BOOKtiga is the name of an internationally renowned book festival that started in 2008, and the same year we were invited to present it as an example of good practice at the 12th seminar “Archives, Libraries, Museums” at the Cultural Tourism Workshop. The forerunner of this festival was the Poreč Summer Book Fair organized by […]

The idea for this manifestation was first born and realized in 1994. The meeting of the Istrian Chakavian poets has become a traditional annual gathering and socializing with poetry. The meeting was called Histrijada and the collection of poems Verši na šterni (Verses on the Well). It takes place in Vižinada at the beginning of […]

The Laurus Nobilis Award was founded in 1995 to encourage creative writing in Croatian and Italian language among students in higher grades of primary school and high school students in Poreč. This award is the only one of its kind in Istria, for which the Poreč City Library every year launches the contest for original […]

Literary meetings and lectures are organized in order to popularize and promote books and reading. There is a large number of events organized by the Poreč City Library, and the continuity of the visits points to the intensive function our library has in creating the cultural life of the local community. Since the beginning of […]

The “Dam-daš: volunteers in action” project was our innovative response to the global recession and an action against the crisis. It was held for the first time in 2009 and its goal is to acquire new and develop existing skills in the world of ideas and information. The Poreč City Library has recognized its citizens […]

“Coffee at 2” is the name of the youth program adapted to their interests and the needs of high school students. The library provides them with a space where they can realize their potentials.The cycle of lectures and workshops has been held continuously from 2015. They were designed in such a way that they are […]

“Fridays at Five” is a workshop cycle dedicated to kindergarten and elementary school children, and includes weekly workshops that help children to learn reading and art creativity to acquire certain skills and knowledge, encourage creativity and imagination, enable self-confidence and positive self-image. The workshop program, appropriate to the age of the participants and their abilities, […]

“Before beach to Marafor” is a cycle of summer workshops designed for kindergarten and elementary school children. The workshops help children to learn reading and art creativity to acquire specific knowledge and skills, encourage creativity and imagination, and enable self-confidence and positive self-image. The workshops bring together children, regular users of the Poreč City Library, […]

In 2016 a regular reading project was launched at the Home for the Aged and Infirm People in Poreč entitled “Happy Stories”. This socially-aware project of the Poreč City Library aims to connect the book with the users of the Homes and to prove how great the reading power can be. Under the guidance of […]