This year's anniversary edition of the Podgorica Book and Education Fair, which is being held at TC BIG FASHION from May 11 to 17 under the slogan "We are building culture", brings dozens of famous domestic and foreign authors, more than 100 exhibitors and over 100.000 titles with great fair discounts. Over the course of seven days, the Fair will once again confirm why it is one of the most important and most visited cultural events in Montenegro.

As every year, this year's Fair brings together well-known domestic, regional and international names. Guests of this year's Fair include winners of major European and international awards translated into numerous world languages, such as Ana Merino and Jonas Lišer.

Visitors can expect book promotions, talks with authors, panel discussions, performances, literary workshops, exhibitions and meetings with some of the most important contemporary literary names. This year, the fair once again confirms its role as one of the most important meeting places for books, culture and education in the region.

The patrons of the 20th International Podgorica Book and Education Fair are the Ministry of Culture and Media and the Capital City. The fair is also held with the strong institutional support of the Parliament of Montenegro, the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, and the Ministry of European Affairs.

The general sponsor of the Book Fair is the company MTEL Montenegro. The fair was also supported by Elektroprivreda Crne Gore, Cedis, Luštica, TO Montenegro and many others.

An exceptional contribution to this year's fair was also made by media sponsors - numerous media outlets in Montenegro.

May 11 - 17, 2026 | 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. | TC Big Fashion, Cetinjski put bb

We are building a culture

Monday, May 11

12.00 am - Opening ceremony of the 20th anniversary international Podgorica book and education fair – Music Center of Montenegro, Chamber Hall

18.30 am - Promotion of the book Selected Works, author: Dušan Kovačević, moderator: Gojko Božović, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

19.00 am - Opening of the Anonymous Photography Exhibition, speakers: author Đorđe Gregović and Stanka Stanojević, Fair Gallery “Petar Lubarda”

19.30 am - Book promotion In Machiavelli's Theater, speakers: author Prof. Dr. Bojan Kovačević, Bora Babić and Ilija Vujačić, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

20.00 am - Promotion of the novels Spring of the Barbarians and Kraft (Swiss Literary Award), author: Jonas Lišer, moderator: Edin Smailović, translator: Milica Vidaković, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

Tuesday, May 12

11.00 am - Promotion of the educational work of the Public Educational Service "Đina Vrbica", Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

12.00 am - Promotion of the fifth issue of the Mozaik Literary Club's anthology "Poenta Poetica", speakers: Goran Radojičić and young poets of the "Poenta Poetica" Club, Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

13.00 am - Promotion of the book Glossary of Symbols in Fairy Tales, author: Blaga Žurić, moderator: Jadranka Đerković, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

14.00 am - Promotion of the publication "A Creator's Path to Successful Writing", author: Dušanka Popović, moderator: Jadranka Đerković, Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

15.00 am - Promotion of the poetry collection Instant Songs, author: Dušanka Lojpur, moderator: Marija Vujošević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

15.30 am - Book presentation organized by the Libertatea Publishing House and Printing House (Pančevo, Serbia), with the participation of authors Marijana Stratulat, Verica Preda Prevera, Gordana Kovačević and young poet Katja Vasilev, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

16.00 am - Promotion of the novel Mother, Let Me Go, author: Igor Marojević, moderator: Jelena Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

16.30 am - Promotion of the book Čuke bez po muka, author: Branko Gradišnik, moderator: Marija Vujošević, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

17.00 am - Interview with the author: Kenan Crnkić, moderator: Jelena Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

17.30 am - Screening of the film about the Book under Feral festival (20 minutes), by Đorđe Gregović, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

18.00 am - Interview with the author: Dragan Velikić, moderator: Gojko Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

18.30 am - Presentation of the work of the Solaris publishing house, speakers: Vladislava Grče, Ilija Bakić and Vesna Farkaš, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

19.00 am - Interview with the author: Mirjana Bobić-Mojsilović, moderator: Jelena Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

19.30 am - Promotion of the novel Paper of Your Skin, author: Lora Tomaš, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

20.00 am - Monodrama compilation, play: Petar Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

Wednesday, May 13

11.00 am - The play The Cricket and the Ants, Public Theatre “Ljubica Popović”, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

12.00 am - Interactive literary workshop “Children carry the world in their hands”, hosts: Goran Radojičić and Milica Radojičić, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

12.30 am - Promotion of the Romanian language translation of Dr. Ljubica Rajkić: Luča mikrokozma Petar II Petrović Njegoš and Pisma iz Crne Gore, poesia svremenih poets (Publisher: Savez Srbi u Ruminiji, Timişoara, 2025), speakers: poet and literary critic Milutin Mićović; Promotion of the poetry collections Unutrasnje carstvo by Ljubica Rajkić (Publisher: Savez Srbi u Ruminiji, Timişoara, 2025) and Globusi, Dragan Olariu (Publisher: Eikon, Bucharest, 2025), speakers: Dr. Ljubica Rajkić, Sajamska bina 1 “Marko Miljanov”

13.00 am - 150th anniversary of the birth of Borisav Stanković (on the occasion of the works of Borisav Stanković from the Kanon Edition of the Sceroprint publishing house from Niš), speakers: Prof. Dr. Goran Maksimović and Prof. Dr. Mirjana Bojanić Ćirković, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

13.30 am - Fiction - from classic to contemporary novel, talks by Bogdan Hrib, writer and publisher (Tritonic Publishing House in Romania), Fair Stage 1 "Marko Miljanov"

14.00 am - Nikšić - European Capital of Culture, speakers: Marko Kovačević, Mayor of Nikšić Municipality, Mato Uljarević and Nemanja Popović, Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

14.30 am - Tourist guides about Romania, speaking: H.E. Viorel Ardeleanu, Ambassador of Romania to Montenegro and Milica Rajković, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

15.00 am - Interview with the author: Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

15.30 am - Poetic worlds of Andrija Radulović, speeches: Aleksandar Ćuković and the author, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

16.00 am - Promotion of the novel I'm leaving, see you later, speakers: author Sara Đurović, Jovana Bojović, moderator: Marija Vujošević, Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

16.30 am - Promotion of the book At the Gates of Constantinople, speakers: author academic Slavenko Terzić and Budimir Aleksić, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

17.00 am - From manuscript to bestseller - panel discussion with literary agents, speakers: Samuel Sheldon and Maïa Hruska (The Wylie Agency), Maria Pau-Roca and Teresa Pintó (Carmen Balcells), Annabel White (Susanna Lea Associates), Vuk Perišić and Nada Perišić (Agencija Plima), moderator: Marija Vujošević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

17.30 am - Lecture for parents: Together for a happy and successful child, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

18.00 am - The play Guide to the Serbian Mentality, directed by Vjera Mujović, starring: Stevan Piale, Siniša Dogan and Tašana Đorđević-Adamović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

18.30 am - Promotion of the book Audience Development and Cultural Policy, speakers: author Steven Headley, Prof. Dr. Tamara Jovović, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Mediterranean University and translator of the book, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

19.00 am - Book signing and socializing with the author: Daniel Zoranić Dizgram, City Bookstore Stand

19.00 am - Interview with the author: Zorica Tomić, moderator: Jelena Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

19.30 am - Promotion of the book Podgorica Trilogy, author: Balša Brković, moderator Aleksandar Ćuković, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

20.00 am - Organic literary studies, The Books of Books, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

Thursday, May 14

11.00 am - Promotion of the novel Frau Beta (final of the Nino Award and the “Belgrade Winner” award), author: Laura Barna, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

12.00 am - Promotion of the book Around the Mind of Wolfgang Pauli, author: Ilija Kapičić, speakers: Siniša Jelušić and Dragan Hajduković, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

12.30 am - Visual Identity on Money 1884-2024 - a multiple award-winning study in the field of art history, author: Gordana Jauković Nenezić, moderator: Zorica Stablović Bulajić, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

13.00 am - Novi Sad Writers' Association: presentation of the work of Selimir Radulović, Vladimir Pištal, Ivan Negrišorc, Nenad Šaponja and Igor Mirović, Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

13.30 am - Presentation of the TRADUKI network, speakers: Andrej Lovisin and Angelika Salvisberg, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

14.00 am - Hilandar Road Signs - presentation of the edition of the Hilandar Monastery Foundation, speech: Milovoje Ranđić, director of the Hilandar Monastery Foundation, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

14.30 am - Promotion of the book Undiplomatic Lives, speeches by authors William and Lynn Montgomery, Miodrag Lekić and Zoran Hamović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

15.00 am - Promotion of the book Emotional Compass, author: Irfan Klica, moderator: Demo Kojić, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

15.30 am - Presentation of the publication of the Archives of the Republic of Srpska and promotion of the book by Prof. Dr. Goran Latinović, Republika Srpska - the art of existence, speakers: Director of the Archives of the Republic of Srpska Bojan Stojnić and the author of the monograph, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

16.00 am - Program on the occasion of the anniversary of the institution of the Public Service Commission “Ljubica Popović”, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

16.30 am - Promotion of the novel Eternal Love, author: Mirsad Pašović, moderator: actor Rade Čolović, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

17.00 am - Promotion of the book In the East of the West (And in the West of the East), author: Miodrag Lekić, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

17.30 am - Promotion of the novel Carrot (Nino Award for the best novel of 2025), author: Darko Tuševljaković, moderator: Mladen Vesković, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

18.00 am - Promotion of the book Crnocrveno, author: Rade Šerbedžija, moderator: Marija Vujošević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

18.30 am - Promotion of the novel Demonijak, author: Aleksandar Bečanović, moderator: Marinko Vorgić, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

19.00 am - Pre-promotion of the book Our Stories, author: Ivan Bosiljčić, moderator: Jelena Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

19.30 am - Promotion of the audio edition of 20 Writers in 20 Years: Words of Contemporary Writers of Montenegro, speakers: Božidar Denda, Budimir Dubak, Radomir Uljarević, Miljan Nikolić and Aleksandar Ćuković, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

20.00 am - Promotion of the novel San Antonio, author: Muharem Bazdulj, moderator: Jelena Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

Friday, May 15

11.00 am - Presentation of the publishing activities of the “Radosav Ljumović” library, speaker: Slavica Ilinčić, library director, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

12.00 am - Panel discussion Women's Letter Today, program sponsor: Nađa Ljiljanić, participants: Ana Merino, Lana Bastašić, Laura Barna, Ksenija Popović, Nataša Nelević, Slavica Perović, Barbara Delac and Milena Radević, moderator: Marija Vujošević, Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

13.00 am - Promotion of the novel "Stop Hate, Spread Love", speeches by: author Žana Gardašević, Kemal Musić and Nađa Durković, Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

14.00 am - Promotion of new publications of the Provincial Archives of Kosovo and Metohija, speakers: Marko Marković, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

14.30 am - Born to Read, speeches: prim. mr. sc. Marija Radonić, moderator Svetlana Višnjić, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

15.00 am - Promotion of the book Kale - Fortresses of the Ottoman Empire in Montenegro, speakers: author Radojica Rašo Pavićević, Nenad Zečević, executive director and editor-in-chief of Pobjeda, Dženis Nurković, director of the Fund for the Exercise and Protection of Minority Rights, moderator: Andrija Radović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

15.30 am - Promotion of the book The Book about Marko Miljanov - Studies, Essays on Criticism 1880-2020 edited by Dragan Lakićević, speakers: Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Jerkov and Mladen Vesković, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

16.00 am - About the evil path and the search for a story – narrative prose by Nebojša Jevrić, the author talks about his stories, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

16.30 am - Promotion of the book of the Archives of Vojvodina Battle for Honor - General Mitar Martinović, speakers: Dr. Nebojša Kuzmanović, Director of the Archives of Vojvodina and Ivana Žigon, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

17.00 am - Promotion of the story collection Milk Teeth, author: Lana Bastašić, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

17.30 am - Promotion of the book Law of Force, author: Saša Knežević, moderator: Aleksandar Ćuković, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

18.00 am - Interview with the author: Marina Vujčić, moderator: Nataša Nelević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

18.30 am - Promotion of the poetry collection The House on the Sunny Side, speakers: author Dragan Bojović, Radomir Uljarević, Želidrag Nikčević and Gojko Božović, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

19.00 am - Interview with the author: Rajko Grlić, moderator: Gojko Božović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

19.30 am - Interview with the author: Stefan Bošković, “Marko Miljanov” hall, moderator: Vasko Raičević, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

20.00 am - Conversation with the author and promotion of the novel Map of Feelings (Nadal Award): Ana Merino, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, translator: Ivana Kovač-Barett, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

Saturday, May 16

11.00 am - Promotion of the monograph Continuity of States in International Law – Yugoslavia before the UN (Ukronija publishing house) by Dr. Goran V. Đorđević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

12.00 am - Round table Publishing and domestic literature, speakers: Natalija Đaletić, Zoran Hamović, Gojko Božović, Marinko Vorgić and Mišo Nejašmić, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

13.00 am - Promotion of the book Intellectuals and the Serbian Public by Prof. Dr. Zoran Avramović, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

15.00 am - Promotion of the book Collected Works of Metropolitan Amfilohije, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

15.30 am - Promotion of the publication of the Institute of Historical Sciences, University of East Sarajevo, speakers: Prof. Dr. Mirjana Lukić, Director of the Institute, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

16.00 am - Promotion of the novel Lucy (Golden Sunflower Award, finals of the Belgrade Winner Award), author: Bojan Savić Ostojić, moderator: Marinko Vorgić, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

16.30 am - Interview with the author: Đorđe Matić, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

17.00 am - Promotion of the poetry collection Autofriction, author: Marija Vujošević, moderator: Aleksandar Ćuković, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

17.30 am - Promotion of the book Battle of Sutjeska - Hell in Paradise, author: Šimun Cimerman, moderator: Mišo Nejašmić, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

18.00 am - Promotion of the novel Bekos (awarded "Belgrade Winner"), author: Enes Halilović, moderator: Aleksandar Ćuković, Fair Stage 2 "Petar Petrović Njegoš"

18.30 am - Promotion of the collection of stories Negatives, spoken by: author Luka Macanović, Nikola Joković and Jakov Balić, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

19.00 am - Promotion of the novel Something on a Spoon, author: Ivica Ivanišević, moderator: Marija Vujošević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

19.00 am - Promotion of the monograph The First Library of Accessible Formats 2006 - 2026, speakers: Dr. Tamara Vujović, Minister of Culture and Media and MA Aleksandar Ćuković, author of the monograph, Chamber Hall of the Music Center of Montenegro

19.30 am - Interview with the author: Tanja Bečanović, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, Fair Stage 1 “Marko Miljanov”

20.00 am - Promotion of the novel The Fixer, author: Goran Gocić, moderator: Ksenija Rakočević, Fair Stage 2 “Petar Petrović Njegoš”

(Podgorica Book Fair)