3-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"90288\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-6-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90288 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-6-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-6-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-6-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-6-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-6-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-6-1-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-6-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">State Secretary at the Croatian Ministry of Science and Education Dr Iva Ivankovi\u0107 and Croatian Minister of Culture and Media Dr Nina Obuljen Kor\u017einek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a>Tamara Kraus, from the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/karika.com.hr\/\">KARIKA koja nedostaje<\/a> market research agency, presented the results of the <a href=\"https:\/\/prijava.nocknjige.hr\/datoteke\/202404240721370.Karika_Noc%20knjige_2024_L.pdf\">latest survey of the Croatian citizens\u2019 reading and book-related habits and attitudes<\/a>, conducted in March 2024. Indicating a negative trend in Croatia in terms of a marked loss among the general public of interest in reading, the survey\u2019s results pointed to programmes and initiatives like the Croatian Book Night as vital for turning around the current statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-8-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90291 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-8-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-8-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-8.png 1620w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tamara Kraus, from the \u201cKARIKA koja nedostaje\u201d market research agency, presenting the results of the latest survey of the Croatian citizens\u2019 reading and book-related habits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Croatian Book Night 2024 competition winners announced<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of the Croatian Book Night Organising Committee Dobrila Zvonarek, who also moderated the Night\u2019s opening programme, announced the winners of this year\u2019s Night\u2019s competition organised by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.husk.hr\/\">Croatian Association of School Librarians<\/a> for primary and secondary school students. Drawing on <a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/news\/croatia-marking-the-500th-anniversary-of-the-passing-of-the-father-of-croatian-literature\/\">the 500<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary of the birth of Marko Maruli\u0107<\/a> , 150<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary of the birth of a six-time nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/news\/nearly-500-adventure-seekers-mark-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-croatias-six-time-nominee-for-the-nobel-prize-ivana-brlic-mazuranic\/\">Ivana Brli\u0107-Ma\u017eurani\u0107<\/a>, the centenary of the death of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Franz-Kafka\">Franz Kafka<\/a>&nbsp;and 70 years since the first publication of J. R. R. Tolkien\u2019s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-Lord-of-the-Rings\">The Lord of the Rings<\/a><\/em>, the young writers put into words their perspective on the world, revealing what they see as sources of inspiration, encouragement and consolation. Along with the presentation of the competition\u2019s award-winning texts, the programme included the exhibition of Croatian Book Night-themed cartoons by Stipe Kalaj\u017ei\u0107 and Zvonarek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" data-id=\"90007\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Stipe-Kalajzic-Dobrila-Zvonarek-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"Croatian Book Night 2024 cartoon by Stipe Kalaj\u017ei\u0107 and Dobrila Zvonarek.\" class=\"wp-image-90007 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Stipe-Kalajzic-Dobrila-Zvonarek-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Stipe-Kalajzic-Dobrila-Zvonarek-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Stipe-Kalajzic-Dobrila-Zvonarek-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Stipe-Kalajzic-Dobrila-Zvonarek-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Stipe-Kalajzic-Dobrila-Zvonarek-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/572;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" data-id=\"90297\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_George-The-Booklover-of-Yore-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"Croatian Book Night 2024 cartoon by Stipe Kalaj\u017ei\u0107 and Dobrila Zvonarek.\" class=\"wp-image-90297 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_George-The-Booklover-of-Yore-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_George-The-Booklover-of-Yore-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_George-The-Booklover-of-Yore-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_George-The-Booklover-of-Yore-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_George-The-Booklover-of-Yore-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/572;\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Cartoons by Stipe Kalaj\u017ei\u0107 and Dobrila Zvonarek spotlighting George The Booklover of Yore, the only surviving&nbsp;<em>Bookosaurus Rex<\/em>&nbsp;and the mascot of the 2024 Croatian Book Night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>George The Booklover of Yore roars \u201cRrrrrrrrread!\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 Croatian Book Night was held under the theme <em>Through the prism of a cataclysm: Books for rising to challenges<\/em> (<em>Kad je prizma kataklizma: knjige za izazovna vremena<\/em>), with George The Booklover of Yore, the only surviving <em>Bookosaurus Rex<\/em>, as its mascot, ready to shed light on how books and reading are crucial in overcoming major challenges that humankind is currently facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"George The Booklover of Yore, the mascot of the 2024 Croatian Book Night,\" class=\"wp-image-90317 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-1-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-1-1624x1080.jpg 1624w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/681;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to the latest social developments, this year\u2019s Night\u2019s programme addressed the sentiment among the global public of a looming cataclysm, brought about by today\u2019s ongoing armed conflicts and the threat they pose of sparking off a global war as well as by the disastrous impact of excessive and irresponsible use of Earth\u2019s natural resources by way of exacerbating climate change on human society and the entire living world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humankind has feared, anticipated and been fascinated by the apocalyptic visions of all kinds since time immemorial, however, cataclysmic prospects have always presented it with a choice, in which context literature and where society stood in relation to it has always played a role in terms of prompting people to do their part in making the world a better place and not to duck their social responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NSK and partners organise the \u201cI WISH TO READ TOO!\u201d <strong>national campaign event<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Anticipating the Night\u2019s official beginning, NSK, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkdrustvo.hr\/\">Croatian Library Association<\/a>\u2019s Commission for Library Services for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kgz.hr\/en\/about-us\/zagreb-city-libraries-today\/523\">Zagreb City Libraries<\/a> public libraries network and other partners organised a programme held as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/ijazelimcitati.org\/\">I WISH TO READ TOO!<\/a>, the Croatian Library Association\u2019s national campaign aimed at persons with print disabilities. The programme\u2019s inspiring messages were conveyed through a workshop, musical performances and children\u2019s rights-oriented discussion and presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" data-id=\"90393\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90393 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1-1627x1080.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/680;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" data-id=\"90395\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90395 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-1627x1080.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_I-WISH-TO-READ-TOO-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/680;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focusing on children and young adults and drawing on the 70<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the publication of J. R. R. Tolkien\u2019s <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/vijesti\/vilenjaci-u-potrazi-za-vremenom-nacionalna-kampanja-i-ja-zelim-citati-u-noci-knjige-2024\/\">programme <\/a>addressed various issues related to dyslexia and other reading disabilities as well as to the impact that reading has on the development of communication skills and on how it plays a vital part in tackling teenage violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Croatia once again happily hit by bookmania<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 Night\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nocknjige.hr\/programi.php\">more than 1,200 events<\/a> were held in as many as 240 public libraries, 120 primary and 45 secondary schools, 40 kindergartens, including a wide variety of other venues, ranging from bookstores, antiquarian bookshops, museums, through faculties, dorms, senior citizen\u2019s homes, hospitals and a prison, to parks, castles, archaeological sites, buses, trams and ferries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"90302\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90302 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"90304\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90304 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-1623x1080.jpg 1623w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zrinjevac-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zgareb-Upper-Town-Witches-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90307 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zgareb-Upper-Town-Witches-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zgareb-Upper-Town-Witches-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zgareb-Upper-Town-Witches-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Zgareb-Upper-Town-Witches.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with public readings, themed city tours and book donation initiatives, the programme included a pub quiz event which the Night\u2019s team organised in cooperation with the PriMarius craft brewery and the <a href=\"https:\/\/hrkviz.hr\/\">Croatian Quiz Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zagreb Upper Town Witches ensemble joined the nationwide book festival by offering free books-and-literature inspired tours of Croatia\u2019s capital, while Split\u2019s inhabitants and visitors could take tours commemorating the 400<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the death of Markantun de Dominis, Croatian progressive theologian and scholar at the turn of the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"968\" data-id=\"90310\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Jadrolinija-1024x968.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90310 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Jadrolinija-1024x968.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Jadrolinija-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Jadrolinija-768x726.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Jadrolinija-1536x1451.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Jadrolinija-1143x1080.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Jadrolinija-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/968;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" data-id=\"90309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Croatian-islands.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90309 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Croatian-islands.jpg 940w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Croatian-islands-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Croatian-islands-768x644.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 940px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 940\/788;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Croatian Book Night was for the first time held on Lastovo, which thus joined Krk, Rab, Prvi\u0107, Mljet, Zlarin and other Croatian islands which hosted the Croatian Book Night\u2019s previous editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Famous pens and minds in the Croatian Book Night\u2019s programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The participants in the Night\u2019s events all across Croatia included famous Croatian writers such as Pavao Pavli\u010di\u0107, Julijana Matanovi\u0107, Edo Popovi\u0107, Sanja Lovren\u010di\u0107, Damir Karaka\u0161, Enes Ki\u0161evi\u0107 and others, the authors of Croatian bestsellers stage and screen actress Arijana \u010culina and radio and television host Aleksandar Stankovi\u0107, popular linguist Nives Opa\u010di\u0107, as well as mental health experts Ali Fenwick and Ljubica Uvodi\u0107-Vrani\u0107, astronomer from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.astro.hr\/\">Vi\u0161njan Observatory<\/a>&nbsp;and famous teacher Korado Korlevi\u0107, meteorologist, popular weather presenter and author of children\u2019s books promoting environmental awareness Zoran Vakula and many, many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"90399\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_FER-event-Edo-Popovic-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90399 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_FER-event-Edo-Popovic-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_FER-event-Edo-Popovic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_FER-event-Edo-Popovic-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_FER-event-Edo-Popovic-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Matica-hrvatska-Nives-Opacic-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Matica-hrvatska-Nives-Opacic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Matica-hrvatska-Nives-Opacic-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Matica-hrvatska-Nives-Opacic-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Matica-hrvatska-Nives-Opacic-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Matica-hrvatska-Nives-Opacic-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Matica-hrvatska-Nives-Opacic-scaled.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Arkadija-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Arkadija-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Arkadija-1623x1080.jpg 1623w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Arkadija-scaled.jpg 1863w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/681;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"90412\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Ali-Fenwick-2-964x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90412 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Ali-Fenwick-2-964x1024.jpg 964w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Ali-Fenwick-2-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Ali-Fenwick-2-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Ali-Fenwick-2-1447x1536.jpg 1447w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Ali-Fenwick-2-1929x2048.jpg 1929w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Ali-Fenwick-2-1017x1080.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2024_Ali-Fenwick-2-scaled.jpg 1808w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 964px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 964\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Books-and-literature-focused television broadcasts and apocalypse movies marathon<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Third Channel of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrt.hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Croatian Radio Television<\/a>&nbsp;aired special broadcasts in which the theme of apocalypse was presented from the perspective of philosophy, meteorology, climatology and today\u2019s politics as well as the apocalypse-themed movie marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Croatian Book Night powering humanitarian initiatives<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maintaining the tradition of organising various humanitarian initiatives, the Croatian Book Night continued supporting the efforts aimed at providing Ukrainian refugees with publications in their own language by making available the titles of Ukrainian publishers in Croatian public libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, all profit from the sale of <a href=\"https:\/\/lumer-shop.eu\/?s=no%C4%87+knjige&amp;post_type=product\">the&nbsp;Night\u2019s promotional T-shirts and other merchandise<\/a>&nbsp;was donated to Split-based&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.most.hr\/brochure-en.pdf\">Udruga MoSt<\/a>&nbsp;association, while a special book donating initiative, with the Gambling Addiction Rehabilitation Day Clinic (Dnevna bolnica za ovisnost o kockanju) and Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic (Psihijatrijska bolnica za djecu i mlade\u017e) as the beneficiaries, was organised to raise public awareness of the growing problem of gambling addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lumer-shop.eu\/?s=no%C4%87+knjige&amp;post_type=product\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" 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