
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 program

Resignation as a path to freedom

Gerta: from the page to the screen

A world in motion
KulturKvíz: for all who wish to play
Frankenberg Christina
Geist Šimon
Czechs writing in German past and present – from Rilke and Kafka, through Kisch and Eisner, to Reinerová and Rudiš. And beyond?
Rudiš Jaroslav
Wagnerová Alena
Zbytovský Štěpán

Buch&Wein: Iva Procházková
Am Wannenrand. Contemporary Czech Drama. Book Presentation and Readings from Three Plays by Tomáš Dianiška, Hana D. Lehečková and Tomáš Ráliš
Dianiška Tomáš
Lehečková Hana D.
Naumann Matthias
Popig Jürgen
Ráliš Tomáš
Schnelle Barbora

Imaginary worlds in contemporary Czech literature
Where on earth is the Czech seaside?
Luňáková Anna
Macl Ondřej
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

