Czechia 2026, debate
To serve the truth, to bear witness, to make the world a more humane place
Lustigová Eva
Mann Jindřich
Rudiš Jaroslav
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
Czech literary successes on the German-language book market
Blatná Dana
de Bruin Edgar
Hadas Hana
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, reading
Ondřej Buddeus: Fahr Rad!
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Raum Illusion (CMF)
Czechia 2026, debate
Books in search of readers: writing for children and young adults in an age of distraction
Böhmisch Astrid
Matocha Vojtěch
Procházková Iva
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, reading
Czechs and Germans living together
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
Czechia 2026, debate
What do authors want from their writing?
Ambrožová Dorota
Zbořil Jonáš
Zeithammerová Sára
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
Czechia 2026, debate
The Czech-German Future Fund presents: Off the beaten track – German authors in Czechia in search of new themes
Hermann Judith
Sander Gregor
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
Czechia 2026, presentation
HAVEL at 90: I Hid It Somewhere
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
reading
Buchpräsentation "Fritz Seemann. Wir sind hier in einer Mausefalle."
Stand des Deutsch-Tschechischen Zukunftsfonds, Halle 3.1 C74
book signing
Meet the Czech Author Jiří Dvořák – Signierstunde zu MYKO
Meet the Czech Author Jiří Dvořák – Signierstunde zu MYKO
News
Přeskočit novinky
"Bába Bedla" comes to Leipzig: A story that strengthens children's empathy and creates space for discussions about war
"We are attracted to him as a concept, not as an author whose texts move the world." About Kafka with Zuzana Říhová
Our translators: Christina Frankenberg
Bigger national stand at Leipzig Book Fair
Czechia at the Leipzig Book Fair: 14 authors with 17 events
Volia: Special Programme for Publishers from Ukraine and Neighbouring Countries
Czechia will again be present at the London Book Fair this year
Czech literature at the Munich Security Conference
Photo report: Wellenwelten
Contemporary Czech Prose 2020–2024
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