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Booker Prize 2024 – the Shortlist

On September 16 The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist was finally announced! As mentioned on their website: "The shortlist includes five women, authors from five countries, and stories which transport readers around the world and beyond Earth's atmosphere." The list includes a retelling of Huckleberry Finn, a title that also made the [...]

Lilia2024-09-17T16:06:34+02:00Tags: Anne Michaels, Booker Prize, Charlotte Wood, International Booker Prize shortlist, Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner, Samantha Harvey, Yael van der Wouden|

Feminism is for everybody

By Pleun Ready to dive into the world of feminism? We've got some must-reads for you in our Gender section! From bodily autonomy to employment equality, feminism covers a wide range of issues. It's about challenging inequality and empowering women. It's about making the world understand women don't want to take [...]

Lilia2024-09-11T14:00:29+02:00Tags: Angela Saini, Bell Hooks, Best of Lists, Caitlin Moran, Caroline Criado Perez, Cat Bohannon, Feminism, Florence Given, Pleun, Roxane Gay, Simone de Beauvoir, Social Science, Susan Sontag|

ABC Bestsellers – August 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, [...]

An Ode to Becky Chambers

By Isabelle Before reading Becky Chambers, I had never read sci-fi. I just never felt drawn to it. It was once multiple of my colleagues recommended her books that I decided to give them a try. I started by reading one of Chambers’ novellas, To Be Taught, If Fortunate. I was [...]

Lilia2024-09-09T18:26:57+02:00Tags: Author Spotlight, Becky Chambers, Cultural Diversity, Isabelle, LGBTQ+, Representation, Science Fiction, Wayfarers series|

ABC Interview: Natalia

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 Natalia, who [...]

Lilia2024-08-11T13:06:27+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC interview, Becky Chambers, Brené Brown, Dragons, Emily Henry, Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Magic, Natalia, Romantic Fiction, V.E.Schwab|

Bring on the banned books! September 2024 update

By Lauren Book banning in the US continued its stratospheric rise in 2023, with the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) reporting that challenges of unique titles surged 65% in 2023 compared to 2022—the highest level ever documented by [...]

Lilia2024-08-28T12:48:13+02:00Tags: Banned Books, George M. Johnson, Judy Blume, Juno Dawson, Lauren, Maia Kobabe, Margaret Atwood, Sarah J. Maas, Toni Morrison|

ABC Interview: Juno

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 Juno, our [...]

Lilia2024-07-27T15:24:38+02:00Tags: Archaelogy, Evan Winter, Fantasy, Juno, Magical Realism, R.F. Kuang, Steven Erikson|

The inside scoop: Where have all the magazines gone?

If you’ve been to our Amsterdam store recently, you may have noticed our magazine section has been reduced by half. Things have been less dramatic in The Hague, but the number of magazines on offer there has also been steadily decreasing. Many magazines still being printed are coming out less often [...]

Lilia2024-08-14T13:13:45+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC interview, Lauren, Lília, magazines|

How We Do It: In-Store Displays

By Naomi It all starts with a dinner. About twice a year, the members of the display teams for The Hague and Leidschendam dine together to plan the in-store displays for the coming six months. The four of us try to have a plan so we know what we’re going to do [...]

Lilia2024-08-24T15:47:07+02:00Tags: Display Teams, Displays, Naomi|

Interesting books on Autism

Written by Lília As the mother of a neurodivergent girl who discovered her neurodiversity in her late teens, I suddenly saw myself with this big hot potato in my hand: how to help my kid navigate life better without having to drown herself in the demands of daily life? How to [...]

Lilia2024-07-22T12:51:38+02:00Tags: Autism, Books on Autism, Childcare, Lília, Neurodivergency, Neurodivergent, Psychology|

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