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
Přeskočit novinky
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
Marie Iljašenko presented her first book translation into German in Vienna
Alice Horáčková: A look back at her artist residency in Berlin
Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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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?
Literaturhaus München
reading
Ein Abend mit Alena Mornštajnová
Holzhausenschlösschen Frankfurt am Main
reading
„Und ich sah mein Gesicht“ – Neue Lyrik aus Tschechien mit Petr Hruška
Galerie Be Poet Offspace, Frankfurt
theater
Trollmama / Ausgewohnt / Spottschau
Internationales Theater, Frankfurt am Main
reading
Markéta Pilátová: Hnízda (Nester)
Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus, Berlin
reading
Lesung: Klára Vlasáková "Die Kugel"
Sanitätshaus Kienzle, Bad Berleburg
reading
Jaroslav Rudiš: Wo die Toten sprechen / Die Kafka Band spielt Kafka
Ampere im Muffatwerk, München
reading
Eli Beneš: Unmerklicher Verlust der Einsamkeit
Buchhandlung Lehmkuhl, München
reading
Ein literarischer Abend mit Iva Procházková
Samareiner Mostspitz, St. Marienkirchen an der Polsenz, Österreich
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