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Deborah Levy, a modern feminist author at middle age (part 3)

By Dr. Otto Bleker In 2021, Deborah Levy published her third but likely not last autobiographic book, Real Estate, because she dreams of a house where she can live and work at her own pace. But even in her imagination, this home is blurred, undefined and not realistic. She had to [...]

Lilia2025-07-24T11:49:43+02:00Tags: Deborah Levy, Feminist Writer, Fiction|

ABC Before International Women’s Day

Written by Lynn I arrived in Amsterdam in 1972 with some history in the American women’s liberation movement, had even started an organization for equal pay back in the day, and sometimes collaborated with the gay liberation activists. But living my perception of a liberated life in a foreign culture was [...]

Lilia2024-03-14T08:05:46+01:00Tags: ABC History, Lynn, Women's Day, Women's History Month|

Bookbits for 5 March, 2024

Let's start with bookish events in the country: Natali Simmonds hosts a resilience in writing workshop at ABC Amsterdam on 8 March, our Book Chats book club meets in Amsterdam on 22 March to discuss Scorched Grace, Emily Hund presents her book The Influencer Industry at the John Adams Institute on 18 [...]

Sophie2024-03-05T10:38:33+01:00Tags: ABC Events, Awards, Bookbits, Bookish News, Interviews, Sophie, Women's History Month|

Deborah Levy, a modern feminist author at middle age (part 2)

By Dr. Otto Bleker In her second autobiographic volume, The Cost of Living, Deborah Levy brings into practice her new attitude towards the people she’s met, including a male colleague, who talked about his wife without mentioning her name. While he spoke with her, Levy thought: “She does not have a [...]

Lilia2025-07-24T11:49:50+02:00Tags: Biography, Deborah Levy, Fiction, General Fiction|

Staff Choices: more romance we’ve read and loved

Put together by Lília Continuing our love mission, even more staff choices on romantic fiction. Love to all, I dare say! The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah Pleun: What an incredibly intense read this was. It reminded me of The Shining but without the horror. Then again, when [...]

Lilia2024-02-18T12:51:44+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Book Reviews, Lília, Naomi, Natalia, Pleun, Romantic Fiction, Shirley, Sophie|

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Written by Renata When I learned that Netflix would release the live action version of the cult animation Avatar: The Last Airbender, I immediately checked out the trailer. I was electrified. All [...]

Lilia2024-02-23T12:16:58+01:00Tags: Animated Series, Avatar, Live Action Series, Renata, Screen to Book, The Last Airbender|

What to read this Black History Month

Written by Lauren It’s February, which means it’s Black History Month in the United States and Canada, a celebration and recognition of Black culture and history and its enduring legacy in lands far removed from the African continent. At the ABC, we’ve put together a list of reading recommendations for Black [...]

Lilia2024-02-18T15:29:45+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Betsy Haynes, Black History Month, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ijeoma Oluo, Iris, James McBride, Jonna, Kathryn Stickett, Lauren, Lynn, NoViolet Bulawayo, Ralph Elison, Renni Eddo-Lodge, Sophie, Staff Picks|

Black Love

Written by Naomi February is Black History Month and also features Valentine’s Day. Why not combine the two? Below are some recommendations of romantic fiction where Black people take the lead, both in writing and in being written about. Happy reading! Mead Mishaps series by Kimberley Lemming [...]

Lilia2024-02-11T11:07:27+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Black authors, Black History Month, Black main characters, February Love Month, Naomi, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Valentine's Day|

Staff Picks – the Love edition of 2024

Written by Lília With Valentine’s Day falling at mid-month, February is the LOVE month, and in this Staff Picks, Luke and Iris talk about books related to love—in all its forms. We put our heads together and came up with some interesting recommendations. [...]

Lilia2024-02-11T10:56:16+01:00Tags: Biography, EmmaV, Iris, Isabelle, Luke, Max M., Naomi, Natalia, Romance, Romantasy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Shirley, Simone, Sophie, Zeynep|

Bookbits for 5 February 2024

By Sophie Let's start off with some award winners: this year's Newbery Medal (for best US children's book, basically) was won by Dave Eggers for The Eyes and the Impossible (illustrated by Shawn Harris). The Caldecott Medal (for best illustrations of a children's book) was awarded to Vashti Harrison for Big. [...]

Sophie2024-02-05T15:50:15+01:00Tags: ABC Events, Awards, Black History Month, Bookbits, Bookish News, Sophie|

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