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By Lauren Who owns the future? (Hint: It could be us) ABC’s new partnership with the John Adams Institute (JAI) got off to an inspiring start on 17 June with a talk on tech, imagination and inequity in the 21st century, where audiences were tasked with pondering how tech might be reimagined [...]
By Sophie Apparently today marks the exact mid-point of the half-century: from tomorrow, we will officially be closer to 2050 than to 2000. Hope that factoid helps cool your brains in this warm weather! - Awards! Dutch author Yael van der Wouden won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction with The Safekeep. [...]
By Damla and Sophie Is it really already the tail end of Pride month? We've really enjoyed sharing lots of Pride-related content, and if you enjoyed it as well you should have no trouble acing this quiz, showcasing some of our Pride-themed Blind Book Dates (BBDs). Good luck! [...]
By Naomi June is Pride Month, and that’s a natural moment to highlight queer books, as we've already done here. However, Pride doesn’t end in June! With that in mind, below are some books being released later this year to keep the Pride spirit going all year long. If any of [...]
by Iris It's that time of year again: graduation season! Do you have anyone in your circle of friends and family who is flying their school bag along with the flag (a time-honoured Dutch tradition to signify someone in the household has graduated)? And are you in need of inspiration for [...]
Kokoro by Natsume Sosoki Kokoro—"the heart of things"—is the work of one of Japan's most popular authors. This thought-provoking trilogy of stories explores the very essence of loneliness and stands as a stirring introduction to modern Japanese literature. What is love, and what is friendship? What is the extent of our [...]
By Sophie Summer's here! And nothing is so quintessentially summer as reading - in a hammock, on the beach, in the shade of a glorious tree... We decided to make reading even more fun and colorful by making not one, but two ABC Summer Bingo cards, one for kids and one [...]
by Iris It's June, which means it's Pride Month. What better time to explore some of our finest LGBTQIA+ reading recommendations? We have compiled a list of exciting reads from as many sections as possible (without, you know, overwhelming you too much), with a focus on new releases. Strap in, because [...]
By Sophie In case you have been absent from the local news the past few months: next week The Hague will host the NATO Summit. A multitude of international leaders will descend on our City of Peace and Justice, and the amount of security measures are, quite frankly, astounding. Good luck [...]
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Are you lost or are you exploring? When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, [...]
