Czechia 2026, get together
Grand opening of the Czech National Stand
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
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.
Programme
Guest of Honour
Přeskočit programCzechia 2026, debate
Mikulov: town of literature and literary town
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, reading
Understanding and utilising cultural influences in visual language
Dahmen Tobi
Nováková Petra
Podprocký Mikuláš
S. Zhu Christina
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Imagination Stage, Halle 4.0
Czechia 2026, debate
It’s possible, surely? Czech literature in German translation
Marzolff Sophia
Miesenböck Julia
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, concert
Mikulov Town Cimbalom Band CM TourOld
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Talking about literature: the purpose of the literary festival
Basset Guillaume
Hejkalová Markéta
Šilpochová Michaela
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, reading
Telling Her Story: Women, Trains, and the Weight of History
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Grants supporting publication of books in translation: Czech Republic and EU
del Mar Martín María
Fojtík Michal
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, debate
When Czech books speak Spanish
Gonzálesová Iveta
Pérez Héctor F. Santiago
Tarrida Joan
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Translating Europe: The ENLit Network and its Support for Literary Translation and Translators
Arretxe Izaskun
di Blasio Eleonora
Vanoosthuyse Elise
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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Deutschland
exhibition
Samizdat: Words of Freedom in Czechoslovakia, 1939–1989
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
exhibition
Tschechien im Dunkeln – Eine sinnliche Reise in den Böhmerwald
DIALOGMUSEUM Frankfurt
exhibition
From the Centre of Europe. Czech Book Art from 1900 to the Present
Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main
reading
Lesereise von Iva Procházková durch deutsche und österreichische Buchhandlungen
Deutschland/Österreich
theater
Wunderbare Vielfalt der tschechischen Literatur - Kindertheater
Praxisvolksschule der Pädagogischen Hochschule Steiermark, Graz
reading
Wunderbare Vielfalt der tschechischen Literatur
Struhar Stanislav
Toman Marek
Vopěnka Martin
Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek, Graz
exhibition
Beyond Paper Plane / More Than Flat Paper
Struwwelpeter Museum, Frankfurt
theater
Wunderbare Vielfalt der tschechischen Literatur - Kindertheater
Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Österreich
reading
Wunderbare Vielfalt der tschechischen Literatur
Struhar Stanislav
Toman Marek
Vopěnka Martin
Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Österreich
News
Přeskočit novinky
Our translators: Julia Miesenböck
Radka Denemarková, Marie Iljašenko, and Iva Bittová will perform at the opening ceremony of the Frankfurt Book Fair
Photo report from the exhibition “From the Centre of Europe. Czech Book Art from 1900 to the Present”
Our translators: Nataša von Kopp
Novel for Frankfurt: The winners have been announced
Czech Literature in the German-speaking Media in August
Our translators: Eva Profousová
Interview with Tomáš Kubíček on the Samizdat exhibition
Photo Report from the Exhibition “Samizdat: Words of Freedom in Czechoslovakia, 1939–1989”
On Kafka, creative writing and children’s books: An interview with Radek Malý
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