Breakfast With the Author

Breakfast With the Author is a traditional program of the Book Fair(y) in Istria that has gained a legendary reputation among the audience, authors, and guests of the Fair since the very beginning. The list of guests that took the stage at the Breakfast With the Author serves as a testimony to its exclusivity: Orhan Pamuk, Umberto Eco, Péter Esterházy, Adonis, Peter Sloterdijk, Wole Soyinka, Philippe Claudel, Claudio Magris, Jiří Menzel, Dušan Karpatský, Irvine Welsh, Erica Fischer, Dacia Maraini, Kenneth White, Alberto Manguel, Ludvík Vaculík, Aleksandar Genis, Tatjana Tolstaja, Ljudmila Petruševskaja, Rui Nunes, Erri De Luca, Jóse Eduardo Agualusa, Zeruya Shalev, Jurij Andruhovič, Predrag Matvejević, Arsen Dedić, Tonko Maroević, Mirko Kovač, don Branko Sbutega, etc.

In the authentic environment of Cafe Mozart, which enlivens the cosmopolite spirit of Pula in the Austro-Hungarian times, Breakfast With the Author forges the bond between the author, her oeuvre, and the audience. This program owns its charm not only to its famed and intriguing guests but also to its hosts; until 2016. Breakfast With the Author was hosted by Vojo Šiljak, who passed the baton to Aljoša Pužar. The whole history of the Book Fair(y) is engraved in this program. Adored by the audience and consistently followed by the media, Breakfast With the Author has earned the title of the most popular program of the Fair.