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Frankfurt Book Fair
Guest of Honour 2026

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Programme

Guest of Honour

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    Czechia 2026, reading
  • EN
  • Jakub Bachorík
    • The worlds of Jakub Bachorík
    • Bachorík Jakub

    • Venue:
      COZI festival Frankfurt
  • What is it like to live in a world where conspiracy theories are true? What happens to an ordinary car fitted with an engine for a space shuttle? Who are the drone hunters? Illustrator Jakub Bachorík will answe...
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      reading
    • CZ / DE
    • Štěpánka Jislová
      • open books zur Frankfurter Buchmesse
      • Jislová Štěpánka

      • Venue:
        Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt
    • Štěpánka Jislová stellt ihre Graphic Novel "Heartcore" vor
      • Moderates: Jakob Hoffmann
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      Czechia 2026, reading
    • CZ
      • Books & Beers. An Evening with parasitenpresse, Elsa Aids, Petr Šesták and Klára Wang Tylová
      • Aids Elsa
        Šesták Petr
        Wang Tylová Klára

      • Venue:
        Naxos Halle, Frankfurt
    • Books & Beers is an evening gathering that will showcase new work released by the Cologne-based publishing house parasitenpresse. The main focus of the programme will be fiction from visiting Czechia. It will feature...
      • Moderates: Adrian Kasnitz
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      Czechia 2026, concert
      • Ensemble Modern
      • Hořínka Slavomír
        Šabacký Pavel
        Tomášková Barbora

      • CZ / EN / DE
      • Venue:
        Frankfurter Buchmesse
    • Ensemble Modern presents contemporary music inspired by the Far East and four world premieres by Czech and Slovak composers. Ensemble Modern is one of the world’s leading orchestras, based in Frankfurt, and is the Prague...
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        reading
      • DE
      • Jaroslav Rudiš
        • Jaroslav Rudiš zu Gast bei "Open Books" im Römer
        • Rudiš Jaroslav

        • Venue:
          Frankfurter Römer
      • Jaroslav Rudiš stellt im Gespräch mit Jan Wiele seinen neuen Roman "Wo die Toten sprechen (Luchterhand Literaturverlag 2026) bei "Open Books" im Römer vor. Im Anschluss: Signieren
        • Moderates: Jan Wiele
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        Czechia 2026, reading
      • CZ / DE
        • Trollmama / Ausgewohnt / Spottschau
        • Dianiška Tomáš
          Lehečková Hana D.
          Ráliš Tomáš
          Schnelle Barbora

        • Venue:
          Internationales Theater, Frankfurt am Main
      • Critical, Queer and Contemporary: three staged readings of contemporary Czech plays by Hana D. Lehečková, Tomáš Dianiška and Tomáš Ráliš as part of the festival Ein Stück: Tschechien: Frankfurt-Spezial 2026, featuring a&...
        • Moderates: Barbora Schnelle
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        Czechia 2026, debate
        • The Russian Archipelago at War against Ukraine: culture and contexts
        • Glanc Tomáš
          Shore Marci

        • EN
        • Venue:
          Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
      • The war waged by Russia against Ukraine since 2014 has drastically transformed not only the country under attack, but also Russia itself, including its culture. How does this long military conflict affect means of artist...
        • Moderates: Mischa Gabowitsch
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        reading
      • DE
      • Iva Procházková
        • Lesung mit Iva Procházková
        • Procházková Iva

        • Venue:
          Frankfurter Buchmesse
      • Iva Procházková liest aus ihrem neuen Kinderbuch "Jojo, elf und ein Viertel". Imagination Stage | Halle 4.0
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          Czechia 2026, concert
        • CZ / EN / DE
          • Milli Janatková
          • Janatková Milli

          • Venue:
            Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
        • Milli Janatková is a multidisciplinary performer and visual artist. She combines original music, vocals, guitar, drums and improvisation with painting and graphic art. Her music spans jazz, Latin, folk and world mus...
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            Czechia 2026, debate
          • DE
          • Tereza Matějčková
            • Resignation as a path to freedom
            • Matějčková Tereza
              Schmitz Barbara

            • Venue:
              Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
          • Is resignation really a defeat, or can it be a prerequisite for freedom and personal growth? Czech philosopher Tereza Matějčková and German philosopher Barbara Schmitz discuss self-acceptance, detachment and a&...
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              Czechia 2026, screening
            • CZ / DE
            • Kateřina Tučková
              • Gerta: from the page to the screen
              • Häbe Barbara
                Polachová Tereza
                Tučková Kateřina

              • Venue:
                Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
            • Kateřina Tučková’s award-winning novel Gerta, first published in 2009, addresses themes of hybrid identity, forced displacement, and trauma passed from one generation to the next. It has recently been adapted for televis...
              • Moderates: Rebecca Heiler
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              Czechia 2026, reading
            • CZ / DE
              • A world in motion
              • Bałdyga Zofia
                Iljašenko Marie
                Massalema Sufian

              • Venue:
                Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
            • Poetry devoted to migration and exile is a relatively new phenomenon in Czech poetry, and the question of whether one can speak of ‘intercultural literature’ as in Western literatures remains open. It encompasses mu...
              • German reading: Armin Nufer
              • Moderates: Jan M. Heller
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