The Bologna Children's Book Fair, which focuses on literature for children and young people, will take place this year from 13 to 16 April 2026. You will find the Czech Republic's national stand in Hall 29 under E31.
Exhibitors 2026
BAOBAB
Baobab, an alternative publisher of children's illustrated books, is dedicated to publishing original texts and interesting translations. In their artistic elaboration, they collaborate with the upcoming generation of artists.
Plavecká 14, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech republic
bara@baobab-books.net
SLOVART
Slovart is the publisher of highly illustrated editions of children´s classics and modern tales. Since more than 25 years we have been cooperating with leading Czech and Slovak authors and illustrators and exported our books to many countries around the world.
Oderská 333/5, 196 00 Prague 9 – Čakovice, Czech republic
heger@slovart.sk
EUROMEDIA GROUP, a.s.
Euromedia Group (founded in 1991) is one of the largest companies in the Czech book market. It publishes over 700 new titles per year in a wide range of genres in various imprints, including an imprint for audiobooks. EMG also owns the largest book distribution network in the Czech Republic, supplying the booksellers, bookselling networks and e-shops with the production of the majority of Czech publishers. In addition, it has a chain of bookstores (Luxor) and a subscribers book club (Knižní klub).
Nádražní 762/32, 150 00 Prague 5 – Smíchov, Czech republic
diestlerova.petra@euromedia.cz
HOST Publishers
Host Publishers is one of the largest in¬dependent publishing houses in the Czech Republic, currently publishing about 150 titles annually. Host brand has become a guarantee of high-quality literature in many genres. In recent years Host has strengthened their list by adding the children’s literature programme. Acclaimed original Czech works for children include books by Petra Soukupová, Alena Mornštajnová, Petra Dvořáková, Irena Hejdová and Olga Stehlíková.
Radlas 5, 602 00 Brno, Czech republic
blatna@hostbrno.cz
PETRKOV
Publishing house Petrkov specializes in publishing children's literature. The Czech artist and illustrator Pavel Čech belongs to the main authors.
Havlíčkovo náměstí 180, 580 01 Havlíčkův Brod, Czech republic
peternovotny@centrum.cz
LABYRINT & RAKETA
LABYRINT Publishing focuses on art books, fiction and comics. The sublabel Raketa is dedicated to children's books. Labyrint publishes RAKETA, an original children's magazine, and is also involved in literary and cultural activities.
Dittrichova 5, 120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
labyrint@labyrint.net
SVĚT KNIHY, s.r.o. / BOOK WORLD
Company founded by the Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers. Its main activity is the organisation of the annual Book World Prague Fair, the promotion of books and literature and the export of Czech books.
Fügnerovo nám. 1808/3, 120 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic
radovan.auer@svetknihy.cz
NATIONAL GALLERY PRAGUE
The Publishing Department of the National Gallery Prague is a specially created publishing house that carries out the Gallery’s publishing activities in close cooperation with art historians, curators, lecturers, collections, and the NGP Library. The strongly academic output is logical given the Department’s specialisation. In addition to traditional printed materials—especially exhibition and collection inventory catalogues, guides, professional periodicals, conference compendia, artist monographs—it publishes academic literature on the fine arts and cognate fields (art theory and philosophy, museology, art history archives, etc.), popularising publications about NGP’s collections, and children’s books.
Staroměstské nám. 12, 110 15 Praha 1, Česká republika
Selection of Children's Book publishers
The exhibition catalogue for the Bologna Children's Book Fair can be downloaded here.
A history of participation at the book fair
Participation at the Bologna Children's Book Fair dates back to 2017. You can also take a brief look at previous years.
