Czechia 2026, presentation
Prague: a city of book illustration and the creative industries
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
Do you want to learn Czech? The full range of Czech language-learning options in Germany, today and tomorrow
Atzenbeck Šárka
Kuße Holger
Neuhaus Marie
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czech National Stand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, reading
LiteraturBahnhof: Emma Kausc, Klára Vlasáková
Haus des Buches, Frankfurt
exhibition
Czechia to the touch: books in Braille and other tactile books from Tactus.cz
DIALOGMUSEUM Frankfurt
reading
Reading with your fingers, travelling with all your senses: reading in Braille with Jaroslav Rudiš
DIALOGMUSEUM Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, reading
Büchergilde Salon: Čapek, Ajvaz and the future of humanity – a discussion on Czech literature
Ajvaz Michal
Kaube Jürgen
Klävers Janna
Zehlike Meike
IG Metall, Frankfurt am Main
reading
Exklusiver Abend mit Radka Denemarková und Tilmann Spreckelsen
Union Internationalclub, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, reading
BePoet Offspace Gallery: Petr Hruška
BePoet Offspace, Frankfurt
Czechia 2026, debate
Conspirators – German-language novel, Czech literary discovery
Jelínková Eva
Meckel Markus
Deutsche Nationalbibliotek, Frankfurt am Main
debate
Jaroslav Rudiš zu Gast bei "Literatur im Römer"
Frankfurter Römer
News
Přeskočit novinky
Photo Report: Leipzig Book Fair, Day One
Photo Report: Zuzana Říhová at Literaturhaus Leipzig
From Book to Film: KVIFF’s New Book-to-Screen Project Opens the Door to Literary Adaptations
“A sense of belonging and community should definitely not be overlooked,” emphasizes Iryna Zahladko
Books as a Safe Space for Children Searching for Their Own Identity: An Interview with Marita Kelbl
Marek Torčík on his novel "Rozložíš paměť": “We are hungry for stories that reflect the full spectrum of human experience.”
A lecture in Leipzig will showcase the life’s work of the Šalamouns
From southern Bohemia to the Leipzig Book Fair. About the novel "Rybí krev" and more with Jiří Hájíček
Vratislav Maňák on his book With Wittgenstein in a Gay Sauna: "This time, I'm not building the text around a story, but around an idea."
The Leipzig arcades became the setting for Michal Ajvaz's new novel
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