by Natalia Ever find yourself struggling with reading and wondering if it’s you or the book? Knowing that you want to read but nothing is doing it for you? Sometimes your focus is off and you’re forcing yourself to plow through. Other times, the book you’re reading isn’t your cup of [...]
by Lília Summer has arrived in all its sweltering glory – or horror – and Luke, Iris and yours truly have chosen books we consider perfect vacation reads and activities wherever the warm months find you. They’re mostly light, romantic, mysterious, historical and generally fantastic. Romance and crime fiction are the [...]
by Lília You might have heard about the book-centric trend within the TikTok universe under the hashtag BookTok. And if you haven't, this interview with Maria S., our Amsterdam store's YA buyer, will fill you in. Please note that the video is in Dutch. Thanks to Carlijn Pierens and Rafaelle van [...]
by Lynn ABC’s co-founder Mitch Crossfield and most of our male staff in the early years were gay. That’s because Amsterdam was open, as opposed to Belgium and Spain, where homosexuality was still forbidden, so Mitch was able to hire gay booksellers from Amsterdam’s teeming population. Bookseller Harry displayed several titles [...]
by Lília As we celebrate 50 years of ABC, we are asking people who have been working with us as publishing house representatives to share their insights into the funny world that is publishing and bookselling. In this post, we talk to Rob Oud, who has [...]
by MariaS We’ve all heard of wine and food pairings. But how about books and tunes? Listening to music while reading is one of my favorite pastimes; it really amplifies the immersion, especially when a scene is exciting and the music fits it perfectly. If all you want to do is [...]
by Lília The Circus Infinite is Khan Wong’s debut novel. Published in March 2022, it has a complicated intergalactic setting that includes different species and heritages. The main character has a unique ability, and after being extensively studied, he decides to run away to the “pleasure [...]
by MariaS The ABC was once again present to sell books and other merchandise at Elfia, an outdoor event and market where people from all around the Netherlands attend in beautiful costumes to browse the goods, drink mead (honey wine), and dance to folk music. The event was held in April [...]
by Bella It’s that time of the year again: the winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes for achievements in literature were recently announced! Let’s take a look. Fiction The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in The History of a Very [...]
by Lília Annie M.G. Schmidt, best known for her children’s books, was born on May 20th. In the Netherlands, this day is celebrated with many activities in schools and libraries. The celebration might be in Dutch, but we think she deserves a space here too, since some of her most famous [...]
