Czechia 2026, debate
Pearls of the deep: works of Czech literature that remain untranslated
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
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
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Struwwelpeter Museum: Jiří Dvořák
Struwwelpeter Museum, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, concert
Mário Bihári: Díky Zuzce Navarové
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Freelance writing: sustainable profession or big risk?
Roschal Slata
Vlasáková Klára
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Czech literature series issued by foreign publishing houses
Cikán Ondřej
De Vito Alessandro
Różewicz Julia
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
debate
Gastland Tschechien: Die Geister der Geschichte
Frankfurter Buchmesse
Czechia 2026, debate
Drawing and writing history in a different way
Podprocký Mikuláš
Setinský Stanislav
Toman Marek
Verecká Tereza
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Zero VAT and fixed-price books – guarantees of a sustainable book market?
Föger Benedikt
George Nina
Vopěnka Martin
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, presentation
Dora Kaprálová: The Maribor Hypnosis. Winner of the EU Prize for Literature and Magnesia Litera awards
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
AI and the future of European literature
Novajra Francesca
Portell Sebastià
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
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News
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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
Photo Report: The Czech Evening at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin Filled the Hall to Capacity
The Miracle Years? Czech Comics 2020–2025
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