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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Photo Report: Thursday, October 8, at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Photo Report: Wednesday, October 7, at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Photo report: the grand opening of the Czech national stand
Photo Report: Opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair
Timelapse: The Making of the Czechia 2026 Pavilion
Frankfurt commemorates Václav Havel with a new bench
Czech Literature in the German-speaking Media in September
Literature and film complement and enrich each other. Check out our film program
Photo report from the exhibition ‘Garden Utopias: A Look at the Landscapes of the Future’
Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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Deutschland
Czechia 2026, exhibition
Samizdat: Words of Freedom in Czechoslovakia, 1939–1989
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
exhibition
The Czech Republic in the Dark – A Sensory Journey through the Bohemian Forest
DIALOGMUSEUM Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, exhibition
From the Centre of Europe. Czech Book Art from 1900 to the Present
Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main
Czechia 2026, exhibition
Beyond Paper Plane / More Than Flat Paper
Struwwelpeter Museum, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, exhibition
More is Now! New Czech Architecture
Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Frankfurt am Main
exhibition
Ahóóóóój! Aktuelle tschechische Illustrationskunst für junges Publikum
Bibliothek am Wasserturm, Berlin
Czechia 2026, exhibition
I Married the Czech Language: Reiner Kunze and Czech Poetry
Vorplatz der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main
Czechia 2026, exhibition
Garden Utopias – A Look at the Landscapes of the Future, with Works by Veronika Richterová, Jan Kamensky and malatsion
Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Czechia 2026, exhibition
Anna Hulačová
SCHIRN Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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