Guest Of Honour Handover To Czechia @ Frankfurter Buchmesse

The Philippines’ Guest of Honour presentation at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025 featured more than 100 authors, illustrators, creatives and diverse voices from across the archipelago. At the fair, the Guest of honour handover ceremony was held, where it was handed over from the Philippines to Czechia.

Under the motto “A Country on the Coast” Czechia will take centre stage as Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Guest of Honour 2026. With this motto, inspired by a phrase from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, the country will present itself, marking the start of an entire year of Czech culture with its Guest of Honour presentation in Frankfurt in 2026.

Tomáš Kubí?ek, Director of the Czech Guest of Honour programme, is looking forward to the coming year, “Czech literature is remarkably diverse. I am convinced that today’s Czech authors have much to offer the international literary world — from their characteristic irony and self-irony to their talent for powerful storytelling and their ability to explore inspiring themes.”

The Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026 will take place from 7 to 11 October 2026.