{"id":96038,"date":"2025-04-23T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/?p=96038"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:57:02","slug":"reading-is-a-must-no-matter-what-where-when-and-how-croatian-book-night-2025-opens-at-nsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/news\/reading-is-a-must-no-matter-what-where-when-and-how-croatian-book-night-2025-opens-at-nsk\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cReading is a must \u2013 no matter what (where, when and how)!\u201d: Croatian Book Night 2025 opens at NSK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">On 23 April 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the opening of <a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/news\/croatian-book-night-2025-reading-to-be-promoted-in-over-1100-programmes\/\">the 2025 Croatian Book Night<\/a>, whose over 1,100 programmes in the upcoming days will bring together as many as 330 institutions on more than 260 locations all across Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Library once again hosted the opening of 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). <\/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=\"96039\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107.\" class=\"wp-image-96039 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-1-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-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=\"96041\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96041 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-2-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-2-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=\"96042\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96042 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-3-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-3-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-3-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\">NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107, Director of the Zagreb City Libraries Dr Sun\u010dica Ostoi\u0107 and President of the Publishers and Booksellers Association of the Croatian Chamber of Economy Slavko Kozina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a welcome address by the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107 and introductions by the Director of the Zagreb City Libraries Dr Sun\u010dica Ostoi\u0107, President of the Publishers and Booksellers Association of the Croatian Chamber of Economy Slavko Kozina and Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Science, Education and Youth and State Secretary Zrinka Mu\u017eini\u0107 Biki\u0107, the Night\u2019s 2025 edition was officially opened by the Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Culture and Media and State Secretary Kre\u0161imir Partl.<\/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-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=\"96045\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96045 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-4-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-4-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-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=\"96049\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96049 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-5-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-5-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-5-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\">Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Science, Education and Youth and State Secretary Zrinka Mu\u017eini\u0107 Biki\u0107 and Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Culture and Media and State Secretary Kre\u0161imir Partl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\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:\/\/nocknjige.hr\/prijava\/datoteke\/202504230915500.Istrazivanje_2025_Karika_Noc%20knjige.pdf\">latest survey of the Croatian citizens\u2019 reading and book-related habits and attitudes<\/a>, conducted in April 2025. <\/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-4 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=\"96051\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96051 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-6-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-6-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-6-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=\"96053\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96053 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-7-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-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\">Tamara Kraus, from the \u201cKARIKA koja nedostaje\u201d market research agency, presented the results of the latest survey of Croatian citizens\u2019 reading and book-related habits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indicating a slowdown in the negative trend in Croatia in the last five years in terms of a marked loss of interest in reading among the general public, the survey\u2019s results show that even though books continue to be less and less bought, the increase in the number of books borrowed from libraries is encouraging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Winners of the 2025 Croatian Book Night competition announced<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.husk.hr\/\">Croatian Association of School Librarians<\/a> Vanja Jurilj announced the winners of this year\u2019s Night\u2019s competition which the Association organised for primary and secondary-school pupils. <\/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=\"683\" data-id=\"96055\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96055 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-8-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-8-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-8-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;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President of the Croatian Association of School Librarians Vanja Jurilj.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"96057\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96057 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-9-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-9-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-2025-opens-at-NSK-9-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;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exhibition of Croatian Book Night-themed cartoons by Stipe Kalaj\u017ei\u0107 and Dobrila Zvonarek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the presentation of the award-winning texts, which brought into spotlight the indispensable place of animals in literature and their role in putting across the messages of many famous literary works, the programme included the exhibition of Croatian Book Night-themed cartoons by Stipe Kalaj\u017ei\u0107 and Dobrila Zvonarek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NSK Croatian Book Night-themed escape room event brings together lovers of mystery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a couple of hours after the Night\u2019s official launch, the Library organised <a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/events\/zoobookathon-nsk-2025-escape-room-exploration-of-fascinating-fauna-in-nsk-collections\/\">ZOOBookathon<\/a>, its 2025 escape room event held as part of the Night\u2019s programme and prepared in cooperation with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zagreb.roomescape.hr\/\">Fox in a Box<\/a>&nbsp;company. &nbsp;<\/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=\"96092\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-0-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96092 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-0-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-0-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-0-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-0-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=\"96094\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96094 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-1-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After <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\/\">the 2024 NSK escape room programme<\/a> brought into spotlight the author of the iconic works of Croatian children\u2019s literature and a six-time nominee for the Nobel Prize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nomination\/archive\/show_people.php?id=1353\">Ivana Brli\u0107-Ma\u017eurani\u0107<\/a> (1874-1938), this year\u2019s NSK escape room was an exploration of the fascinating animal world hiding in <a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/nsk-collections\/\">the Library\u2019s collections<\/a>., in line with <a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/events\/croatian-book-night-2025-to-animals-from-humans-with-bookish-love\/\">this year\u2019s Night\u2019s theme<\/a>.<\/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=\"683\" data-id=\"96098\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96098 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-2-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-2-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=\"96096\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96096 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-4-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The event attracted almost 500 participants of all ages, taking them on a unique adventure through the Library\u2019s spaces and featuring animal-focused puzzles whose solving helped them to learn more about NSK as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/what-we-do\/\">Croatia\u2019s largest library<\/a>.<\/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=\"96102\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96102 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-5-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-5-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=\"96100\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96100 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-6-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-6-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ZOOBookathon-6-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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bookctopus\u2019s supersmart appeal: <em>Reading is a must \u2013 no matter what (where, when and how)!<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 Croatian Book Night is devoted to the vital place of animals in literature and popular culture, with Bookctopus as its supersmart mascot calling everyone\u2019s attention to the importance of reading \u2013 <em><em>no matter what (where, when and how)<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from 180 public libraries and numerous schools and kindergartens, the 2025 Night\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nocknjige.hr\/programi.php\">more than 1,100 events<\/a> will also be taking place in museums, hospitals, elderly care homes, even prisons.<\/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-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"96063\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-10-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96063 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-10-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-10-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-10-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\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"96065\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-11-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96065 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-11-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-11-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-11-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-11-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-11-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-11-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\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Night\u2019s participants of all ages will celebrate books and reading in parks, castles, pubs, on archaeological sites, the means of public transport, even on ships and trains, while books will be made available at <a href=\"https:\/\/knjigasvimaisvuda.znk.hr\/\">affordable prices<\/a> in bookstores, antiquarian bookshops and online until the end of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Famous pens and minds, special television broadcasts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The participants in the Night\u2019s events all across Croatia will include famous Croatian writers and other artists, such as painters and musicians, as well as psychologists. Some of them will be Ivana Bodro\u017ei\u0107, Zoran Feri\u0107, Rene Medve\u0161ek, Rujana Jeger, Marina \u0160ur Puhlovski, Julijana Matanovi\u0107, Monika Herceg, Ivana \u0160ojat, Ana Horvat, Zdenko Ba\u0161i\u0107 and others. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"624\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-13-1024x624.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96061 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-13-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-13-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-13-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-13.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\/624;\" \/><\/figure>\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;in collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/vidatv.hr\/\">VIDA<\/a> television will be airing special broadcasts in which the complex relationship between humans and animals will be presented from the anthropological, ethnological, legal, biological and philosophical perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>To animals, from humans \u2013 with bookish love<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, in line with the Night\u2019s theme, all profit from the sale of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lumer-shop.eu\/?s=no%C4%87+knjige&amp;post_type=product\">Night\u2019s promotional T-shirts, bags and other merchandise<\/a>&nbsp;will be donated to Zagreb-based&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/plavikriz.hr\/\">Plavi kri\u017e<\/a>, while several other animal welfare charities will receive book donations which they will be able to offer for sale at their online auctions and thus obtain resources to fund their work.<\/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-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" data-id=\"96059\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-12-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Young woman reaching out to a cat in a cage.\" class=\"wp-image-96059 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-12-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-12-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-12.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\/684;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"804\" data-id=\"96080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-14.jpg\" alt=\"The 2025 Croatian Book Night\u2019s promotional T-shirt.\" class=\"wp-image-96080 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-14.jpg 859w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-14-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsk.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Croatian-Book-Night-opens-at-NSK-14-768x719.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 859px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 859\/804;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the Night continues to support the efforts aimed at providing the Ukrainian refugees in Croatia with publications in their own language by making available the titles of Ukrainian publishers in Croatian public libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/min-kulture.gov.hr\/en\">Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/udrugazana.hr\/\">Croatian Publishers Licensing Society (ZANA)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/zagreb.hr\/en\/the-mayor-of-zagreb\/106869\">City of Zagreb<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.24sata.hr\/\">24 sata<\/a><\/em> media company, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vecernji.hr\/\">Ve\u010dernji list<\/a><\/em> daily and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VIDA_TV\">VIDA<\/a> television production company, the 2025 Croatian Book Night&nbsp;is organised by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/znk.hr\/home\/\">Publishers and Booksellers Association of the Croatian Chamber of Economy<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/\">National and University Library in Zagreb<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kgz.hr\/en\/about-us\/zagreb-city-libraries-today\/523\">Zagreb City Libraries<\/a>,&nbsp;book market-focused association&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.knjizniblok.hr\/\">Knji\u017eni blok \u2013 Inicijativa za knjigu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/udrugazana.hr\/\">Croatian Publishers 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