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Publishing in 2024: Scatter Gun or Targeted Shot?
11 June 2024
Big publishers of literature are suffering hard times, while smaller niche players appear to be doing pretty well. So which direction should publishing take? A publishing director, a publisher-bookseller, a freelance journalist and an author exchange thoughts on the future of the book. ‘Readers ha
The Little Bookshop on the Corner
7 May 2021
Whenever Derek Blyth visits Amsterdam, he can't help but pop into the iconic Athenaeum Boekhandel. ‘Buying a book there is almost a religious experience.’
How Amsterdam Became the Bookshop of the World
30 October 2019
In the 17th century, Amsterdam was a mecca for book lovers from all over the world. On how the Dutch Republic satisfied the hunger for reading at the time, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen have written The Bookshop of the World, a ground-breaking, staggering and provocative book.
14 Dutch Books You Need To Read This Spring (2019)
10 April 2019
Fancy a book by a Dutch or Flemish author? Here you'll find a selection of books that have recently been translated into English, with the support of the Dutch Foundation for Literature or Flanders Literature. Discover more translated books in this database.
Martin Michael Driessen: A New Voice in Dutch Fiction
18 March 2019
Martin Michael Driessen (b. 1954) has already had a successful theatre career as a director, actor and translator in the Netherlands and Germany. Today he has established himself as an important figure in contemporary Dutch writing. Recently My First Murder appeared, a collection of short stories an
The Surreal Worlds of Illustrator Fatinha Ramos
18 March 2019
For two years in a row illustrator Fatinha Ramos was presented with a Global Illustration Award at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The Antwerp-based artist with Portuguese roots has put on shows all over the world, has illustrated a children’s book for The Museum Of Modern Art New York (MoMA), and at thi