BücherFrauen e. V. (Women in Publishing) is a professional association and network for women from all areas of the book and media industry in the German-speaking world.1BücherFrauen (2023): Satzung Bücherfrauen e. V. (2023). In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/fileadmin/DATEN/bilder/PDF/BF_Satzung_2024_final.pdf (accessed on 25 November 2025). 2Makowsky, Arno (1994): Männerwirtschaftswelt. Verlegerinnen diskutieren auf der Münchner Bücherschau. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, article of 22 November, p. 15. Available online at: https://bib-hessen.genios.de/document/SZ__ece81f441aef90ae7e2c259634c401bada6a42ed (accessed on 25 November 2025). The network was founded in Munich on 23 November 1990.3BücherFrauen (n.d.): Die Geschichte der BücherFrauen. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/geschichte (accessed on 25 November 2025). 4n.a. (1993): Die Bücherfrauen weben sich ein eigenes Netzwerk. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung, article of 13 November.
BücherFrauen see themselves as a network that connects women from all areas relating to books and adjacent media – regionally, nationally and internationally. They bring together employees and freelancers, women starting their careers and those in leadership positions. The association was founded by feminists and has since campaigned for the equality of all genders and gender identities. BücherFrauen members work for the network on a voluntary basis and support one another through the exchange of professional information and personal contact. BücherFrauen also offer further training and qualifications and take positions on issues of women’s policy and industry policy. They stand for an open-minded and diverse society and oppose all forms of discrimination and group-focused enmity. Their guiding principle, “Every BücherFrau sees herself as a representative of the network”, underlines their grassroots-democratic structure.5BücherFrauen (n.d.): Organisation. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/organisation (accessed on 25 November 2025). 6n.a. (1993): Die Bücherfrauen weben sich ein eigenes Netzwerk. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung, article of 13 November.
History
The founding of BücherFrauen e. V. is closely linked to the Women in Publishing (WiP) party that has taken place at the Frankfurter Buchmesse since 1981. There, women from the book industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland came together, inspired by the model of the English Women in Publishing. This event laid the foundation for an association that aimed to empower women in the book industry and connect them with one another.7BücherFrauen (n.d.): Die Geschichte der BücherFrauen. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/geschichte (accessed on 25 November 2025).
Women in Publishing was established in London in spring 1979 by, among others, the literary agent Anne McDermid, the publisher Liz Calder, the publisher and editor Ursula Owen, and the publisher, writer and literary critic Carmen Callil, initially as an open discussion platform; it eventually became an association with its own constitution whose aim is to promote women in the industry.8Women in Publishing (n.d.): About us. In: Women in Publishing website. Available online at: https://www.womeninpublishing.org.uk/about-us/ (accessed on 25 November 2025).
BücherFrauen took an active stance in political debates on equality in the cultural sector. BücherFrauen stand for women in leadership positions in the book industry.9Makowsky, Arno (1994): Männerwirtschaftswelt. Verlegerinnen diskutieren auf der Münchner Bücherschau. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, article of 22 November, p. 15. Available online at: https://bib-hessen.genios.de/document/SZ__ece81f441aef90ae7e2c259634c401bada6a42ed (accessed on 25 November 2025). 10Bredl, Barbara (1994): Das Ziel heisst Chefetage. Die ‚BuecherFrauen‘ melden sich energisch zu Wort. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, article of 17 November, p. 10. One initiative that emerged from these debates is the research project “#Frauenzählen” (Counting Women) of the cross-association working group AG DIVERSITÄT, which was launched in 2017. The project is supported in particular by volunteer researchers. In 2018 the pilot study “Sichtbarkeit von Frauen in Medien und im Literaturbetrieb” (Visibility of women in the media and the literary world) was published. For this study, samples of literary reviews from various daily newspapers, magazines, and television and radio programmes were collected in the two weeks before and after the Leipziger Buchmesse 2018 and examined for differences between female and male authors, particularly in the frequency and length of reviews. The pilot study showed both that male authors were reviewed more often in the reviews examined and that the overwhelming majority of reviewers were male.11Institut für Medienforschung (n.d.): Genderreport der Buchbranche. In: Website of the Institut für Medienforschung, Universität Rostock. Available online at: https://www.imf.uni-rostock.de/forschung/kommunikations-und-medienwissenschaft/gender-medien/genderreport-der-buchbranche/ (accessed on 25 November 2025). 12#frauenzählen (n.d.): Pilotstudie „Sichtbarkeit von Frauen in Medien und im Literaturbetrieb. In: #frauenzählen website. Available online at: http://www.xn--frauenzhlen-r8a.de/studientext.html (accessed on 25 November 2025).
In 1992 the first BücherFrauen address directory, known as the Blaue Buch (Blue Book), was published; from 1994 onwards it was reissued every year for the Leipziger Buchmesse. A first logo was also presented that year. A year later the first newsletter appeared, conceived by Heike Wilhelmi and Evelyn Kuttig. It kept members informed about the association’s work and current industry topics and was published twice a year from then on. In 1994 BücherFrauen presented themselves with their own stand at the Leipziger Buchmesse for the first time and published their first survey of salaries and fees. By 1995 the association already had around 500 members, organised in fourteen city groups, which provided numerous training opportunities and opportunities for exchanging information. In 1998 the head office in Berlin was opened by Vera Seehausen, a freelance editor and staff member at the Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und Ethik in der Medizin (Charité), and Annette Sandberg.13Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und Ethik in der Medizin (n.d.): Person: Vera Seehausen. In: Website of the Institut für Geschichte der Medizin und Ethik in der Medizin, Charité Berlin. Available online at: https://medizingeschichte.charite.de/metas/person/person/address_detail/vera_seehausen (accessed on 4 December 2025).
In 2005 BücherFrauen wrote a white paper on reconciling work and family life for the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels.14BücherFrauen (n.d.): Die Geschichte der BücherFrauen. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/geschichte (accessed on 25 November 2025). It also explicitly draws attention to the gender pay gap in the book trade and in the industry as a whole: on average, women earn 8.3% less than men (as of 2021).15Redaktion Börsenblatt (2021): Gender Pay Gap auch im Buchhandel. In: Börsenblatt, article of 22 July. Available online at: https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/buchhandel-news/gender-pay-gap-auch-im-buchhandel-186687 (accessed on 4 December 2025).
The BücherFrauen study “Mehrwert. Arbeiten in der Buchbranche heute” (Added value: working in the book industry today), published for the association’s twentieth anniversary, follows on from this; it compares the working conditions of women and men in the industry. One of the study’s findings is that, among more than 1,000 respondents from the book industry, women earn 23% less than men – even when their educational background, qualifications and position are the same.16Redaktion Börsenblatt (2010): Neue Studie: Arbeiten in der Buchbranche. In: Börsenblatt, article of 8 October 2010. Available online at: https://www.boersenblatt.net/archiv/398172.html (accessed on 4 December 2025). This would make the gender pay gap in the book industry even more serious than in other professions.17Ehlers, Frauke (2012): Vom Lohnunterschied zwischen Männern und Frauen. In: buchreport, article of 13 April. Available online at: https://www.buchreport.de/news/frauke-ehlers-vom-lohnunterschied-zwischen-manner-und-frauen/ (accessed on 4 December 2025). This study gave rise to debates that remain open to this day on the challenges of the gender pay gap in the age of digitalisation and on the quotas being demanded in the book industry.18Hehemann, Eva (2012): Braucht die Buchbranche eine Quote? In: buchreport, article of 7 May. Available online at: https://www.buchreport.de/news/eva-hehemann-braucht-die-buchbranche-eine-quote/ (accessed on 4 December 2025). 19Krones, Susanne (2012): Gerecht ist besser – für alle! In: buchreport, article of 30 April. Available online at: https://www.buchreport.de/news/susanne-krones-gerecht-ist-besser-fur-alle/ (accessed on 4 December 2025).
The first BücherFrauen-Akademie was launched in 2007, and the following year the association addressed the challenges of the digital age. In 2009 the first E-Akademie brought new knowledge to the book industry, and the first BücherFrauen magazine was published.20Strohscheer, Dana/Sharon Adler (2012): Interview mit Valeska Henze, Politikwissenschaftlerin & Übersetzerin. 1. Vorsitzende der BücherFrauen e. V. In: Aviva. Online Magazin für Frauen, interview of 16 October. Available online at: https://www.aviva-berlin.de/aviva/content_Interviews.php?id=141455 (accessed on 4 December 2025).
In 2021 the BücherFrauen-Literaturpreis Christine, named after the Italian-French women’s rights advocate and writer Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430), was awarded for the first time.21Dutli, Ralph (2025): Christine de Pizan in der Frankfurter Anthologie. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, article of 14 March. Available online at: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/frankfurter-anthologie/christine-de-pizan-in-der-frankfurter-anthologie-110358018.html (accessed on 4 December 2025). 22(n.a.) (2021): Neuer Buchpreis nur für Frauen. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, article of 5 February, p. 12.
The prize is awarded every two years and honours women authors whose writing contributes to gender equality and to the empowerment of women and girls. In addition to prize money of €10,000, the winners receive a statue designed by the Karlsruhe artist Kassandra Becker. The first winner, in 2021, was Mely Kiyak for her work Frausein.23BücherFrauen (2021): Der BücherFrauen-Literaturpreis „Christine“ 2021 geht an Mely Kiyak. In: BücherFrauen website, press release of 21 October. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/branchendebatte/literaturpreis/artikel/christine-2021 (accessed on 4 December 2025). In 2023 Slata Roschal received the prize for her book 153 Formen des Nichtseins.24BücherFrauen (2023): Der BücherFrauen-Literaturpreis „Christine“ 2023 geht an Slata Roschal. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/branchendebatte/literaturpreis/artikel/der-buecherfrauen-literaturpreis-christine-2023-geht-an-slata-roschal (accessed on 4 December 2025). In 2025 the prize was awarded to a translation for the first time: the novel “Was Hortensia nicht mehr erzählen konnte” by the Spanish author Dulce Chacón, translated by Friederike Hofert.25n.a. (2025): BücherFrauen-Literaturpreis 2025 erstmals an eine Übersetzung vergeben. In: BuchMarkt, article of 27 October. Available online at: https://buchmarkt.de/buecherfrauen-literaturpreis-2025-erstmals-an-eine-uebersetzung-vergeben/ (accessed on 4 December 2025). 26Redaktion Börsenblatt (2025): Die „Christine“ geht erstmals an eine Übersetzung. In: Börsenblatt, article of 27 October. Available online at: https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/preise-und-auszeichnungen/die-christine-geht-erstmals-eine-uebersetzung-395541 (accessed on 4 December 2025).
In 2023 the first Feministische Buchwoche (Feminist Book Week),27BücherFrauen (2025): Feministische Buchwoche. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/branchenthemen/feministische-buchwoche (accessed on 4 December 2025). 28BücherFrauen (n.d.): Die Geschichte der BücherFrauen. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/geschichte (accessed on 25 November 2025). FemBuWo for short, was launched as a nationwide event with various readings, panel discussions and presentations of publishers and books. Since then, FemBuWo has taken place every year.29Kindermann, Anna (2025): Feministische Buchwoche 2025. In: Website of Kindermann Verlag, article of 23 April. Available online at: https://www.kindermannverlag.de/feministische-buchwoche-2025/ (accessed on 25 November 2025). Its aim is to bring the diversity of feminist perspectives in the book industry to a wider audience.30Wetzel, Pierre (2023): Im Interview: Charlotte Fondraz über die Feministische Buchwoche. In: Website of the Frankfurter Buchmesse. Available online at: https://www.buchmesse.de/news/im-interview-charlotte-fondraz-ueber-die-feministische-buchwoche (accessed on 25 November 2025).
Organisation and structure
BücherFrauen is organised on grassroots-democratic principles. The network thrives on its members, who decide on annual themes and activities in the regional groups and working groups. The general meeting and the extended board set the framework for regional and national involvement. The board represents the network vis-à-vis partners. In the extended board, it is supported in annual project planning by representatives of the regional groups and working groups. The board is elected every two years at the annual conference in November.31BücherFrauen (n.d.): Organisation. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/organisation (accessed on 5 December 2025). The board currently consists of the cultural manager Yvonne de Andrés (chair), the literary and specialist translator Juliane Seifert (deputy chair), the freelance editor Annett Geselle (secretary) and the editor and translator Carola Köhler (FinanzFrau, treasurer), supplemented by Inka Bankwitz and Verena Schmidt (press relations) (as of December 2025).32BücherFrauen (n.d.): Organisation. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/organisation (accessed on 5 December 2025).
Political work
BücherFrauen are politically active for equality in the cultural sector and take positions on issues of women’s policy and industry policy, including through invitations to the Bundestag Committee on Culture & Media. They also campaign for women authors to be nominated for the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels. In addition to the Blaue Buch and the newsletter, they publish studies on the working situation in the book industry and white papers on important topics such as reconciling work and family life.33BücherFrauen (2023): Satzung Bücherfrauen e. V. (2023). In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/fileadmin/DATEN/bilder/PDF/BF_Satzung_2024_final.pdf (accessed on 5 December 2025). 34BücherFrauen (n.d.): Organisation. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/organisation (accessed on 5 December 2025). BücherFrauen also take a clear stand against racism.35BücherFrauen (2025): Unser Jahresthema 2025: Aktiv gegen Rechtsextremismus, Gewalt und Menschenfeindlichkeit. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/news/artikel/unser-jahresthema-2025-aktiv-gegen-rechtsextremismus-gewalt-und-menschenfeindlichkeit (accessed on 5 December 2025). BücherFrauen are members of the lobbying organisations Deutscher Frauenrat and Deutsche Literaturkonferenz in order to lend weight to their political aims.36BücherFrauen (n.d.): Organisation. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/organisation (accessed on 5 December 2025).
Mentoring programme
Through their Akademie and E-Akademie, BücherFrauen offer targeted support for career development and on topics relevant to the industry. The mentoring programme started in 1999 and celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2009 with a national congress. Since 2022 it has also been offered on a national, cross-regional basis.37Redaktion Börsenblatt (2025): Bewerbungen für Mentoringprogramm werden entgegengenommen. In: Börsenblatt, article of 1 July. Available online at: https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/bewerbungen-fuer-mentoringprogramm-werden-entgegengenommen-379083 (accessed on 5 December 2025). 38Stahl, Jana/Susanne Martin (2009): Historischer Bonus: 20 Jahre Mentoring der BücherFrauen. In: Buchmacherinnen – der BücherFrauen-Podcast. Available online at: https://www.podcast.de/episode/624110091/historischer-bonus-20-jahre-mentoring-der-buecherfrauen (accessed on 5 December 2025). The one-year programme is offered to women starting their careers or to women who want to develop further in their careers.39Redaktion (2015): Anja Kemmerzell über ihre Erfahrungen mit dem Mentoring-Programm der BücherFrauen. In: BuchMarkt, conversation of 13 September. Available online at: https://buchmarkt.de/anja-kemmerzell-uber-ihre-erfahrungen-mit-dem-mentoring-programm-der-bucherfrauen-2/ (accessed on 5 December 2025). 40n.a. (2021): Erstes überregionales Mentoring der BücherFrauen startet 2022. In: buchreport, news item of 18 June. Available online at: https://www.buchreport.de/news/erstes-ueberregionales-mentoring-der-buecherfrauen-startet-2022/ (accessed on 5 December 2025). 41framisa (2023): BücherFrauen-Mentoringprogramm. In: FrauenNetzWerk Mittelsachsen, framisa, news item of 4 December. Available online at: https://framisa.de/buecherfrauen-mentoringprogramm/ (accessed on 5 December 2025). 42BücherFrauen (n.d.): Mentoring. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/karriere/mentoring (accessed on 5 December 2025). For this purpose, BücherFrauen cooperate with other associations such as the PEN-Zentrum Deutschland, the Verband deutscher Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller (VS) and the Verband der Freien Lektorinnen und Lektoren (VFLL). Further cooperation partners are the Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer (BDÜ), mediacampus frankfurt and the Verband deutschsprachiger Literaturübersetzer/innen literarischer und wissenschaftlicher Werke (VdÜ).43BücherFrauen (n.d.): Akademie. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/karriere/akademie/uebersicht (accessed on 5 December 2025).
BücherFrau des Jahres
Since 1996 the award “BücherFrau des Jahres” (BücherFrauen’s Woman of the Year in Books) has honoured women who are committed to equality in the book industry.44BücherFrauen (n.d.): Bücherfrau des Jahres. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/buecherfrau-des-jahres (accessed on 5 December 2025).
List of award winners45BücherFrauen (n.d.): Bücherfrau des Jahres. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/buecherfrau-des-jahres (accessed on 5 December 2025). 46BücherFrauen (2025): Christina Clemm ist die BücherFrau des Jahres 2025. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/wir-buecherfrauen/buecherfrau-des-jahres/artikel/christina-clemm-ist-die-buecherfrau-des-jahres-2025 (accessed on 5 December 2025).
- 1996 Ruth Kiesow, publisher of KiRo-Verlag
- 1997 Susanne Scharff, founder and director of the women’s library MONAliesA, Leipzig
- 1998 Anke Schäfer, publisher of the Feministischer Buchverlag, founder and editor of VIRGINIA – Zeitschrift für Frauenbuchkritik
- 1999 Irene Naumczyk, founder and long-time owner of the “Personalagentur für Verlage” (recruitment agency for publishers)
- 2000 Marion Schulz, initiator and director of the database “Schriftstellerinnen in Deutschland nach 1945” (Women writers in Germany after 1945) and of the Stiftung Frauen-Literatur-Forschung e. V.
- 2001 Ingeborg Kaestner, founder and organiser of the LiBeraturpreis
- 2002 Ingeborg Mues, founder and editor of the series “Die Frau in der Gesellschaft” (Women in society) at Fischer Taschenbuchverlag
- 2003 Verlag Frauenoffensive, Germany’s first women’s publishing house
- 2004 Luise F. Pusch, author, editor and language critic
- 2005 Ray-Güde Mertin, literary agent, translator and bridge-building literary networker (d. 2006)
- 2006 Sara Willwerth, owner of the Buchhandlung Weber bookshop in Erkrath
- 2007 Marianne Krüll, sociologist, author and dedicated networker
- 2008 Karen Nölle, literary translator, editor, author and founder of numerous writing workshops
- 2009 Ulrike Helmer, founder and former publisher of Ulrike Helmer Verlag
- 2010 Susanne Himmelheber, owner of the Buchhandlung Himmelheber bookshop in Heidelberg and author
- 2011 Britta Jürgs, publisher of AvivA Verlag
- 2012 Lioba Betten, librarian, project manager of the UNESCO project “Bücher für alle” (Books for all) and publisher
- 2013 Antje Kunstmann, publisher and editor of Antje Kunstmann Verlag
- 2014 Regine Elsässer, translator and founder of the women’s bookshop Xanthippe in Mannheim
- 2015 Frauke Ehlers, bookseller and business economist, ambassador and source of ideas for BücherFrauen
- 2016 Anita Djafari, promoter and mediator of literature from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Arab world, long-time managing director of LITPROM
- 2017 Nina George, author, campaigner for authors’ rights, the position of women in the literary world and copyright
- 2018 Susanne Martin, bookseller, industry expert and pioneer on both analogue and digital paths
- 2019 Sandra Uschtrin, publisher, editor, owner of the fair-trade bookshop Autorenwelt-Shop
- 2020 Silke Weniger, publisher and literary agent and a BücherFrau from the very beginning
- 2021 Doris Hermanns, author, translator, editor and journalist
- 2022 Zoë Beck, author, translator, publisher and activist
- 2023 Jana Stahl, editor and journalist (d. 2023)
- 2024 Yvonne de Andrés, cultural manager and press officer
- 2025 Christina Clemm, specialist lawyer for criminal law and family law, and author47Geissler, Cornelia (2025): Sie schreibt als Anwältin gegen Gewalt. Christina Clemm ist „Bücherfrau des Jahres“. In: Berliner Zeitung, article of 22 May 2025. Available online at: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/literatur/diese-berliner-rechtsanwaeltin-ist-buecherfrau-des-jahres-2025-li.2327017 (accessed on 5 December 2025).
5 to Watch!
In 2025 BücherFrauen, together with The Female Publisher, the network for women in publishing and programme management, launched the “5 to watch” initiative. The idea for the initiative came from Anne Friebel (Palomaa Publishing, founder of The Female Publisher), Josefine Podei (editorial trainee at Seemann Henschel), Regina Denk (publisher, author, publishing consultant), Isabell Schumann (author, publisher, copywriter), Marianne Eppelt (managing director of w_orten & meer and chair of BücherFrauen), as well as Inka Bankwitz (online PR and marketing manager at medialike GmbH, press spokesperson for BücherFrauen) and Jona Neugebauer (illustration, design and management of the BücherFrauen Instagram account).48Redaktion Börsenblatt (2024): „5 to Watch“ sucht inspirierende FLINTA-Personen. In: Börsenblatt, news item of 5 November. Available online at: https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/literaturszene/5-watch-sucht-inspirierende-flinta-personen-351781 (accessed on 5 December 2025). The aim is to honour five diverse voices from the book industry on the basis of their outstanding achievements, their innovative strength and their commitment to the future of the book industry.49BücherFrauen (2025): 5 to watch. In: BücherFrauen website. Available online at: https://www.buecherfrauen.de/branchenthemen/5-to-watch/artikel/5-to-watch-2025 (accessed on 5 December 2025). 50Redaktion Börsenblatt (2024): „5 to Watch“ sucht inspirierende FLINTA-Personen. In: Börsenblatt, news item of 5 November. Available online at: https://www.boersenblatt.net/news/literaturszene/5-watch-sucht-inspirierende-flinta-personen-351781 (accessed on 5 December 2025).
In 2025 the following five people were honoured as “5 to watch”:
- Valo Christiansen: editor, presenter, freelance author and slam poet; offers specialised sensitivity readings for autistic people, people with ADHD, non-binary and queer people, as well as advice on gender-sensitive communication.51Christiansen, Valo (n.d.): Über mich. In: Queer Sensitivity Reading. Available online at: https://www.queersensitivityreading.com/ueber-mich/ (accessed on 5 December 2025).
- Alina Gries: editor and author of children’s books intended to introduce preschool and primary school children to environmental topics in a playful way and to foster their creativity.52Gries, Alina (n.d.): Über mich. In: Website of Alina Gries. Available online at: https://alinagries.de/ueber-mich/ (accessed on 5 December 2025).
- Stefanie Jaksch: former publishing director who championed a socially critical, feminist profile and founded the essay series “übermorgen”, which in concise texts explores the space of meaning and association of terms such as “Angst” (fear), “Heimat” (home) or “Offenheit” (openness).53Kremayr & Scheriau (n.d.): übermorgen – Die neue Reihe bei K&S! In: Publisher’s website. Available online at: https://www.kremayr-scheriau.at/uebermorgen-die-neue-reihe-bei-ks/ (accessed on 5 December 2025). 54Jaksch, Stefanie (n.d.): Über mich – In Worten. In: Website of Stefanie Jaksch. Available online at: https://inworten.jetzt/uber-mich/ (accessed on 5 December 2025).
- Nefeli Kavouras: staff member at mairisch Verlag, curates the literary programme of the Altonale, co-hosts the podcast “laxbrunch” with Anselm Neft, initiated festivals such as the culinary SORBET, received the residency grant of the Hamburg Ministry of Culture in 2022 and the Hamburger Literaturpreis in 2023 for her novel manuscript, which will be published in 2026.55Kavouras, Nefeli (n.d.): About 4. In: Website of Nefeli Kavouras. Available online at: https://www.nefelikavouras.de/ (accessed on 5 December 2025).
- Andrea Lunau: chair of the Werbegemeinschaft Burscheid (Burscheid business association) and bookseller in the team at the Ute Hentschel bookshop; advises on literature on social media.56Lehmann, Nadja (2025): Burscheid: Andrea Lunau hat neue Ideen für den Buchhandel. In: Remscheider General-Anzeiger, article of 31 January. Available online at: https://www.rga.de/lokales/rheinisch-bergischer-kreis/burscheid/burscheid-andrea-lunau-hat-neue-ideen-fuer-den-buchhandel-JMAWGDSEX5AYRKWI377GUEEQA4.html (accessed on 5 December 2025).
External links
- Website of BücherFrauen
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