Book Fair

Publishing

10.May 2026. Sonja Ciric

Small book fairs are a resistance to the authorities whose actions stifle publishers

Since the Book Fair until now, five small book fairs have been held in Belgrade. Their goal is the presentation of books, but also resistance to actions by which the government stifles publishers

Special offers

22.April 2026. Sonja Ciric

Action of high school students in sixteen cities: "Books, brothers of books"

The parliament of secondary schools from sixteen cities in Serbia is organizing the humanitarian fair "Books, brothers of books" this weekend. The collected money will be donated to NURDOR

06.march 2026 Sonja Ciric

Publishers were not elected to the Board of the Book Fair

The Assembly of the City of Belgrade decided that the new Board of the Book Fair will not include publishers, as was the case until now. Jelena Medaković, secretary for culture of the city, says that the number of members has only been reduced for better functioning. The Association of Publishers and Booksellers of Serbia is seeking a new Board election

Student Book Fair

15.November 2025 KS

"Free side": Student book fair this weekend in Belgrade

Student book and culture fair "Slobodna strana" this weekend at Student Square in Belgrade

Students

11.November 2025 S. Ć.

Students invite to the "Slobodna strana" book fair

This weekend at the Faculty of Philology, students are organizing a charity fair of books and culture where 30 publishers will exhibit, similar to the one organized two weeks ago by the students of the Fourteenth High School

68th Book Fair

01.November 2025 With C.

Book fair on Saturday: Rare visitors, covered stands, no incidents

Few visitors to the Book Fair paid tribute to the victims of Novi Sad. Many stands are closed and covered with black cloth. There were no incidents

68th Book Fair

31.October 2025 Sonja Ciric

Publishers ordered security for Saturday because of the announcement of violence

For Saturday, November 1, many publishers at the Book Fair, although they will not be working, have hired security to protect their stands from a possible attack

Comment

30.October 2025 Sonja Ciric

Experiencing the regime: Belgrade Fair punishes publishers

The decision of the Belgrade Fair to punish publishers who will close their stands on November 1 is the latest scandal and the collapse of the Book Fair's reputation. The regime's trampling of cultural institutions continues

Book Fair

29.October 2025 S. Ć

The Belgrade Fair is blackmailing publishers because of November 1

Participants of the Book Fair who announced that they will not work on November 1, received an unsigned letter warning them that they would be fined for doing so.

Book Fair

25.October 2025 Sonja Ciric

How was the Book Fair opened, and how was the Alternative Fair

The first day of the Book Fair passed with uncertainty as to whether some people would come and destroy the stands of those who will not be working on November 1, while the Alternative Fair in the Fourteenth Gymnasium passed with good and true words and free views

books at the fair in the fourteenth high school in Belgrade

Humanitarian Book Fair

25.October 2025 KS

Who participates in the alternative book fair at the Fourteenth Belgrade High School

While the International Book Fair opens with numerous cancellations, the students of the Fourteenth Belgrade High School organize a humanitarian book fair. Those who refused to participate in the "real" fair exhibit at it

Book Fair

25.October 2025 KS

The Book Fair: The Picture of Two Serbia begins

Despite the cancellation of certain publishers and requests to postpone this event, this year's Book Fair begins. The prime date is November 1 - the day that marks one year since the fatal fall of the canopy of the Railway Station in Novi Sad

Book Fair

22.October 2025 S. Ć.

Do you know that the Book Fair is starting?

There is no usual excitement among the public about the beginning of the Book Fair, it is not even known which Serbian writer will open it in three. November 1 loomed over the domes of the fair halls. However, the organizers are very satisfied

Publishing

16.October 2025 Sonja Ciric

The comic remains, and the novel follows

"Happy Thursday" will for the first time exhibit books, not comics, at the recent Book Fair in Belgrade, of which they have 1500 titles and have been publishing for more than 17 years - they want to highlight their new activity

Nobel prize

10.October 2025 S.Ć.

Nobel laureate Laszlo Krasnahorkai in Serbia: An empty, modern world of oblivion

Of the three books of the latest Nobel laureate for literature that have been translated into Serbian, only one, "Ide svet", is available in bookstores. Laszlo Krasnahorkai came to Serbia as a guest of several festivals

Association of Publishers and Booksellers of Serbia

03.October 2025 B. B.

"Withdrawing from the Book Fair was a blow to culture and readers"

"The lack of understanding for postponing the date of the Book Fair shows how differently the reality we live in is perceived," states the Association of Publishers and Booksellers of Serbia.

Book Fair

03.October 2025 MLJ

Come to the virtual Book Fair

An initiative to hold a new Book Fair - in virtual space - appeared on social networks. Thus, book lovers will be able to shop without getting in the way of the management of the Belgrade Book Fair, which ignores the anniversary of the tragedy in Novi Sad on November 1.

Book Fair

02.October 2025 KS

Belgrade Fair: No publisher canceled participation

While the publishers announce that they will not participate in the upcoming Book Fair in Belgrade, the organizers state that no publisher has canceled their participation, and that only one company from Belgrade has canceled its exhibition.

The book and the country

01.October 2025 Sonja Ciric

Book Fair: A Tale of Two Serbias

The management of the Belgrade Fair announces that the Book Fair will be better and more successful than last year's, despite the fact that many publishers are canceling their participation and that Dušan Kovačević and Vladislav Bajac have resigned

The country and the book

19.September 2025 Sonja Ciric

The fate of this year's Book Fair is being decided

The publishers are asking the Belgrade Book Fair to change the term of the Book Fair so that it does not include November 1. They say that the Book Fair is not possible at that time

The state and books

12.September 2025 Sonja Ciric

The anniversary of the fall of the canopy: There will be no one to come to the Book Fair

This year, the most visited day of the Book Fair falls on November 1, the anniversary of the deadly fall of the railway station canopy in Novi Sad. Did the management of the Belgrade Fair forget about that when making the schedule for the autumn events?

The country and the book

19.August 2025 Sonja Ciric

Publishers: To participate in the Book Fair or not

Publishers say that it has never been more difficult for them to decide whether to participate in the Book Fair and knowingly risk losing money, or to give up because they know what awaits them

Urban Bushmen for the second time among the Serbs

10.April 2025. Ivan Milenkovic

In honor of Theophilus

The publishing house Biblioteka XX vek organized its book fair in Novi Sad and dedicated it to Teofil Pančić. Teofil published six books in the 2001th century: Urban Bushmen 2004, Keepers of the Bengal Fire 2007, Through the Gorges 2010, Time Machine on Repair 2013, Critique of Firepower 2007, all five with the subtitle "Life and Death in Serbian Post-Communism", and Karma Koma XNUMX, and just before the Novi Sad fair, the second edition of Urban Bushmen appeared, "Ojačano" with a foreword by Ivan Čolović and an index of names

Region

29.November 2024 Sonja Ciric

Belgrade books in the Zagreb library

In Zagreb, in the Serb minority library "Prosvjeta", an exhibition of books bought at the Belgrade Book Fair was held, where most of the purchases are made every year.

67th Book Fair

27.October 2024 S.Ć.

Despite the circumstances, everyone cares about the Book Fair

On this last day of the Book Fair, one has the impression that both the Fair and the publishers and readers once again proved that they care a lot and it is very important to meet under the fair's domes every October and to be with a book

67th Book Fair

25.October 2024 S.Ć.

Contrast: The most beautiful book is Davič's "Pesma"

The "Bogdan Kršić" award for the most beautiful book at the Book Fair was given to "Pesma" by Oskar Davič, published by Kontrasta. It was published in the Balkanon/Re:publica library, with which this publisher wants to break the social discontinuities in our culture

67th Book Fair

24.October 2024 Sonja Ciric

Less is more at the Clio publishing house stand

Foreign authors and new editions of the Belgrade publisher Clio under the motto "Less is more" which reveals both the scope of his books, but also the way in which he survives in the given circumstances of Serbian publishing