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Founded in 2000, EURead is a consortium of European reading promotion organisations who believe that reading is a prerequisite for full participation in today’s media-led and culturally diverse society. Last month, EIBF, who is a proud member of EURead since 2024, joined the EURead General Assembly and Open Forum, held in Brussels. The event also marked 25 years of EURead’s work in promoting reading across Europe. To commemorate this anniversary, we asked Daan Beeke, from the Dutch reading promotion organisation Stichting Lezen and one of the key figures behind EURead, to tell us EURead’s story in this guest blog.

EIBF is pleased to announce that it has submitted a position paper for the new Culture Compass on the European Commission’s call for evidence portal on the 26th of May.

From 15 to 17 May 2025, EIBF had the pleasure of joining literary professionals from across Europe in the beautiful city of Prague for the 2025 announcement ceremony of the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), held within the vibrant atmosphere of the International Book Fair and Litera

The European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) is pleased to announce the publication of our position papers on funding for culture, competitiveness, and EU external action in the European Commission’s next multiannual financial framework (MFF).

On this year’s World Book Day, follow our Policy Assistant, Lorenzo Dall’Omo, to UNESCO World Book Capital, Strasbourg, where he attended the Rencontres internationals de l’Ecologie pour le livre, a bookselling conference which aimed to explore the links between sustainability and the book ch

Between 23 and 24 March, the European and International Booksellers Federation team was proud to bring together around 300 booksellers from 31 countries for the 3rd edition of the RISE Bookselling Conference in Riga, Latvia. 

One week ago, EIBF’s Director, Julie Belgrado, attended the Winter Institute, the largest bookselling conference organized by the American Booksellers Association (ABA), held this year in Denver, Colorado, from February 23-26.

The European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) is pleased to announce the publication of our position paper on public procurement, highlighting key concerns and recommendations to ensure a fair and competitive environment for small and independent bookshops across Europe.

On the 9th of February, Israeli police raided the Palestinian-owned bookshop Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, arresting and detaining two of its owners overnight, booksellers Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmed Muna, according to media reports. EIBF and our community of booksellers firmly believe in Freedom of Expression as a fundamental human right and the cornerstone of a healthy democracy, and fully condemns these attacks.

The European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF), who speaks on behalf of more than 25,000 individual booksellers of all kinds in Europe and beyond, is proud to join the ‘Make Amazon Pay’ campaign, together with a coalition of trade associations and u

European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) - Project Assistant - Job vacancyLocation: BrusselsType of contract: short term (CDD - 1 year, renewable) - to start ideally in early January

Now that the 76th edition of the Frankfurt Book Fair is behind us, let's take a walk down memory lane to see what EIBF has been up to this year.RISE Bookselling Study on consumer trends, behaviours and needs