by Vika Manga, anime, cosplay, merchandise, K-pop, gaming, music! Heroes Made in Asia is an event for Asian pop culture fans featuring a market of all things Asian. This year's festivities took place in Gorinchem on February 24-25, where the ABC sold the latest and most popular manga and fantasy books. [...]
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 [...]
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 a [...]
by Sophie 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 [...]
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 [...]
by Pleun, Sophie, Natalia, Shirley, Naomi & Lília Continuing our love mission, even more staff choices on romantic fiction. Love to all, I dare say! The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Pleun: What an incredibly intense read this was. It reminded me of The Shining but without the [...]
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 the [...]
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 ABC, we’ve put together a list of reading recommendations for Black History Month [...]
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 First [...]
by Lília With Valentine’s Day falling at mid-month, February is the love month, and in this episode of ABC Staff Picks, our 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. [...]
