Who we are and what we do

 

EBF is a non-commercial European umbrella association representing national Booksellers' Associations in the EU and EEA. Through its member associations, EBF speaks on behalf of more than 25.000 individual booksellers.

In this capacity, EBF is the legitime voice of booksellers in Europe.

 

The Team in Brussels:

  • fran [at] europeanbooksellers [dot] eu (Fran Dubruille), Director
  • viviane [at] europeanbooksellers [dot] eu (Viviane Vandemeulebroucke), Project Manager

Address: Rue de la Science 10, 1000 Brussels. Tel.: +32 2 223 49 40 - Fax: +32 2 223 49 38

The Executive Committee:

President: John McNamee (Bookseller in Ireland - Eason Portlaoise). Contact:laoised [at] eircom [dot] net

Vice-President: Ari Doeser (Koninklijke Boekverkopersbond, The Netherlands). Contact: doeser [at] boekbond [dot] nl

Treasurer: Olaf Winslow (Director of the Danish BA). Contact: olaf [at] bogpost [dot] dk

Javier Camara (Bookseller in Spain - Libreria Camara). Contact:pedidos [at] libreriacamara [dot] com

Kyra Dreher (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V., Germany). Contact: dreher [at] boev [dot] de (currently replaced by Susanne Meinel - Susanne [dot] Meinel [at] Bank-Verlag-Medien [dot] de)

Tim Godfray (The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom and Ireland Ltd., United Kingdom). Contact: tim [dot] godfray [at] booksellers [dot] org [dot] uk

Lars-Erik Linder (Akademibokhandelsgruppen AB, Sweden). Contact: lars-erik [dot] linder [at] akademibokhandeln [dot] se

Olivier Hugon-Nicolas (Syndicat des Distributeurs de Loisirs Culturels - SDLC, France). Contact: olivier [dot] hugonnicolas [at] sdlc [dot] fr

Luc Tessens (Vereniging Vlaamse Boekverkopers - VVB, Belgium). Contact: luc [dot] tessens [at] boek [dot] be