literature

This week's Friday Verses are written by Christopher Levenson. We selected his poem ‘Remembering the Flood’.

The flamboyant South African writer has eighty candles to blow out. Portrait of a complex artist.

Nine youngsters from the Low Countries created poetic films based on their favourite Dutch-language poem.

In his first novel 'Vijd' Jonas Bruyneel paints a vibrant portrait of the Burgundian family who commissioned the world-famous 'Adoration of the Mystic Lamb' of the Van Eyck brothers.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Carmien Michels. We selected her poem ‘Pink Skirts’.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Anke Senden. We selected her poem ‘here’.

In his debut novel Frank Heinen lays bare the state of the care system in contemporary society as well as the role played by the media in how we perceive certain events.

J. Slauerhoff’s romantic novel ‘Adrift in the Middle Kingdom’ is for the first time available to English-language readers.

The Dutch poet, novelist and travel writer will be granted his fourth honorary doctorate.

Our summer selection of Dutch-language poetry that has recently been translated into English.

Why not reading a novel by a Dutch or Flemish author this summer? Take a look at our selection.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Esther Jansma. We selected her poem ‘Invasion’.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Pieter Olde Rikkert. We selected his poem ‘Two Girls’.

What is the result of the deal between Google Books and the Ghent University Library?

In her debut novel 'Niemand keek omhoog’ Evelien Vos raises the question: to what extent can we control our lives?

Derek Blyth goes on a literary pilgrimage in Willem Elsschot’s Antwerp.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Dominique De Groen. We selected her poem ‘Dreaming of the Sacrificial Lamb - Dream #1’.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Filip Rogiers. We selected his poem ‘On the Fundamentalism of Every Revelation’.

Reinier Salverda scrutinises the translation of what still is “the greatest novel ever in Dutch literature”.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Kristien Spooren. We selected her poem ‘Gingerbread’.

Forty years after his death, the novels of Louis Paul Boon, Flanders' most anti-authoritarian writer, are still worth reading.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Mattijs Deraedt. We selected his poem 'Brussels'.

In Daniël Samkalden's ambitious debut novel 'Nova', the three main characters become more involved with one another than they would like.

This Easter weekend our video poetry project 'Bewogen Verzen' kicked off with an inspiration session in Amsterdam.

A true writer’s oeuvre is an all-encompassing edifice, not a single theme, but life itself. That's also the case for the books of Connie Palmen.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Moya De Feyter. We selected her poem 'On Closer Inspection'.

Author Kathleen Vereecken and illustrator Charlotte Peys have won the Woutertje Pieterse Prize.

In her debut novel 'Lam', singer-songwriter Hannelore Bedert paints the portrait of a strong woman, one who has suffered hard knocks but still struggles through life with her head held high.