The 78th Frankfurt International Book Fair begins tomorrow
The Frankfurt Book Fair combines an industry event with a festival and welcomes more than 4,000 exhibitors from around the world every year. In 2025, it attracted 238,000 visitors, including more than 7,800 media representatives. The first two days of the Frankfurter Buchmesse are reserved exclusively for publishing professionals; over the weekend, the fair also opens its doors to readers.
This year, the Polish stand will be more than 220 square metres. It will feature a selection of the best Polish books published over the past twelve months, as well as books published by Polish publishers participating in this year’s fair. For foreign publishers and translators, we have prepared, in cooperation with experts, the catalogues New Books from Poland 2026 and New Books from Poland 2026. Poetry (the catalogues will be available on our website from tomorrow). As every year in Frankfurt, the Polish Book Market report will also be launched (available here), providing industry professionals with insights into Poland’s domestic book market.
During the fair, we will also present the activities of the Book Institute, including its flagship ©Poland Translation Programme, addressed to foreign and Polish publishers of translations of Polish books.
For the second time, our stand will also host the Buchbund bookshop, where visitors will be able to purchase books by Polish authors in Polish and German. The bookshop will open on Friday afternoon, when the fair will also become accessible to the general public.
A total of 48 exhibitors will present their offer at the Polish collective stand: 2C Consulting, Agora, Bernardinum, Bosz, Bright Junior Media, Czarna Owca, Czarne, Domirea, Druganoga, DTagency, Dwie Siostry, Edgard, Fabryka Opowieści, Fundacja Historia i Kultura, Fundacja Pogranicze, Grupa Wydawnicza Relacja, Grupa Zaczytani.pl, GW Foksal, Helion, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, Jagielloński Instytut Wydawniczy, Karakter, Literatura, Marginesy, Media Rodzina, Morex, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Nasza Księgarnia, Natuli, Pinus Media, Polish Courses, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, Poradnia K, Publicat, Rebis, Skarpa Warszawska, Tatarak, Timof i cisi wspólnicy, Widnokrąg, Wydawnictwo Kobiece, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adam Mickiewicza, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Wydawnictwo Zwierciadło, Znak.
The Czech Republic is this year’s Guest of Honour. The fair will end on Sunday.