Austria celebrates the best bookstores for the world day of the book 2025!

Austria celebrates the best bookstores for the world day of the book 2025!

Wien, Österreich - This day, April 23, 2025, the UNESCO World Day of the book in Austria is a central event that focuses on the bookstores. The ceremonial occasion is crowned by the announcement of the winners: inside of the Austrian Bookstore Prize 2025. This prize is supported by the Federal Ministry of Living, Art, Culture, Media and Sport (BMWKMS) and the main association of the Austrian Book Trade (HVB) and serves to promote the cultural and educational policy role of bookstores.

This year, a total of 77 submissions were recorded for the price. The winners of the most important award in the Austrian book trade are:

In addition, the branch price went to the Thalia Vienna bookstore - Mitte / W3. The total price of 50,000 euros will be distributed evenly over five prices, with each award ended with 10,000 euros. This is an important incentive to develop innovative business models in bookstores.

The goal of the price

The award aims to promote innovative models in bookstores and to strengthen the visibility of domestic bookstores. These should act as places of culture, educational work and encounter. The jury, consisting of Günter Kaindlstorfer, Erich Neuhold, Theresa Prammer, Paul Ranefeld and Michaela Schachner, evaluates the submissions taking into account criteria such as independence, literary range and commitment in reading and literature promotion.

As part of the world's world day, 45 events take place in bookstores across Austria today, which are funded by the HVB, BMWKMS and Literar Mechana. These events are intended to increase the visibility of domestic writers: inside and their books from Austrian publishers. It should be emphasized that only eleven percent of the books sold in Austria come from local publishers. To change this, the HVB promotes readings with a fee fund of 300 euros for author: inside whose works were published in Austrian publishers.

submission and promotion of readings

Bookstores are invited to submit their readings until March 31, 2025. This submission is supported by promoting the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport as well as literary Mechana. All funded events are listed in an event calendar and should help to explain April to the month of Austrian literature.

In summary, the World's World Day 2025 shows the great efforts of the Austrian book trade not only to maintain the book culture, but also to honor the diversity and innovative strength of the bookstores. The active participation of numerous bookstores is particularly gratifying, which have to assert themselves in an increasingly competitive market. Further information and the complete list of the excellent bookstores can be viewed on the relevant websites: [OTS reports that…] (https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250423_ots0078/welttag-des-buchs-besten--oesterreichs-2025- Standen-Fest Price] (https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/themen/kunst-und-kultur/preise-literatur/oesterreichischer-buchhandlungspreis.html), and books.at offers an overview of readings.