Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreis

The Bundesverband der Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreise e. V. is a German umbrella association for reading promotion. According to its official website, it supports inviting professional authors for readings, discussions and writing workshops, and its members comprise 16 state associations (Landesverbände) that assist with selecting authors, planning, financing and follow-up. Its stated aim is to create key experiences through direct encounters with professional authors, making stories come alive and encouraging the joy of reading.

The Bundesverband der Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreise e. V. operates as an umbrella association with 16 state associations (Landesverbände) as members. Its official website states that its author encounters create key experiences, that direct encounters with professional authors make stories come alive and encourage the joy of reading, and that the state associations support inviting authors for readings, discussions and writing workshops, assisting from author selection through planning and financing to follow-up. The website also states that no association in Germany promotes, organizes and enables more readings, writing workshops and encounters with professional authors. A new board of the umbrella association was elected, as reported on the website dated 12 June 2026.

Reading-promotion umbrella association that, per its website, no other association in Germany promotes, organizes and enables more readings, writing workshops and encounters with professional authors.

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1. 1Bundesverband der Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreise e. V.boedecker-kreis.de
2. 2Über uns – Bundesverband der Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreise e. V.boedecker-kreis.de