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Consciousness books – a curated short list

By Jilles In the seventies and eighties it was called Spirituality and people turned their noses up, thinking it had something to do with witches and patchouli-smelling hippies. After Louise Hay came on the scene with her books and started a successful publishing company called Hay House, these books became known as [...]

Lilia2024-11-17T12:07:34+01:00

ABC’s Martijn on the Bookshop Podcast

ABC’s co-director Martijn was a guest on the Bookshop Podcast! As an international podcast, The Bookshop Podcast has a wider reach than just the Netherlands, so it's a great opportunity for the world to know more about our small enterprise. With the title "Exploring the American Book Center: Martijn Meerts on Bookstore [...]

Lilia2024-11-21T16:03:11+01:00Tags: A Day in the Life of a Bookseller, ABC, ABC History, Bookshop Podcast, Martijn, podcast|

ABC Wishlists – and how to share them

By Sophie. Gift season is fast approaching, and you, as a registered bookworm, probably have quite a to-be-read (TBR) list. But how to communicate your coveted books to your loved ones in a subtle and gentle way? By sending your ABC Wishlists directly to them of course! (Subtlety is overrated.) Now, [...]

Sophie2024-11-19T22:49:01+01:00Tags: ABC wishlists, gift season, gifts, sharing your wishlist, Sophie|

Celebrating the Turkey Capital of the World

Celebrating the Turkey Capital of the World – in Tim Walz’ old congressional district ABC’s native Minnesotan Lynn talks turkey, politicians and where her love of reading comes from on the 85th anniversary of King Turkey Day! The first King Turkey Day on October 5, 1939. This photo was originally [...]

Lilia2024-10-28T10:45:20+01:00Tags: Lynn, Minnesota, Thanksgiving, Tim Walz, turkey day, US Politics|

Orbital wins the Booker Prize

By Sophie. Congratulations to Samantha Harvey, who won this year's Booker Prize for Orbital! Chair of the this year's judging panel, Edmund de Waal, had this to say about the book: "[...] Sometimes you encounter a book and cannot work out how this miraculous event has happened. As judges we were determined [...]

Sophie2024-11-13T11:20:03+01:00Tags: Book Reviews, Booker Prize, Bookish News, Fiction, orbital, Prizewinning Books, Samantha Harvey, Sophie|

ABC Interview: Lília

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 talk to Lília, blogmistress, [...]

Lilia2024-10-01T12:46:19+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC interview, Autism, board books, Fantasy, Fashion, Lília, magazines, Nalini Singh, Psychology, S.K. Dunstall, Science Fiction, Sexuality, Ursula K. Le Guin|

Happy birthday Amsterdam!

By Lauren I thought I had a milestone birthday this year, but Amsterdam is turning 750-years-old! From a small fishing village in 1275 to the bustling multi-cultural metropolis it is today, Amsterdam will be celebrating its rich history and looking to the future starting October 27, when the city kicked off [...]

Lilia2024-11-11T10:36:54+01:00Tags: ABC Favorites, Amsterdam, Historical Fiction, History, Lauren, Young Adult|

The true crime obsession

By Naomi As the true crime genre explodes on screens, audio devices and bookshelves, there are many theories why it’s one of today’s fasting-growing genres. For starters, crime plays a big role in our society, and it’s natural to want to know the who-why-what-how’s of it. There’s also an element of [...]

Lilia2024-11-04T14:24:39+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Jim McCloskey, John Grisham, Joseph Hone, Naomi, Robert Rand, Sarah Weinman, Scott C. Johnson, True Crime|

ABC Bestsellers – October 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, [...]

Bookbits for 5 November 2024

By Sophie. A special day today: it's my daughter's birthday! (If you thought I was going to talk about the U.S. Elections, see below.) - First up: ABC's co-director Martijn was a guest on the Bookshop Podcast! Listen here to hear what he has to say about working in the best [...]

Sophie2024-11-05T05:59:40+01:00Tags: artificial intelligence, Awards, Bookbits, Essays, fandom, Fiction, Interviews, lists, Martijn, Podcasts, Politics, Science Fiction, Sophie, speculative fiction, US elections|

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