By Naomi 2025 is a very special year, because 250 years ago, on December 16, 1775, the author Jane Austen was born! She passed away on July 18, 1817, so we’re celebrating the whole month of July with some blogposts about the enduring appeal of her work and writing. In [...]
by Damla Magical Londons layered on top of each other? Morally ambiguous characters flirting with danger? Destructive egos and God complexes? Life changing deals with the devil? The Schwab-verse has it all. I first came across one of V.E. Schwab’s books on an audiobook streaming service promotion, and decided to give [...]
In these reviews of the first three titles in the series, Jilles reveals why he loves Michael Nava and his Henry Rios Mysteries so much. Enjoy! Lay Your Sleeping Head by Michael Nava and Michael Hames-García Henry Rios, a gifted and humane lawyer driven to drink [...]
By Lília Helen Hoang is best known for her debut romance novel The Kiss Quotient, where the female main character was openly autistic for the first time. The author herself was diagnosed as an adult with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The reason for such late diagnosis is that autism manifests differently in [...]
By Sophie On Friday 4 April acclaimed author Russell Shorto will spend an afternoon at ABC Amsterdam to present and sign his newest release Taking Manhattan. He has close ties to the Netherlands, having lived here for quite a few years while he was researching his work and director of the [...]
By Lília I’ll tell you how the Sun rose by Emily Dickinson I’ll tell you how the Sun rose – A Ribbon at a time – The Steeples swam in Amethyst – The news, like Squirrels, ran – The Hills untied their Bonnets – The Bobolinks – begun – Then I [...]
By Naomi One day I picked up a book from a new-to-me author, with a gorgeous cover and a wacky premise. I fell in love with reading all over again. I don’t know what India Holton puts in her books (actually, I do know, and I’ll talk about it below), but [...]
By Isabelle Before reading Becky Chambers, I had never read sci-fi. I just never felt drawn to it. It was once multiple of my colleagues recommended her books that I decided to give them a try. I started by reading one of Chambers’ novellas, To Be Taught, If Fortunate. I was [...]
By Hilda Bouma The American productivity guru David Allen wrote Team: Getting Things Done with Others, a sequel to his bestseller Getting Things Done. This article originally appeared in Het Financieele Dagblad on June 20, 2024. It’s been translated from the Dutch and edited slightly for space and clarity. One in [...]
By Lauren The 2024 winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes were announced earlier this week at New York’s Columbia University. Read on to see what they are and what the jurists had to say about them. Fiction Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips “A beautifully rendered [...]
