Nationwide Reading Day 2026

Jella-Lepman-Hall

The Nationwide Reading Day is an initiative of the Reading Foundation, the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT and the Deutsche Bahn Foundation. It is the largest reading aloud festival in Germany. The International Youth Library Foundation has been taking part for many years and each time invites a prominent personality from politics, society or culture to read aloud.

The reading is held in German.

Interested schools can contact us via programm@ijb.de