
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 program
TO THE SEA! Where is (contemporary) Czech poetry heading?
Krásová Adriana
Macl Ondřej
Miesenböck Julia

Live Drawing: R.U.R., with Kateřina Čupová
The Czech-German Future Fund presents: Czech voices in Germany – publishing Czech literature in Germany
Heftrich Urs
Pester Nora
Pliske Roman
Theresa Clauberg and Lucie Steiner
Clauberg Theresa
Steiner Lucie

Images of darkness and hope in literature for older children and young adults

Writing our own lives and the lives of others
Introducing children to the world of books
Březinová Ivona
Havlínová Hana
Vaníčková Makosová Edita

Meet & Greet: Štěpán Kučera und Mirko Kraetsch

Dystopia as a mirror of the present
News
Přeskočit novinky
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

Between ‘New Weird’, anime and Harry Potter: Michal Ajvaz's ‘The Other City’ transports us to a fascinating Prague

Open call: Support for the participation of translations from Czech at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026

How was the video spot for the guest of honour's appearance created?
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

