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Zagreb Fair
31st Fair of Books - Interliber 2008
Avenija Dubrovnik 15
12.11. - 16.11.

Interliber 2008 – is the International Book and Teaching Appliances Fair. In year 2003 Hungary joined the Fair as a partner country, followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2004, the Croatian Heritage Foundation - authors and publishers from diaspora in 2005, Slovenia in 2006 and finally Poland in 2007.

Interliber has growing importance in among international publishers and writers and this year it is expected to have the biggest supply of books under the same roof, offering the visitors Fair discounts on the products.In the same time there is also a Music & Multimedia Fair.

Promotions, Presentations and Attractions on the Fair:

* Launching of new titles and editions
* Program on stage in the pavilion 6: panel discussions, meetings with authors, literary critics, literary workshops, presentation of publishing houses
* Professional gatherings
* Day of Libraries
* Exhibition of works that received the “J.J.Strossmayer” award
* Book sales at bargain prices
* Children workshops at stands

Exhibition Program:

* Newspapers and magazines
* Fiction
* School and educational literature
* Religion/theology, literature
* Trade literature, science
* Art
* Children’s and young adults’ books, picture books, comics
* Monographs
* Maps, travel guides and charts
* Reference, dictionaries
* Multimedia/Electronic Publisher
* Audio/video publishing
* Trade and economic associations, institutions, agencies
* Libraries/galleries/museums
* Cabinet, laboratory and other teaching appliances
* Equipment and furniture for pre-school and school facilities

Zagreb Fair - Interliber - www.zv.hr
Music & Multimedia Fair - www.sajam-multimedije.com

For all Jazz fans 05. 11. 2008 - 16. 11. 2008
Studentski centar, Savska 25, Zagreb

The Festival will show us the most interesting things happening in the jazz world, but with the broad programme it promotes freedom in music showing a wide range of possibilities and movements through the jazz music.
The festival has two parts, the first part starts on 5th of November with the opening concert of Dave Douglas 3 one of the US most famous musicians in the jazz scene, one of the best trumpeters in the world, magnificent composer and a bandleader.
From 5th till 7th of November there is a musical performance “Teretni čovjek” from Damira Bartola Indoša and his House of Extreme Music Theatre.
From 5th till 10th there is music workshop with legendary free jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle. Although he established his reputation as saxophonist he is also pianist, bass clarinettist, and percussionist. One of his most celebrated, and famous works is free album “Touchin’ on Trane”.

Second part of the Festival starts on 10th of November with the most admired jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, and already mentioned Charles Gayle. Both are more than ten years on the central jazz instrumentalists and composers.
On 11th of November Amina Claudine Myers, creative and one of the few jazz composers with a mastery of blues, gospel and soul music will have her performance with Amina Claudine Myers Trio. Billy Bang the most significant free jazz violinist and composer will also give to the public the pleasure to perform on the Festival. De Reizende Verkoper (The Traveling Salesman) will show the extraordinary combination of freak/noise/free jazz/rock sound.

12th of November will amaze the visitors with Larsen feat. Jamie Stewart & Julia Kent, Olafur Arnalds and Paramount Styles.

On 13th the entertainers are Alexander Balanescu, Zlatko Kaučič & Javier Girotto (Romania/Slovenia/Argentina), Larry Ochs’ Kihnoua and The Engines.

On 14th of November the Festival will host Globe Unity Orchestra, The Claudia Quintet and sonus@anima.

Kid Koala, Joe Fiedler Trio, Lightning Bolt and Uzeda will entertain on last two days (15.11. & 16.11.) of the 9th International N.O. Jazz Festival.

Check out 10th N.O. Jazz Festival