presentation
My Life for My Word
Arthouse Kino, Frankfurt
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, screening
My Life for My Word
Arthouse Kino, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, reading
Buchhandlung Weltenleser: Bianca Bellová
Buchhandlung Weltenleser
reading
"Wo die Toten sprechen": Lesung und Gespräch mit Jaroslav Rudiš und Dr. Tilman Spreckelsen
Holzhausenschlösschen Frankfurt am Main
Czechia 2026, reading
Buch&Wein: Alice Horáčková, Jan Novák
Buch & Wein, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, reading
Buch&Wein: Eli Beneš
Buch & Wein, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, presentation
Czech Extravaganza
Fellehner Christopher
Kelbl Marita
Lomová Lucie
Lučanská Lucie
Ross Mikael
Winkel Lena
Witiak Tomek Witiak
Romanfabrik, Frankfurt am Main
Czechia 2026, debate
What Does Literature from the Margins Bring? Stories of Czech and Slovak Roma from the Second World War to the Present
Banga Patrik
Ryvolová Karolína
Tučková Kateřina
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
POEŽIJE, or Spirits in the Mist: new poetry from Czechia
Lisa Martina
Miesenböck Julia
Pusch Daniela
Thill Hans
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Reading as a national discipline: how to promote reading, and why we need to read in depth today
Kovač Mihael
Vopěnka Martin
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
News
Přeskočit novinky
A Month as a Literary Resident in Brno. An Interview with Claudia Rikl
Czech literature for children and young people in the decade 2015–2025
Literary translations of Petr Hruška's poems at the handover ceremony of the “Guest of Honour” role at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025
Video spot for the Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026
“Success Is a Journey, Not a Destination”: An Interview with Literary Agent Carlota Torrents
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