This year's exhibition features collections of Czech literature of all genres in translation, particularly into German, current award-winning and critically acclaimed book titles on the Czech market, as well as literature for children and young adults. There are also book titles from the Czech Literary Center's New Czech Books 2025 yearbook, which presents a professional selection of fiction titles, books for children and young adults, and new releases in both poetry and comics.
In cooperation with the Museum of Literature – Memorial of National Literature, the winning titles from the Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2024 competition are on display at the stand. The Milan Kundera Library in Brno will also be presented at the stand. Representatives of the Baobab, Euromedia Group, and Poketo publishing houses and the National Gallery in Prague will travel to Leipzig. Visitors to the fair will also be introduced to this year's edition of the Prague Book Fair.
The national stand will be officially opened on the first day of the fair in the presence of Astrid Böhmisch, director of the Leipzig Book Fair, Jiří Čistecký, Czech Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Prof. Tomáš Kubíček, Director General of the Moravian Library, Martin Krafl, Director of the Czech Literary Centre, Dr. Gabriele Goldfuss, Head of International Cooperation at the City of Leipzig, and Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Picture: Pavel Němec