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Top 7 Romance Podcasts for the open-hearted

Written by Lília There are so many romance podcasts out there! You can listen to readers ranting about their preferred romance authors, romance authors talking about new and old titles or even to new romantic novellas. If you can’t decide what to tune into, here are my top 7 romance podcasts [...]

Lilia2023-07-09T20:49:40+02:00Tags: Best of Lists, Lília, Podcasts, Romantic Fiction|

ABC Staff Quotes – Sayings from your local ABC Store Part 2

Written by EmmaV As a bookseller, you see loads of books coming in and going out of the store every day. We can tell you with certainty: this is a good source for all kinds of contemplations and conversations! But also dealing with customers, or even plain equipment, has been inspirational for [...]

Lilia2023-07-05T14:43:38+02:00Tags: ABC, Anecdotes, EmmaV, Staff Quotes|

Joe Neesan and The ABC Hague Store

Written by Lynn I remember meeting Joe for the first time during the summer of 1973 in Amsterdam. Mitch Crossfield, one of our two founding partners, had gone off for vacation. The next morning, a young American boy of about 22 with a full black beard and long, straight, coarse [...]

Lilia2023-07-04T10:26:59+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC History, ABC The Hague, Anecdotes, Joe, Lynn|

Rainbow reads: Our Pride Picks 2023

June is Pride Month, celebrating and commemorating all things lesbian, gay, bi, queer and transgender. We asked a few of our buyers to give us their Pride Picks for the month and beyond. And watch this space for more in August, when Pride Amsterdam takes off. Iris [...]

Lilia2023-06-26T13:02:05+02:00Tags: 9-12 years, Best of Lists, Fantasy, Iris, Juvenile Fiction, Naomi, Natalia, Romantic Fiction, Social Science, Young Adult|

Machinery of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee

Written by Sophie Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun and Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee. I find it very hard to review this series of books because despite it being one of my favorite science fiction series, it is also one of the strangest. As in, [...]

Lilia2023-06-22T10:16:56+02:00Tags: Book Reviews, Science Fiction, Series, Sophie, Yoon Ha Lee|

Staff Picks: Summer 2023 Edition

Written by Lília In our summer edition of the ABC Staff Picks, the last of this season, Luke and Bella are back highlighting many different genres, including quite a few translated works. We also have crime, romance, horror, memoirs, fantasy, general fiction, art and more! Read on! Crime [...]

Lilia2023-07-07T12:36:26+02:00Tags: ABC, Art, Bella, Best of Lists, Bob, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Iris M., Jilles, Jonna, Lília, Luke, Lynn, Max W., Memoirs, Natalia, Romantic Fiction, Staff Picks, Sywert|

Dear dad: ABC celebrates our reading fathers

Written by Lauren and Lília With Father's Day just around the corner (Sunday, June 18), we asked ABC staff to share their favorite father reading photos. Here's a selection. Happy Father's Day to all who celebrate! Lauren “English is not my ex's native language. This is a very tired [...]

Lilia2023-06-15T15:08:02+02:00Tags: Charlotte, EmmaV, Father's Day, Jitse, Lauren, Lília, Martijn, Memories, Naomi, Pleun|

Romy’s Reviews June 2023: 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 [...]

Lilia2023-06-13T11:51:10+02:00Tags: Book Reviews, Fiction, Romy, Young Adult|

Moving Down the Kalverstraat, 1986

Written by Lynn One day in 1986, a man approached me at the cash desk and asked, “Wouldn’t you like to have a bigger store?” Well, yes. “The Mothercare company just down the street is pulling out,” he told me. “The man who agreed to take over the rent has backed [...]

Lilia2023-06-07T11:30:39+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC History, Giorgio, Lynn, Moving|

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