The Guest of Honor Country
Since 2002, Belgrade Fair has got also its Guest of Honor – the country with especially presented literature and publishing production. The Guest of Honor Country gets an outstanding location in the Hall 1 Arena within the Book Fair. The Guest of Honor has the opportunity of presenting its publishing and culture at its stand as well as in the Fair's promotion conference halls, within the author meeting program, lectures and trade seminars.
The Guest of Honor may feature at the Fair the authors from its country, translators, publishers, distributors, as well as all those connected to the book in different ways. Establishing strong and live cultural connections is one of the most important event objectives and in this respect the Guest of Honor institution is extremely important.
The previous Guests of Honors were Norway (2002), Canada (2003), France (2004), UK (2005), USA (2006), Italy (2007), Japan (2008), Greece (2009) and Sweden (2010).
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