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Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

Congratulations to Han Kang, who is this year's Nobel Prize laureate for the Literature category! We all probably know her from her International Booker Prize winning The Vegetarian, and thankfully since then quite a few of her other works have been translated into English as well. The Nobel Prize jury lauded [...]

Sophie2024-10-10T17:20:41+02:00Tags: Bookbits, Fiction, Nobel Prize Winner, Prize winners, Translated Fiction|

Author Spotlight: India Holton

By Naomi One day I picked up a book from a new-to-me author, with a gorgeous cover and a wacky premise. I fell in love with reading all over again. I don’t know what India Holton puts in her books (actually, I do know, and I’ll talk about it below), but [...]

Naomi2024-09-13T16:34:34+02:00Tags: India Holton, Naomi, Romantasy|

ABC Interview: Bruna

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talked to Bruna. She [...]

Lilia2024-10-04T12:40:21+02:00Tags: ABC interview, Aeaea, Alasdair Gray, Angela Carter, Art History, Bruna, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic Horror, Historical Fiction, History, Horror, Memoirs, Patti Smith|

ABC Bestsellers – September 2024

Here at ABC our experts always strive to bring the best to our customers and let you know what we love. We also get an inkling at what books you love through our monthly(ish) Bestseller lists, compiled from the lists of our three stores. We love to share this with you, [...]

ABC Interview: Martijn

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talk to Martijn, one [...]

Lilia2024-09-30T15:16:08+02:00Tags: ABC interview, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, General Fiction, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jim Butcher, Martijn, Neil Gaiman|

Life as a Bookseller: Amsterdam Book Event

By Sophie. One of the perks of being a bookseller is that sometimes you get invited to things like the Amsterdam Book Event, hosted by Van Ditmar Books. This year Bruna and Tiemen from the Amsterdam team and Naomi, Júlia, and myself from the The Hague/Leidschendam team were the lucky ones. [...]

Sophie2024-09-27T08:24:07+02:00Tags: A Day in the Life of a Bookseller, amsterdam book event, bloomsbury, Bruna, faber & the independent alliance, goodie bags, hachette, harper collins, Júlia, Naomi, New Releases, pan macmillan, penguin random house, simon & schuster, Sophie, thames & hudson, Tiemen, van ditmar|

Columbus Day: reflection on both sides of history

By Lauren October 14 is Columbus Day in the US, the holiday marking the date that the explorer/colonizer first stepped foot on what would later become the US, Central and South America. (He actually landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492, but a bank holiday is a bank holiday.) In [...]

How we do it: the Booklover Box

By Naomi At ABC, we pride ourselves on being booklovers, and the Booklover Box is a great way for us to express that. The Booklover Box is a carefully curated selection of books and merchandise based on the size and genre chosen by a customer. It makes for a great gift for [...]

Lilia2024-09-26T14:31:03+02:00

Treasure Hunt for Love: an ABC customer story

Last month, I had the absolute pleasure of working with the team at ABC in something non-book related. They asked for nothing in return except my permission to share the story, and so here I am, trying to give you a first-hand experience of what ABC means to me. I come from [...]

Lilia2024-09-25T19:26:41+02:00

ABC Interview: Iris W

We decided to play the Q&A game with the ABC staff, and asked all sorts of bookish questions. In the coming weeks we will be posting their (sometimes cheeky!) answers here on the blog, so you can learn a little more about us. Enjoy! This time around we talked to IrisW, [...]

Lilia2024-12-01T11:17:10+01:00Tags: ABC Booklover Bags, ABC interview, Becky Chambers, Erin Morgenstern, Iris, Iris W., IrisW, J.R.R. Tolkien, Nghi Vo, Samantha Shannon|

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