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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Studio JinJan will bring a small rock city to the Frankfurt Book Fair. An interview with the architects
Our translators: Patrik Valouch
Put the fly swatters aside. Dora Kaprálová Brings “Mariborská hypnóza” to Frankfurt
Czech Literature in the German-speaking Media in July
Czechia’s Guest of Honour appearance at Frankfurt Book Fair will be accompanied by ten major exhibitions
Photo feature: The Czech Republic as Guest of Honour at texttage.nuernberg
Our translators: Katharina Hinderer
Our translators: Martina Lisa
Czech Literature in the German-speaking Media in June
Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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Marek Torčík: Was die Zeit nicht nimmt
Literaturhaus München
lecture
Lesung "Václav Havel: Ich habe es irgendwo versteckt"
Freimanová Anna
Krafl Martin
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
debate
Literarisches Duett: Alice Horáčková und Jaroslav Rudiš
Literaturhaus Schleswig-Holstein
reading
Alice Horáčková: Geteiltes Haus
Buchhandlung Lehmkuhl, München
reading
Wunderbare Vielfalt der tschechischen Literatur
Hanišová Viktorie
Struhar Stanislav
Toman Marek
Vopěnka Martin
Botschaft der Tschechischen Republik, Wien
reading
Michal Ajvaz und Lukáš Cabala. Lesung und Gespräch
Ajvaz Michal
Bose Stefanie
Cabala Lukáš
Hošová Lenka
Lindgens Elna
Buchhandlung Kubula, München
reading
Deutsch-tschechische Familiengeschichten mit Markéta Pilátová
Institut für Slavische Philologie an der LMU München
lecture
Das verrückte Jahrhundert von Ivan Klíma
Klíma Michal
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
reading
Radka Denemarková: Schokoladenblut
Einstein 28, München
reading
Lyrikabend mit Marie Iljašenko und Julia Miesenböck
Salzhof Freistadt, 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