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.
News
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Our press conference in June: media coverage
The Czech book market: An interview with Martin Vopěnka
Anna Štičková on her writing and current projects
Photo report: Press conference and book sellers event in Frankfurt
What will the Czech Republic’s Guest of Honour pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair look like?
Petr Šesták: Looking back on my residency in Berlin
Photo report: Wellenwelten in Berlin
Dora Kaprálová has been awarded the European Union Prize for Literature
Czech Literature in the German-speaking Media in May
Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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Ich habe die tschechische Sprache geheiratet: Reiner Kunze und die tschechische Poesie
Vorplatz der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main
exhibition
Garten-Utopien - Ein Blick in Landschaften der Zukunft, mit Kunstwerken von Veronika Richterová, Jan Kamensky und malatsion
Palmengarten der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
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Anna Hulačová
SCHIRN Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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Mich zwingt nichts als die Liebe (B. N.) – Literatur aus Tschechien von Božena Němcová bis Radka Denemarkova
Haus am Dom, Frankfurt
exhibition
Freude und Zuflucht / Joie et refuge
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
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Freude und Zuflucht / Joie et refuge
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
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The bronze beauty from Kladina – The oldest beer offering in the central Europe
Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt
debate
Die Mitte Europas. Was ist mit ihr los?
Denemarková Radka
Hvorecký Michal
Literaturhaus München
reading
Ein Abend mit Alena Mornštajnová
Holzhausenschlösschen Frankfurt am Main
theater
Trollmama / Ausgewohnt / Spottschau
Internationales Theater, Frankfurt am Main
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