
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, reading

Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, reading

People with no destiny: the literature of existential crisis
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, screening

The Landscape of Literature
Arthouse Kino, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, reading

Contemporary stories with social motivation
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czech National Stand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, reading

Me in the Network
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, reading

Humans and work: precarity and working poverty
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, reading

Live Drawing: A Girl on the Shore, with Štěpánka Jislová
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion
Czechia 2026, reading

Movement and freedom in contemporary nonfiction for children
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czech National Stand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, reading

The Planet and the Long Term
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, reading

Decaying landscapes and dismal places: new ruralism in Czech fiction
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
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

