The festival will bring together over 40 exhibitors and will feature about 55 programmes, including book launches, meetings with writers, children's programmes and workshops.
The president of the HGK Association of Publishers and Booksellers, Slavko Kozina, noted that all regions in Croatia have their own identity and their own book festivals, such as the Book Fair(y) in Istria, Vrisak in Rijeka, the Mediterranean Book Festival in Split, and Interliber in Zagreb, while "the whole of eastern Croatia has none."
He said they managed to build the necessary infrastructure in just two months.
The festival will focus on writers and topics related to the Pannonian region and Central Europe. It will be held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Media, Osijek-Baranja County and the City of Osijek.
The organisation cost €120,000, and admission to all events will be free.