The participants are from a score of countries, including Germany, Hungary, Italy, Israel and Canada.
Some of the festival's guests who the Zagreb audience will have the opportunity to meet are David Foenkinos, Etgar Keret, Philipp Blom, Filip David, Reinhard Kleist, Clemens Meyer, Ivancica Djeric, Julya Rabinowich, Diego Marani, Ernesto Mallo, Borivoj Dovnikovic, Sofi Oksanen, Miljenko Jergovic, Kristian Novak, Edo Popovic, Etienne Davodeau, Ognjen Spahic, Andrej E. Skubic, and Oto Horvat.
The World Literature Festival is supported by the European Union programme Creative Europe, the Croatian Culture Ministry, the City of Zagreb, the Rendez-vous Festival of France in Croatia, the Institut de France, the European network for literature and books Traduki, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Finnish and Israeli embassies in Croatia, the Austrian Cultural Forum, Goethe Institut Zagreb and the Miroslav Krleza Institute of Lexicography.