Monika Bilstein
German publisher and former head of Peter Hammer Verlag
German publisher and former head of Peter Hammer Verlag
Sonja Hintermeier (* 27 September 1964; † 7 June 2022) was a German publisher, feminist and online activist whose projects were dedicated to closing the
Professional network founded in 1990 for women from all areas of the book world.
Publisher of KiRo-Verlag, BücherFrau des Jahres 1996 (BücherFrauen’s Woman of the Year in Books 1996)
Publisher of the Feministischer Buchverlag, founder and editor of VIRGINIA, Zeitschrift für Frauenbuchkritik (journal of reviews of books by and for women), BücherFrau des Jahres 1998 (BücherFrauen’s Woman of the Year in Books 1998)
Founder and long-standing owner of the “Personalagentur für Verlage” (recruitment agency for publishers), BücherFrau des Jahres 1999 (BücherFrauen’s Woman of the Year in Books 1999)
Germany’s first women’s publishing house, BücherFrauen des Jahres 2003 (BücherFrauen’s Women of the Year in Books 2003)
Publisher of AvivA Verlag, BücherFrau des Jahres 2011 (BücherFrauen’s Woman of the Year in Books 2011)
Publisher and editor of the Antje Kunstmann Verlag, BücherFrau des Jahres 2013 (BücherFrauen’s Woman of the Year in Books 2013)
Publisher, editor, owner of the fair-trade bookshop Autorenwelt-Shop, BücherFrau des Jahres 2019 (BücherFrauen’s Woman of the Year in Books 2019)