SOCIAL IMPACT

As a leading cultural company and a key figure in the book industry, the Libri Group is committed to active participation in social engagement.

In 2024, Libri’s Corporate Social Responsibility Program was expanded and renewed, with talent development becoming one of its key focus areas.
Under the name Libri Talent, new calls for applications and scholarship programs were launched with the aim of supporting emerging writers as well as young professionals seeking to build a career in the book industry. In addition, social partnerships are gaining increasing importance in order to strengthen the support of cultural and community values across a wide range of fields.

The previously launched, successful initiatives continue to thrive: the Bookline Lapozó network, which promotes the circulation of books, remains active, and every summer season brings the Bookline Book Swap Picnics. With the return of the Libri Literary Awards, we celebrate the success of our authors, while our reading promotion programs nurture the love of reading. Fundraising campaigns involving our customers are also organized to provide assistance to communities where it is most needed.

Libri’s programme for nurturing talent

Libri Talent is a comprehensive scholarship and talent support programme, which was first launched in 2024 with the aim of promoting Hungarian authors, supporting talented young writers and providing professional educational opportunities, in order to enhance the Group’s social responsibility programme to include education-related goals.

Libri Talent encompasses all the initiatives we take to help contemporary Hungarian writers launch their careers and train talented professionals in the book industry.

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Writers’ grant programme

The KEZDŐSOR writers’ grant programme supports emerging Hungarian authors through a nearly one-year long writing mentoring programme. Participants can benefit from the guidance of professionals in the book industry, and work with mentors to refine their manuscripts for publication. In addition to mentoring by writers, the grantees can also gain comprehensive market knowledge as part of the First Line programme.

Training for publishing managers

The BEKEZDÉS training course for publishing managers offers learning opportunities for the next generation of publishing professionals. The six-month training, with a practical focus, aims to provide an insight into the process of creating books, from manuscript care to book preparation for printing and sale, with the help of renowned experts in the book industry.

Children’s Storytelling Competition

Libri Talent Mini aims to provide an opportunity for Hungarian writers and illustrators to create contemporary Hungarian children’s literature. The best stories selected by the program will be offered publication opportunities, as well as prominent visibility in Libri bookstores and on Libri platforms.

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Libri Literary Prizes

Reading together!

Libri, as a committed supporter of culture, considers the promotion of reading and contemporary Hungarian literature as one of its main goals. We launched the Libri Literary Prizes in 2016 to provide prestigious awards for Hungarian authors who have made a significant contribution to the intellectual and cultural heritage of Hungary. Our goal is to make these books available to as wide an audience as possible.

In 2024, the Libri Literary Prizes were revised. Taking into consideration the readers’ choices, we have expanded the categories of the traditional event.

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Reading Promotion

Every book contributes something to who we are

Libri and Bookline regularly run periodic campaigns at a national level to promote the love of books and reading to as many people as possible. In our increasingly digitised and fast-paced world, reading is particularly important and plays a unique role in transmitting and preserving culture. End-of-year Christmas campaigns and self-published ornamental volumes play a key role in Libri’s mission to promote culture and reading every year.

Fundraising and Book Donations

Help a story become beautiful!

For Libri, the support of organisations that aim to help children in difficult situations is of particular importance. We regularly launch fundraising campaigns in our online stores and shops to support the charities we work with to help children. Our contribution is not just about fundraising, as the cooperation is regularly complemented by joint programmes and book donations.

In addition to supporting organisations that help children, we are committed to supporting reading promotion, nurturing talent and education. Selected books are donated to hospitals, rural schools, community centres, libraries and other organisations that feel a similar sense of responsibility towards these goals.

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A gift book for all students

The joint programme of Libri Bookshops and Jelenkor Publishing, launched in 2021, aims to promote reading and to enable young people to get to know the works of outstanding contemporary authors of the past decades.  Each year, a free selection of books is made especially for them and can be picked up in bookshops on presentation of a student ID. This year, a selection of writings by Miklós Mészöly, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Péter Nádas, Szilárd Borbély and János Térey, a volume of András Visky’s works was published and gifted to thousands of students.

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Bookline LAPOZÓ

Trade in any of your books for something extraordinary at a Bookline book exchange point!

The Bookline LAPOZÓ programme aims to promote the sustainable circulation of books and to encourage reading. Instead of a one-off reading experience, we want books to be a community experience involving as many people as possible on a regular basis. Our nationwide book exchange point network makes it easy for anyone to find their next read. As part of the Bookline LAPOZÓ programme, we also organise complementary events and campaigns to promote a culture of reading and a mindset of sustainability.

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Bookline Book Swap Picnic

Bring a book, take a book!

Book Swap Picnics are a series of highly successful events that have taken place on several occasions, based on the idea that the life of a book does not end when you finish reading it. Instead, it can be passed on and given new life in the hands of others. At Bookline Book Swap Picnics, anyone can drop off their unused books and choose from the selection on the free shelves. Hundreds of books are exchanged at the plaid blanket picnic event, which includes accompanying cultural programmes to emphasise the sustainable circulation of books and make reading a real community experience.

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Kórházi olvasósarkok

Ahol a valódi hősök születnek

2018-ban országszerte megkezdtük a Libri olvasósarkok kialakítását olyan kórházakban és kórházi osztályokon, ahol gyerekek várják a gyógyulást. A mesesarkokban az otthonos berendezés és a rendszeresen frissülő könyvállomány várja a gyerekeket és szüleiket.
Heim Pál Országos Gyermekgyógyászati Intézet, Szent László Kórház, Csolnoky Ferenc Kórház, B.-A.-Z. Megyei Kórház és Egyetemi Oktatókórház

Libri Mesepontok​

2018-as karácsonyi kampányunkban több mint 45 000 könyvadományt gyűjtöttünk össze gyerekek számára. Olyan hátrányos helyzetű gyerekekhez szerettük volna eljuttatni az olvasás élményét, akik máskülönben könyvek nélkül töltötték volna a karácsonyt. A kampány sikerét látva programunkat kibővítettük, így immár a Libri teljes bolthálózatában, egész évben várjuk vásárlóink könyvadományait.

Állandó CSR-partnereink

Évek óta dolgozunk együtt az Egy Szív a Gyermekekért Alapítvánnyal, amely olyan magyar gyerekeknek nyújt támogatást, akiknek a gyógykezelése Magyarországon nem megoldható. Szintén állandó partnerünk a Csodalámpa Alapítvány, amely súlyos beteg gyerekek kívánságait teljesíti.

Employer branding

Az olvasásnépszerűsítést célzó programjainkból munkatársaink is tevékeny részt vállalnak: a Libri Így olvasunk mi programjában kollégáink, mint a mindennapjaikat könyvek között töltő szakemberek számolnak be legfrissebb olvasmányélményeikről, a Bookline 2019-es karácsonyi kampányában pedig szintén munkatársaink játszották a főszerepet, és hívták fel a figyelmet a Bookline megújult oldalának funkcióira, valamint az olvasás fontosságára.

Fenntarthatóság, csomagolás, logisztika

A cégcsoport számára kiemelten fontos az ENSZ által meghatározott fenntarthatósági irányelvek minél szélesebb körű követése. Minden, a vásárlóinkhoz kiszállított dobozunk fenntartható forrásból származó és újrahasznosított papírból készül, ugyanakkor arra is ösztönözzük vásárlóinkat, hogy rendeléseiket országos méretű, 56 tagú bolthálózatunk valamelyik üzletében, személyesen vegyék át, így csökkentve a szállításhoz kötődő egyéb környezetkárosító anyagok kibocsátásának mértékét. Természetesen a Libri Magazin nyomtatott verzióját is felelős forrásból származó papíron bocsátjuk olvasóink rendelkezésére.

Our publication presents our 2024 programmes and initiatives.

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Good Life Books is a worldwide publisher of bestselling books on self-improvement, healthy living, psychology and spirituality. A balanced, healthy harmony of our physical body, mind and spiritual self is at the heart of the publisher’s holistic approach. Its mission is to empower as many people as possible with self-knowledge. One of the major challenges of our time is the unity of physical and mental health, the discovery of paths to self-knowledge, which is an important prerequisite for the development and functioning of a creative and innovative personality.

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Since its foundation in 1989, this publishing house with one of the most distinctive profiles on the Hungarian book market has brought popular self-help, lifestyle, self-improvement, spiritual and esoteric books to Hungarian readers. Their international bestsellers include Roxie Nafousi, Louise Hay, Anthony William, Joe Dispenza, Nick Trenton, Dr. Michael Greger, Neale Donald Walsch, Dan Millman, Rhonda Byrne, Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra.

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Founded in 1994, Scolar has become one of the country’s leading publishing houses, based on its values rather than on the trends of the moment. Their titles include fiction, children’s books and science textbooks. Their authors include such distinguished domestic and foreign writers as Ian McEwan, David Grossman, Sofi Oksanen, Orsolya Karafiáth, Dezső Tandori, Kata Tisza and Ferenc Temesi.

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Hitel Publishing, a subsidiary of the Libri-Bookline Group, was established in October 2023, offering fiction, sophisticated entertainment literature and biographies, as well as scientific and popular science books. As publisher of the Hitel magazine, it is also responsible for the publication of the magazine’s issues, inheriting its spirit and traditions.

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Diafilmgyártó Kft., founded in 1954, is the successor to MDV and is now Europe’s only producer of slide films.

Its selection includes over 300 titles, including many new titles by contemporary authors and illustrated by renowned graphic artists. Slide film owes its popularity not only to the product, but also to the uniqueness of the genre. Psychologists also recommend slide films to families with young children, emphasising their many benefits and values.

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Launched in 2012, its growing selection includes classic children’s and young adult literature, as well as books related to Disney and Marvel heroes, Star Wars, Minecraft and DC. The publishing house an important role to play in promoting reading, and they try to put reading materials in the hands of children and their parents from birth to adulthood.

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In the spirit of its decades-long tradition, this publishing house is still responsible for the life works of Sándor Márai, István Örkény and Ignác Romsics. It also publishes outstanding world literary classics (such as Kurt Vonnegut and Vladimir Nabokov), Hungarian contemporary authors (including Tibor Bödőcs, Zoltán Kőhalmi, János Lackfi and András Cserna-Szabó), biographies and high-quality works on philosophy, history and cultural history. With the Helikon Pocket Books series, launched in 2015 and awarded the prize for Fine Hungarian Books, it offers the classics of world literature at affordable prices.

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For more than thirty years, it has been a significant Hungarian publishing house. During this time, it has published 1500 books in print and received numerous awards and recognitions. In both its popular science and fiction titles, it strives to provide readers with timely and accurate interpretations of the world. Its main objective is to produce professionally proofread, rigorously edited, beautifully produced, high quality and interesting books for open-minded readers.

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Founded in 1993, the legendary company aims to showcase the diversity of contemporary Hungarian literature and to convey the values of late modern and contemporary world literature. Its world literature authors include Margaret Atwood, Cormac McCarthy and Albert Camus. This is where the books of several young Hungarian poets are published. The publishing house is responsible for the works of Alaine Polcz, Miklós Mészöly, Ágnes Nemes Nagy and Szilárd Borbély, and also publishes books by Noémi Orvos-Tóth.

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Since 2011, as a major player in the Hungarian book market, it has been publishing both novels and popular fiction, and its portfolio includes nearly every genre from historical and romantic novels to cookbooks and psychological guides. Some of its most popular Hungarian authors, such as Tamás Náray, Tamás Frei, Beáta Bibók and Janka Fábián, are regulars on the bestseller lists.

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