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Wondering what’s happening in the vast and dynamic world of ABC? Well, worry no more because we got you covered with the latest on books, trends, stories, and much more.

ABC Staff Picks: The birthday edition

By Lília Continuing with the celebration of our 52 years of existence, ABC’s Iris and Luke asked colleagues their book choices for the occasion. Most of them revolved around the lives of normal people in somewhat exceptional settings (reminiscent of ABC!), with overcoming adversity a prominent theme. No one chose it, [...]

2024-05-16T15:03:16+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day! We have to say, our call out to staff for mother-reading photos did not yield the prolific results our dad-reading photo shout out did. No, we don’t think moms are sleeping on the job. We just think they’re the ones taking the photos! So happy Mother’s Day from [...]

2024-05-08T12:37:00+02:00Tags: |

Bookbuzz Launch & Q&A

We are celebrating the launch of BookBuzz today! Friday, May 10th 17:00-18:30 ABC Amsterdam, Spui 12 1012XA Come join us and Stefaan, one of the brains behind BookBuzz, to get to know the app, ask questions, and talk books. During our birthday weekend, you might have [...]

2024-05-08T13:19:48+02:00Tags: , |

The Pulitzer Prizes 2024

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 [...]

2025-07-24T11:47:39+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Buddy reading “Funny Story”

By Naomi and Júlia Emily Henry is one of the biggest names in contemporary romantic fiction right now. Her books are consistent bestsellers, and three of them are being adapted into film. Her latest novel, Funny Story,  released April 24. Júlia (the romance buyer in The Hague) and I (a romance [...]

2025-07-24T11:48:10+02:00Tags: , , , , |
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