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Life as a Bookseller: Amsterdam Book Event

By Sophie. One of the perks of being a bookseller is that sometimes you get invited to things like the Amsterdam Book Event, hosted by Van Ditmar Books. This year Bruna and Tiemen from the Amsterdam team and Naomi, Júlia, and myself from the The Hague/Leidschendam team were the lucky ones. [...]

Sophie2024-09-27T08:24:07+02:00Tags: A Day in the Life of a Bookseller, amsterdam book event, bloomsbury, Bruna, faber & the independent alliance, goodie bags, hachette, harper collins, Júlia, Naomi, New Releases, pan macmillan, penguin random house, simon & schuster, Sophie, thames & hudson, Tiemen, van ditmar|

Columbus Day: reflection on both sides of history

By Lauren October 14 is Columbus Day in the US, the holiday marking the date that the explorer/colonizer first stepped foot on what would later become the US, Central and South America. (He actually landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, but a bank holiday is a bank holiday.) In [...]

How we do it: the Booklover Box

By Naomi At ABC, we pride ourselves on being booklovers, and the Booklover Box is a great way for us to express that. The Booklover Box is a carefully curated selection of books and merchandise based on the size and genre chosen by a customer. It makes for a great gift for [...]

Lilia2024-09-26T14:31:03+02:00

Treasure Hunt for Love: an ABC customer story

Last month, I had the absolute pleasure of working with the team at ABC in something non-book related. They asked for nothing in return except my permission to share the story, and so here I am, trying to give you a first-hand experience of what ABC means to me. I come from [...]

Lilia2024-09-25T19:26:41+02:00

ABC Interview: Iris W

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talked to IrisW, [...]

Lilia2024-12-01T11:17:10+01:00Tags: ABC Booklover Bags, ABC interview, Becky Chambers, Erin Morgenstern, Iris, Iris W., IrisW, J.R.R. Tolkien, Nghi Vo, Samantha Shannon|

A Double Take on “Invisible Women”

Today we present one of the titles we mentioned last week: Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez. Colleagues Sophie and Damla have read it and can't recommend it enough. Damla How did we manage to build a world where we ignore half the [...]

Lilia2024-08-25T12:37:40+02:00Tags: Book Reviews, Caroline Criado Perez, Damla, Feminist Writing, Social Science, Sophie|

Booker Prize 2024 – the Shortlist

On September 16 The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist was finally announced! As mentioned on their website: "The shortlist includes five women, authors from five countries, and stories which transport readers around the world and beyond Earth's atmosphere." The list includes a retelling of Huckleberry Finn, a title that also made the [...]

Lilia2024-09-17T16:06:34+02:00Tags: Anne Michaels, Booker Prize, Charlotte Wood, International Booker Prize shortlist, Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner, Samantha Harvey, Yael van der Wouden|

Feminism is for everybody

By Pleun Ready to dive into the world of feminism? We've got some must-reads for you in our Gender section! From bodily autonomy to employment equality, feminism covers a wide range of issues. It's about challenging inequality and empowering women. It's about making the world understand women don't want to take [...]

Lilia2024-09-11T14:00:29+02:00Tags: Angela Saini, Bell Hooks, Best of Lists, Caitlin Moran, Caroline Criado Perez, Cat Bohannon, Feminism, Florence Given, Pleun, Roxane Gay, Simone de Beauvoir, Social Science, Susan Sontag|

ABC Bestsellers – August 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

An Ode to Becky Chambers

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 [...]

Lilia2024-09-09T18:26:57+02:00Tags: Author Spotlight, Becky Chambers, Cultural Diversity, Isabelle, LGBTQ+, Representation, Science Fiction, Wayfarers series|

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