Czechia 2026, concert
A Song is Found
Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt
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
Radka Denemarková: Chocolate Blood (author’s reading and discussion)
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
Czechia 2026, debate
Pearls of the deep: works of Czech literature that remain untranslated
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, live painting
Live Drawing: The Frog, with Karel Osoha
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion
Czechia 2026, reading
Struwwelpeter Museum: Jiří Dvořák
Struwwelpeter Museum, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, concert
Mário Bihári: Díky Zuzce Navarové
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Programme
the Year of Czech Culture
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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
reading
Radka Denemarková: Schokoladenblut
Einstein 28, München
reading
Lyrikabend mit Marie Iljašenko und Julia Miesenböck
Salzhof Freistadt, Österreich
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
Our translators: Sophia Marzolff
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