Written by Sophie
Heyo! Happy 2024, first of all, may it be a very bookish and kind year to you and yours. To celebrate this new year we’re bringing back an Olde Blogge favorite (to write, in any case): the Bookbits, bookish news in small bites. We hope you’ll enjoy them throughout the coming year.
In case you need more Best of 2023 lists (besides our Staff Favorites, of course): here are the best books of 2023 according to the Powells Books staff, the Guardian, and – if you can afford the paywall – the New York Times (there’s their 100 Notables list and the 10 Best).
- If you’re more of a looking-ahead-kind-of-person: here are some eagerly anticipated titles according to Literary Hub, Waterstones, and the Guardian again. We’re working on our own hotly-anticipated titles, too, which will be on this blog soon!
- We always love us a quiz, and the Guardian has the Bumper Books Quiz of 2023! I scored a paltry 23 out of 53.
Here’s a new column we’re looking forward to: Am I the Literary A**hole? Etiquette and advice for writers (and everyone else). They’re taking questions now, column to start at the end of the month.
- And finally, English-language book events this month around the country: local author Natali Simmonds discusses her new book Good Girls Die Last at ABC The Hague on the 19th, our Book Chats book club discusses Killers of a Certain Age on the 19th, the annual Winternachten Festival in The Hague takes place from 18-21 January, and Franklin Foer will present his book The Last Politician at JAI on the 31st.
