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Book Review: Dutch Treats

Dutch Treats: Crime Fiction from Dutch and Flemish Authors edited by Josh Pachter In Dutch Treats, Josh Pachter collects 21 of his favorite translations by a who's who of contemporary Dutch-language crime writers, including such luminaries as René Appel, Michael Berg, Dominique Biebau, Bram Dehouck, Loes den Hollander, Bavo Dhooge, [...]

Damla2026-05-01T13:00:21+02:00Tags: Book review, Literary Collection, Molly Quell, Mystery, Thriller|

Dutch authors in Translation – 9 to 12 years

by Lília In the past few decades, more Dutch authors have been translated into English than I would have thought. From Annie M.G. Schmidt to Jan Terlouw, there are quite a few interesting titles for the 9-12 crowd as well. We hope they enjoy these titles as much as Dutch kids [...]

Lilia2026-05-08T11:46:02+02:00Tags: Dutch authors, Juvenile Fiction, Lília, Translated Fiction, Translated Works|

Bookbits for May 2026

by Damla Yes, the air might be dominated by allergy-triggering pollen, and the wind might be blowing still on the chillier side, but we can rejoice for the colder, darker months are already behind us! Nature is bustling, and so is the bookish news this month. - Awards! The prestigious [...]

Damla2026-05-08T11:27:58+02:00Tags: Awards, Bookbits, Damla, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Fashion, Haruki Murakami, Interviews, new titles, Octavia E. Butler, Rebecca Yarros, Trends|

ABC Bestsellers – April 2026

by Lília Maybe our most surprising bestseller in April was the One Piece Card Game: Adventure in Kami's Island booster, unfortunately already sold out. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir and Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman were again bestsellers across all three stores. We had [...]

Lilia2026-05-04T17:41:37+02:00Tags: ABC Bestssellers, ABC Favorites, Biography, Business, Classics, Crafts, Fantasy, Foreign Language Study, General Fiction, LGBTQIA+, Lília, Manga, Prize winners, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Staff Choices, Young Adult|

Book Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl – part II

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. Only a few [...]

Damla2026-04-20T11:48:52+02:00Tags: ABC Events, Book review, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Humor, Jurgen, Martijn, Matt Dinniman, Science Fiction, Tiemen|

AI in Publishing

Wondering about how the publishing industry has been affected by the rising popularity of ChatGPT? Read our round-up of relevant updates about how the publishers, authors, and readers have been reacting to AI. by Damla In case you missed it, the publishing world has been shaken up recently by the allegations [...]

Damla2026-05-03T10:49:23+02:00Tags: AI, artificial intelligence, book news, Damla, publishing, Technology|

War Survivor Stories & ABC

by Lynn Growing up in nearly all-white rural Minnesota, I didn’t know about the Holocaust until doing research for a paper on social resistance, age twenty. I could have known – Anne Frank’s diary was widely read by my 13-year old classmates but, being contrarian, I didn’t read it then. I [...]

Iris2026-04-28T15:03:27+02:00Tags: History, Leap Into Darkness, Leo Bretholz, Lynn, Lynn Kaplanian Buller, Monica van Rijn, Passing on the Comfort, The Memory Place, WW2|

Author Spotlight: Harper Lee 100 years

by Lília Harper Lee would have turned 100 today, 28 April 2026. Born in Alabama, she was a childhood friend of Truman Capote, and they had many interactions during their lives. She is mostly known for her first – and for a long time, only – novel To Kill a Mockingbird. [...]

Lilia2026-04-24T11:20:18+02:00Tags: author spotlight, General Fiction, Harper Lee, Lília, Pulitzer Prize Winner|

Book Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl – part I

by Jurgen DISCLAIMER: Don't start reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series if you're sensitive to addictive substances; it's literary crack cocaine. If you do want to dive in, make sure you have the next month off and have enough money in your bank account. You'll be wanting to read the next [...]

Naomi2026-04-24T12:45:59+02:00Tags: ABC Events, Book review, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Humor, Jurgen, Matt Dinniman, Science Fiction|

Week van de Stenen Winkel: support local stores!

by Iris ABC has always prided itself on being "stubbornly independent." We like to do things our way, even if we're the only ones doing it. That goes right back to the start of the company, when we were among the first to offer English-language books to a Dutch audience. Almost [...]

Iris2026-05-04T13:50:55+02:00Tags: independent bookselling, Iris, Week van de Stenen Winkel, WvdSW|

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