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.
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Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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Wunderbare Vielfalt der tschechischen Literatur - Kindertheater
Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Österreich
reading
Wunderbare Vielfalt der tschechischen Literatur
Stanislav
Struhar
Toman Marek
Vopěnka Martin
Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Österreich
reading
Prag-Berlin: Dichtung im Dialog | Internationaler Lyrik-Abend
Bondas Irina
Dunajcsik Mátyás
Luňáková Anna
Macl Ondřej
Mendlik Anna Julian
Miesenböck Julia
Semotamová Tereza
Wawracz Olga
Kolonnenstraße 26, Berlin
exhibition
More is Now! New Czech Architecture
Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Frankfurt am Main
exhibition
Ich habe die tschechische Sprache geheiratet: Reiner Kunze und die tschechische Poesie
Vorplatz der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main
presentation
Kafka in der Buchkunst
Gutsch Herbert
Horne Corbeyran
Klingspor Museum, Offenbach 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
exhibition
Anna Hulačová
SCHIRN Kunsthalle Frankfurt
exhibition
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
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