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ABC Staff Picks

Surrounded by chocolate and tea, Luke and Iris W. talked books on this month’s YouTube staff picks video. This time around, they (with a little help from their ABC friends) pointed us to fantasy, science fiction, some artistic and non-artistic self-help tomes and a history book with a very contemporary theme. [...]

Lilia2023-04-16T18:04:14+02:00Tags: ABC, Best of Lists, EmmaV, Fantasy, History, Jouke, Lília, Science Fiction, Self-Help, Staff Picks, Tom|

Romy’s Reviews: Our YA reviewers’ latest reads

My name is Romy, and I am 13 years old. Me in a bookstore is like a kid in a candy shop—I adore reading. (I might even want to become an author later on…) I’m really into dancing, fashion and playing the saxophone, and I love cats. My favorite genres are [...]

Martijn2023-04-10T17:46:46+02:00Tags: Book Reviews, Romy, Young Adult|

ABC History – Freight and the Sunday New York Times

Written by Lynn Of course, we had no idea when opening an English language bookstore full of remainder books how vital freight services would become for our survival. (Just as most people didn’t think about logistics and supply chains until Covid hit.) At first, our books came from Baltimore on pallets [...]

Lilia2023-03-28T11:09:58+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC History, Freight, Lynn|

Plastic, not so fantastic

Written by Iris W. Starting in April, our plastic bags will be increasing in price: from 10 cents to 30 cents a bag. If that sounds like a lot for a simple plastic carrier bag, well—that's kind of the point! Allow us to explain. Back in 2016, EU regulations regarding plastic [...]

Lilia2023-03-26T12:13:56+02:00

Happy second birthday to our store in the Westfield Mall of the Netherlands!

When we started thinking about opening a store in the Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, it had been almost 20 years since we last had a third store (in Leuven, Belgium). The decision to start this new adventure was not an easy one. When we finally decided to take the leap [...]

Martijn2023-03-24T12:21:11+01:00Tags: Anecdotes, Martijn, News from the store floors|

Instagram Poet: Rupi Kaur’s Rise to Prize-winning Poet

Written by Emma V. March 21 is World Poetry Day. It’s a good moment to reflect on this beautiful and ancient art form. Poetry has been written through the ages, and it’s been brought to readers in all sorts of ways. Medieval bards recited their tales in long rhyming forms, while [...]

Lilia2023-03-19T14:17:40+01:00Tags: Emma V, instagram, Poetry, World Poetry Day|

ABC Staff Picks

We start this ABC Staff Picks with an unusual choice: a cookbook! In recent years, we’ve seen many fandom cookbooks showing up on our shelves, and even though we might be a bit skeptical, many are actually quite good. Think about cookbooks based on TV series, games and, yes, even books!. [...]

Lilia2023-04-06T12:02:18+02:00Tags: Betty, Biography, Cookbook, EBM, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Iris M., Iris W., Jesmae, Jonna, Lília, Luke, Oscars, Science Fiction, Shirley|

Women’s History Month at ABC – What to read

Written by Natalia March is International Women’s History Month, during which we celebrate contributions to history, society and culture by women. The United States initiated this month in the late seventies, but the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada also celebrate it. In The Netherlands, we also celebrate International Women’s Day on [...]

Lilia2023-03-05T12:52:06+01:00Tags: Biography, Feminism, Gender Studies, Graphic Novel, Natalia, Social Science, Women, Women Through History, Women's History Month|

Notes from a sewist: 7 Books on Mending, Upcycling and Repurposing those clothes you love

Written by Lília We all have t-shirts with tears, socks with holes in the heel, jeans torn from the friction between our thighs. You get the idea. Most of the time, the garments we’ve loved to death are all still very wearable, if not for those pesky details. So, what can [...]

Lilia2023-03-05T14:51:21+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Lília, mending, Repurposing, Sashiko, sewing, sustainability, Tailoring, Upcycling|

ABC Staff Picks

Luke and Iris W. are back with our first ABC Staff Picks of 2023. Think cozy titles, biographies, science fiction novellas, a YA horror title and much more…. As the books buyer for Amsterdam’s film section, Luke chose two quite different memoirs from two famous authors. Both have similar themes about [...]

Sophie2023-04-06T12:02:20+02:00Tags: Bella, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction, Horror, Iris, Jouke, Luke, MariaS, Reinoud, Science Fiction, Simone, Sophie, Sports, Staff Picks, Tiemen, Young Adult|

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