
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 programreading

Haus des Buches, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, reading

Illustrated stories about intergenerational living
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czech National Stand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, reading

Images of an uncertain future: literature and climate
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, debate

A quarter-century of Czech comics
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
reading

Lesung mit Iva Procházková
Deutsche Nationalbibliotek, Frankfurt am Main
Czechia 2026, get together

Ahoj, Brno! Czechia’s second-largest city presents itself at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czech National Stand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, reading

LiteraturBahnhof: Marek Torčík, Miroslav Hlaučo
Haus des Buches, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, concert

Martina Trchová
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
About more than the text: Czech and Slovak writers today and political engagement
Hučko Tomáš
Hůlová Petra
Modrovich Maria
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, reading

The worlds of Jakub Bachorík
COZI festival Frankfurt
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

