Trade show · Prague, Czech Republic

Bookworld Prague

Also known as Svet Knihy - Book World Prague - International Book Fair and Literary Festival

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Next editionNot confirmedLast edition we have: 17–20 May 2012
Last venuePrague Exhibition GroundsPrague, Czech Republic
RunningSince 2010Annual · 3 editions on record
Last checked12 Nov 2026Organiser website checked
We haven't confirmed the next dates yet. The last edition in our records was 17–20 May 2012 at Prague Exhibition Grounds. Check the organiser's site: svetknihy.cz. Are you the organiser? Correct this listing.

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Editions on record
3first in 2010

About Bookworld Prague

With its accompanying literary festival and international reach, Book World Prague is the largest event for books in the Czech Republic. Over four days visitors can acquaint themselves with practically every producer of books on the Czech market; this concerns primarily fiction, but also the publishing activities of most university presses and publishers of specialist literature. Altogether about 400 exhibitors from more than 30 countries and regions from all over the world are represented at the fair.

Book World Prague supports the work of translators, publishers and other figures of world literature from the Czech Republic and abroad and seeks to present them in a nationwide context.

The central theme of the 2012 fair will be the comics There will be exhibitions, seminars and meetings with authors active in a genre of literature that is currently attracting a great deal of interest, not least from the younger generation of readers.

From our listing of this edition. Details may have changed since.

Editions

YearDatesWhereExhibitorsVisitors
201217–20 May 2012Prague Exhibition Grounds
Prague, Czech Republic
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201112–15 May 2011Prague Letnany Exhibition Centre
Prague, Czech Republic
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201013–16 May 2010Prague Letnany Exhibition Centre
Prague, Czech Republic
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Past editions from the bvents archive (2008–2019) and organiser figures where they were published.

Questions

When is Bookworld Prague?

The next dates haven't been confirmed. The last edition we have on record was 17–20 May 2012.

Where is it held?

The last edition we have was at Prague Exhibition Grounds, Prague, Czech Republic.

How often does it take place?

Annual, judging by the 3 editions on record since 2010.

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