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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Photo report from the exhibition “From the Centre of Europe. Czech Book Art from 1900 to the Present”
Our translators: Nataša von Kopp
Novel for Frankfurt: The winners have been announced
Czech Literature in the German-speaking Media in August
Our translators: Eva Profousová
Interview with Tomáš Kubíček on the Samizdat exhibition
Photo Report from the Exhibition “Samizdat: Words of Freedom in Czechoslovakia, 1939–1989”
On Kafka, creative writing and children’s books: An interview with Radek Malý
Studio JinJan will bring a small rock city to the Frankfurt Book Fair. An interview with the architects
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