Some of the prominent guests invited to the festival are poets and writers from the region and Croatia: Abdulah Sidran, Irena Vrkljan, Mile Stojic, Marko Pogacar and Tomica Bajsic.
In addition, the festival features Scottish historian Neal Ascherson who will promote his book "Black Sea" and German historian Norman Ohler who will present his book "Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany".
The programme of the festival was presented in Zagreb on Thursday.