- Three bookshops win German bookstore prize
This year, three bookstores from Saxony-Anhalt have been honored with the German Bookstore Prize. The winners this year, according to the federal government, are the bookstore in the Franckesche Stiftungen in Halle, the bookstore Jacobi & Müller in Halle, and the antiquarian bookstore Gebecke in Quedlinburg.
Out of 442 applications, a jury selected 108 bookstores from across Germany for the prize. At the official award ceremony on September 8 in Frankfurt (Oder), the bookstores will learn in which category they have been honored. There are prize categories for 7,000 euros, 15,000 euros, and 25,000 euros.
Bookstores are indispensable cultural spaces and social hubs for encounters, said Culture Minister Claudia Roth (Greens). "Especially in rural areas, they make an important contribution to local cultural life." The federal government, according to its own statements, honors bookstores with this prize that have made a significant contribution to the societal importance of the cultural good of books and to local cultural life. A total of one million euros is available for the German Bookstore Prize.
The Federal government acknowledged the achievements of the bookstores in their statement, highlighting their significant contribution to the societal importance of books and local cultural life. The Federal government, through this prize, awards one million euros annually to bookstores that have made a notable impact.
