Czechia 2026, debate
The Czech literary landscape in data and figures
Diestlerová Petra
Patočková Radka
Vopěnka Martin
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour 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
Přeskočit programCzechia 2026, debate
How Czech literature is received in the Anglophone world
Janeček Martin
Nagpal Diven
Sherwood Julia
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, live painting
Live Drawing: The Frog, with Karel Osoha
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion
book signing
Radka Denemarková signiert am HOFFMANN UND CAMPE Stand
Frankfurter Buchmesse
Czechia 2026, presentation
A Novel for Frankfurt
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Young, strong European voices
Háblová Anna Beata
Kuznetsova Eugenia
Stanjura Jakub
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, reading
Das Kraken-Tagebuch at the Kinder- und Jugendbibliothek
Stadtbücherei Frankfurt- Zentrale Kinder- und Jugendbibliothek
debate
Jaroslav Rudiš im Gespräch mit Tilman Spreckelsen (F.A.Z.)
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Halle 3.0 / C123
Czechia 2026, concert
Theresa Clauberg and Lucie Steiner
Clauberg Theresa
Steiner Lucie
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
Travel reportage
Janíček Jindřich
Weyhe Birgit
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
News
Přeskočit novinky
Czech artists are heading to Bamberg. Villa Concordia will welcome six artists in 2026
According to Ondřej Cikán, Czech poetry deserves patient care, not submission to foreign demand
A residency featuring four pairs of artists is currently taking place at Wiepersdorf Castle
The Czech Republic at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2026: the national stand, a live drawing session with Marita Kelbl, and an exhibition of young female illustrators
We’re here, even though you often overlook us. In her new collection, Marie Iljašenko captures the city through the eyes of animals and plants
Four questions for three Czech poets
What happens when you "tap into" a solar storm? An interview with Antonín Zhořec
Our translators: Mirko Kraetsch
Photo Report: Leipzig Book Fair, Day Three
Photo Report: Leipzig Book Fair, Day Two
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