HOST in Frankfurt

WEDNESDAY 7. 10.

11.30, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Shore Stage
Talking about literature: the purpose of the literary festival
Hejkalová Markéta, Basset Guillaume, Šilpochová Michaela

11.45, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
Telling Her Story: Women, Trains, and the Weight of History
Denemarková Radka, Shuang-zi Yang

17.15, Haus des Buches, Frankfurt
LiteraturBahnhof
Háblová Anna Beata, Janka Kathrin

19.30, Stadtbücherei Frankfurt – Zentralbibliothek
Radka Denemarková: Chocolate Blood (author’s reading and discussion)
Denemarková Radka, Profousová Eva

THURSDAY 8. 10.

12.00, Halle 3.0, E60
Gastland Tschechien: Die Geister der Geschichte
Denemarková Radka, Rudiš Jaroslav

13.30, Halle 3.0, D87
Radka Denemark’s reading from her novel Chocolate Blood

15.00, Halle 3.0, E109
Radka Denemark’s book signing on the HOFFMANN UND CAMPE Stand

15.15, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
A Novel for Frankfurt
Hadj Moussa Iva, Svozilová Ludmila, Opatřilová Veronika

15.30, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Shore Stage
Young, strong European voices
Háblová Anna Beata, Stanjura Jakub, Kuznetsova Eugenia

16.30, Czech National Stand 3.1, C65
Bestsellers and Treasures
Mornštajnová Alena, Cikán Ondřej, Siering Danuše

17.15, Haus des Buches, Frankfurt
LiteraturBahnhof
Kausc Emma, Vlasáková Lenka

19.00, Union International Club, Frankfurt
Exlusive Czech Night
Denemarková Radka, Speckelsen Tilman

19.30, BePoet Offspace, Frankfurt
BePoet Offspace Gallery: Petr Hruška

20.00, Bar.Café.Kultur. Switchboard
With Wittgenstein in a Gay Sauna: author’s reading and discussion, with Vratislav Maňák

FRIDAY 9. 10.

10.00, Czech National Stand 3.1, C65
How does the Creative Europe programme support the Czech book-publishing industry?
Mornštajnová Alena, Kaprálová Dora, Luchetti Alessandra, Raimbault Biret Anaïs, Asik Natasa, Čičváková Michala, Vybíralová Sára, Serrao Laura

10.00, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
By the lake, in the garden, among the mushrooms: where do Czech illustrators look for inspiration?
Tachezy Andrea, Illnerová Kateřina, Stibitzová Petra Josefína, Lučanská Lucie

11.15, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Shore Stage
Images of darkness and hope in literature for older children and young adults
Hanel Petr, Matocha Vojtěch, Osoha Karel, Hadas Hana

16.00, Czech National Stand 3.1, C65
Silent Books – Loud Stories
Trchová Martina, Bartolj Marta

16.30, OFF Bühne Schweiz, Halle 3.0, F86
I emerge from madness. Contemporary voices from Czechia
Háblová Anna Beata, Hamplová Kristina

17.15, Haus des Buches, Frankfurt
LiteraturBahnhof
Hájíček Jiří, Faulerová Lucie

18.00, Arthouse Kino, Frankfurt
My Life for My Word
Denemarková Radka

19.30, Buchhandlung Weltenleser
Meeting Bianca Bellová

SATURDAY 10. 10.

10.00, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
What Does Literature from the Margins Bring? Stories of Czech and Slovak Roma from the Second World War to the Present
Tučková Kateřina, Banga Patrik, Ryvolová Karolína

11.15, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Shore Stage
The child as uncompromising comic book critic
Illnerová Kateřina, Čupová Kateřina, Stibitzová Petra Josefína

11.30, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
Captive in the role: stereotypes and identity in Czech fiction
Maňák Vratislav, Kausc Emma, Kaprálová Dora

12.00, Halle 4, C12
Meet and Greet Petra Soukupová

12.30, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
Literature Beyond the Birth Certificate
Iljašenko Marie, Zahladko Iryna, Bałdyga Zofia

13.00, Halle 3.0, B60, BALAENA Verlag
Meet and Greet Olga Steglíková, Andrea Tachezy, Jana Krötzsch
Stehlíková Olga, Tachezy Andrea, Krötzsch Jana

13.30, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
People with no destiny: the literature of existencial crisis
Bellová Bianca, Aids Elsa, Beneš Eli

14.15, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Shore Stage
Me in the Network
Hruška Petr, Goldstein Klára

14.15, Czech National Stand 3.1, C65
Contemporary Stories with social motivation
Soukupová Petra, Procházková Iva, Březinová Ivona

14.30, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
Humans and work: precarity and working poverty
Šesták Petr, Háblová Anna Beata, Čechová Miřenka, Miesenböck Julia

15.15, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Shore Stage
The Planet and the Long Term
Iljašenko Marie, Zahladko Iryna, Tichý Lubomír

15.30, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
Decaying landscapes and dismal places: new ruralism in Czech fiction
Hájíček Jiří, Klabouchová Petra, Bolavá Anna

16.00, Global Stage, Foyer 5.1/6.1
Battle of the Illustrators: Czechia vs. Germany
Čupová Kateřina, Rutová Magdalena, Soffer Podzimek Eliška, Kebl Marita, Grubing Timo, Nöldner Pascal, Frey Raimund

16.15, Czech National Stand 3.1, C65
Illustrated stories about intergenerational living
Tachezy Andrea, Stehlíková Olga, Hášová Truhelková Lucie

18.00, COZI festival Frankfurt
The worlds of Jakub Bachorík

19.30, Naxos Halle, Frankfurt
Books & Beers, An Evening with parasitenpresse
Šesták Petr, Wang Tylová Klára, Aids Elsa

SUNDAY 11. 10.

11.30, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Harbour Stage
Gerta: from the page to the screen
Tučková Kateřina, Ondřejková Kateřina, Karavias Nikos

12.15, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Shore Stage
A world in motion
Iljašenko Marie, Bałdyga Zofia, Massalema Sufian

14.15, Czechia 2026 Pavilion – Shore Stage
From central Europe to distant worlds
Hořava Matěj, Wang Tylová Klára

15.00, Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main
Who tells Czechia’s stories? Literature, books, and the image of a country abroad
Tučková Kateřina, Siering Danuše

19.15, Internationales Theater, Frankfurt am Main
Literature as a bridge: Kateřina Tučková at the KULTÜR 2026 festival

You can find the full programme of the Czech Republic and more information about the Czech Republic’s Guest of Honour appearance in Frankfurt HERE.

The Guest of Honour programme is coordinated by the Moravian Library in Brno.