Czech Republic Named Frankfurt 2026 Guest of Honor
The Czech Republic has been named the guest of honor for the 2026 Frankfurt Book Fair, to be held Oct. 7–11, 2026. The Czech Republic will be represented by 23 publishing houses at this year’s fair.
“I am very pleased that the Czech Republic will appear as Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Guest of Honour in 2026,” fair director Juergen Boos said in a statement. “I’m especially pleased about the motto for the country’s presence at the fair: ‘Czechia – A Country on the Coast.’ It’s a maritime description of a landlocked Central European country. It catches the eye, it stimulates the imagination—far beyond the literary motif of Bohemia by the Sea.”
“I am delighted to learn that the Czech Republic will be the Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026,” said Czech minister of culture Martin Baxa. “The Czech Republic’s appearance at the fair is a major opportunity for the Czech book industry and the country’s entire cultural sector. It’s not only a chance to present the high quality of Czech literature to the world, but also an investment in the future.”
