Czechia:
A Country on the Coast
From October 7 to 11, 2026, the Czech Republic will be the Guest of Honour at the world's largest book fair held in Frankfurt am Main.
The Year of Czech Culture, comprising dozens of events about literature and other arts, will take place in the German-speaking countries until December 2026.
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Czech Literature in the German-speaking Media in June
Alena Wagnerová, who just celebrated her 90th birthday, is an essential figure in Czech literature
Miloš Doležal and Jakub Grec: Looking Back on Their Residency in Berlin
Photo Report: Czechia at the Erlangen Comic Salon
Dora Kaprálová and Eva Profousová are artists-in-residence at Villa Concordia in Bamberg
Photo Report: Iva Procházková and Marek Torčík at the literaTurm Festival
Our translators: Lena Dorn
Which literary works were selected for Book-to-Screen at KVIFF?
Our press conference in June: media coverage
Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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Deutschland
festival
Hausacher LeseLenz w:andersprachen
Škrob Jan
Mostmaierhof Kulturzentrum, Hausach
reading
Sauber abg'czeckt! Tschechische Kinderliteraturwoche
Buddeus Ondřej
Rutová Magdalena
Internationale Jugendbibliothek, München
reading
Beate Franck: Bitte ein Pilsen!
Marktredwitz, Deutschland
reading
Graphic-Novel-Lesung mit Štěpánka Jislová
Stadtbibliothek Zentrum Nürnberg
debate
text.talk mit Vratislav Maňák über das Buch: „Mit Wittgenstein in der Schwulensauna“
Stadtbibliothek Zentrum Nürnberg
reading
Über queere Sichtbarkeit im Wandel: Lesung und Gespräch mit Vratislav Maňák und Miku Sophie Kümmel
Katharinenruine Nürnberg
reading
Jaroslav Rudiš zu Gast bei Lesen für Bier. Interaktive Lesung mit Lucas Fassnacht
Katharinenruine Nürnberg
reading
Zwei Stimmen, ein kreativer Dialog - Lesungen der deutsch-tschechischen Schreib-Tandems
Laštovička Jan
Řezničková Anna
Stančáková Alžběta
Straka Josef
Typlt Jaromír
textualienmarkt Nürnberg
debate
Kultursommer Wien: Grenzzonen
Waldmüllerpark Wien
Video spot for the Guest of Honour
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Czech book market in 2024
Number of published books
12 100
Proportion of books published in Czech
> 88 %
Extent of the Czech book market
CZK 8.2 bn
Number of registered publishing houses
6 321
Number of translations into Czech
5 684