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Bookbits for 5 February 2024

By Sophie Let's start off with some award winners: this year's Newbery Medal (for best US children's book, basically) was won by Dave Eggers for The Eyes and the Impossible (illustrated by Shawn Harris). The Caldecott Medal (for best illustrations of a children's book) was awarded to Vashti Harrison for Big. [...]

Sophie2024-02-05T15:50:15+01:00Tags: ABC Events, Awards, Black History Month, Bookbits, Bookish News, Sophie|

Bookbits for 11 January 2024

Written by SophieHeyo! 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 [...]

Sophie2024-01-13T09:59:59+01:00Tags: ABC Events, Best of 2023, Best of Lists, Bookbits, Bookish News, Sophie|

Thanksgiving: Giving Thanks for the Iroquois Confederacy

By Lynn What are you giving thanks for this Thanksgiving? At ABC, we’re thankful for our community of booklovers, both customers and staff. I’m also thankful for the Iroquois Confederacy—the model for our democratic Constitution. We have celebrated Thanksgiving at our stores since 1989 as a way [...]

Martijn2023-11-08T16:09:17+01:00Tags: ABC History, Events, Lynn, Thanksgiving 2023|

ABC Staff Picks: Season 4 kick off!

Luke and Iris discuss books and interview author Natali Simmonds. In the new season of our ABC Staff Picks, Luke and Iris are back discussing the books they and their colleagues are loving right now. They also interview author Natali Simmonds about her new book, Good Girls Die [...]

Lilia2023-10-15T16:02:08+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Biography, Bob, Book Reviews, Crime Fiction, EmmaV, Fantasy, Floris, Interviews, Iris, Iris M., Maria, Naomi, Natali Simmonds, Romantic Fiction, Staff Picks, Young Adult|

30 years of laughs with Amsterdam’s Boom Chicago

Writen by Luke and Lauren While visiting Amsterdam a couple decades ago, two young Chicagoans—Andrew Moskos and Pep Rosenfeld—proceeded to do what most young American tourists do in the nation’s capital: they went to a coffee shop to get stoned. The year was 1992, the coffee shop may or may not [...]

Lilia2023-07-21T10:27:06+02:00Tags: ABC, Boom Chicago, Comedy, Events, History, Luke|

A short History of Open Mike Night (OMN)

Come share your best stuff! written by Lynn Open Mic Nights were initiated by Molly Ackerman, the first manager of the ABC Treehouse, in 2000. Artist Molly had come to the Thanksgiving Day dinner and marveled at the space in the ABC Treehouse. She had lots of paintings [...]

Sophie2022-09-03T15:10:53+02:00Tags: Events, Lynn, Open Mic Night|

Elfia 2022 Recap

The ABC was once again selling books and other merchandise at Elfia. Elfia is an outdoor event/market where people from all around the Netherlands attend in beautiful costumes to browse the goods, drink mead (honey wine), and dance to folk music. The event was held in April at the Castle de [...]

Carla2022-08-27T14:20:17+02:00Tags: Events, Maria|

Hooray! We turned 50

We recently celebrated our 50th anniversary with ABC on a lovely sunny Saturday. It was a day filled with an extra 10% discount on all stock, hidden Golden bookmarks to win amazing prizes, live music, seventies-inspired cake, and not to forget a lot of champagne. The festivities don't end here though, [...]

Carla2022-08-27T14:22:45+02:00Tags: Events|

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