Czechia 2026, debate
DILIA agency: Unheard voices from past and present
Barták Jan
Hamplová Kristina
Hlaučo Miroslav
Říhová Zuzana
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
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, reading
LiteraturBahnhof: Anna Beata Háblová, Kathrin Janka
Háblová Anna Beata
Janka Kathrin
Haus des Buches, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, concert
Mário Bihári: Díky Zuzce Navarové
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, concert
A Song is Found
Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, reading
Radka Denemarková: Chocolate Blood (author’s reading and discussion)
Stadtbücherei Frankfurt - Zentralbibliothek
reading
Radka Denemarková: Schokoladenblut (Lesung und Gespräch)
Stadtbücherei Frankfurt - Zentralbibliothek
reading
open books zur Frankfurter Buchmesse
Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, debate
The theme of exile as an evergreen of Czech literature. Why can’t it do without it?
Bałdyga Zofia
Mecco Martina
Rubeš Jan
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
When life begins to come apart: an interview with Jáchym Topol about his novel Hell Does Not Exist
Frankfurter Buchmesse
reading
Buchpräsentation "Fritz Seemann. Wir sind hier in einer Mausefalle."
Stand des Deutsch-Tschechischen Zukunftsfonds, Halle 3.1 C74
Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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Nothing Compels Me but Love (B. N.) – Literature from Czechia from Božena Němcová to Radka Denemarková
Haus am Dom, Frankfurt
exhibition
Freude und Zuflucht / Joie et refuge
DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
exhibition
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
News
Přeskočit novinky
Miloš Doležal and Jakub Grec: Looking Back on Their Residency in Berlin
Photo Report: Czechia at the Erlangen Comic Salon
Dora Kaprálová and Eva Profousová are artists-in-residence at Villa Concordia in Bamberg
Photo Report: Iva Procházková and Marek Torčík at the literaTurm Festival
Our translators: Lena Dorn
Which literary works were selected for Book-to-Screen at KVIFF?
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
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