book signing
Meet & Greet: Magdaléna Platzová und Kathrin Janka
Stand des BALAENA Verlags im Bereich SCHÖNE BÜCHER NETZWERK / Halle 3.0 B60
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
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 - Czech National Stand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, debate
The Czech-German Future Fund presents: ‘Grenzgänger’ – cultural commuters tell their stories of Czech-German inspiration
Becker Martin
Rudiš Jaroslav
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Global Stage, Foyer 5.1/6.1
Czechia 2026, reading
Live Drawing: A Girl on the Shore, with Štěpánka Jislová
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion
Czechia 2026, concert
Martina Trchová
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, reading
Struwwelpeter Museum: Lucie Hášová Truhelková
Struwwelpeter Museum, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, debate
The child as uncompromising comic book critic
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, reading
Wars of words and images in books for children and young people
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czech National Stand 3.1 / C65
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