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19 Dutch Books to Read By the Fireplace (Autumn-Winter 2024)

17 December 2024

Why not read a book by a Dutch or Flemish author to cosy up this cold and dark end-of-year period? Here you will find a selection of books that have recently been translated into English, most of them with support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature or Flanders Literature. You will find more tr

P.C. Hooft Prize 2025 Honours ‘Erudite Novelist’ Maarten ’t Hart

12 December 2024

The prestigious P.C. Hooft Prize, the most important Dutch oeuvre prize for literature, has been granted to a master storyteller in the truest sense of the word: Maarten ’t Hart. The jury described his extensive body of work as ‘critical, poignant, loving, thrilling, vulnerable, and witty.’

These Translators Have a Chance to Win the Vondel Translation Prize

2 December 2024

The British Society of Authors has announced the shortlist of books contending for the prestigious Vondel Translation Prize. That is a triennal award for the best English-language translation of a Dutch-language literary or cultural-historical work. The winner receives € 5,000.

Illustrator and Children’s Book Writer Marit Törnqvist Wins Johannes Vermeer Award

5 November 2024

The Johannes Vermeer Award 2024 goes to Swedish-Dutch illustrator and children's book writer Marit Törnqvist. She receives the Dutch State Award for the Arts for her exceptional artistic ability to depict universal emotions in language and drawings, and to bring them close to the reader's world of

Tom Lanoye Wins the 2024 Dutch Literature Prize

1 October 2024

Flemish writer Tom Lanoye is awarded the Dutch Literature Prize. The prize is the most prestigious literary award in the Dutch language area and includes a sum of 60,000 euros. According to the jury, Lanoye’s writing has been a ‘linguistic virtuoso spectacle’ for forty years.

Joost Oomen Celebrates Surrealism at European Poetry Festival Transpoesie

19 September 2024

Every year during the week of the European Day of Multilingualism, poets from all over Europe come to Brussels for the Transpoesie festival. They perform and their poems are displayed in public spaces, in their original language, as well as in Dutch, French, and English. This year's poetry festival

22 Dutch Books to Daydream in the Sun (Spring-Summer 2024)

16 May 2024

Why not read a book by a Dutch or Flemish author this spring and summer? Here you will find a selection of books that recently have been translated into English, most of them with support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature or Flanders Literature. You will find more translated literature in thi

Jente Posthuma Longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize

12 March 2024

What I’d Rather Not Think About by the Dutch author Jente Posthuma and translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey has been nominated for the longlist of this year’s International Booker Prize. This annual award celebrates the finest single work of fiction from around the world which has been translated i

17 Dutch Books To Keep Warm This Winter (2023-2024)

2 February 2024

Why not read a book by a Dutch or Flemish author? Here you will find a selection of books that recently have been translated or soon will be translated into English, most of them with support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature or Flanders Literature. You will find more translated literature in

Dutch Term For ‘Greedflation’ Has Been Voted Word Of The Year 2023

21 December 2023

Graaiflatie, the Dutch term for inflation driven by corporations using excessive price increases as a means to boost their profits, was selected as the 2023 Word of the Year in Flanders and the Netherlands.

These Are The Stories You Loved Most in 2023

21 December 2023

We asked you to name the best stories we have published this year about art, literature, language, history and society in Flanders and the Netherlands. You cast your vote and these are the results by theme.

Our Top Podcasts of the Year

19 December 2023

Join us in bidding goodbye to 2023 with the podcasts we have published this year on the fascinating history of the Low Countries. They are worth another listen. Sit down by the fireplace. Relax with a glass of wine and enjoy the stories.

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