
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, concert

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
reading

Alice Horáčková im Gespräch über ihren Roman "Geteiltes Haus"
Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt
reading

open books zur Frankfurter Buchmesse
Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, reading

Books & Beers. An Evening with parasitenpresse, Elsa Aids, Petr Šesták and Klára Wang Tylová
Naxos Halle, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, concert

Ensemble Modern
Frankfurter Buchmesse
reading

Jaroslav Rudiš zu Gast bei "Open Books"
Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, theater

Trollmama / Ausgewohnt / Spottschau
Internationales Theater, Frankfurt am Main
debate

Jaroslav Rudiš im Gespräch bei der ARD-Radiokulturnacht
hr-Sendesaal im Funkhaus am Dornbusch, 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

