By Sophie It's almost time for our favorite day of the year, Thanksgiving! We've celebrated this very American holiday since we opened in 1972 as a way to say thank you to you, our customers, for supporting us this past year, and for being such an enriching part of our [...]
by Iris Sharing food has always been an important part of any Thanksgiving celebration. At ABC, we host a Baked Goods Potluck in all three stores to represent that part of Thanksgiving Day. But starting in 1994 and lasting until well in the 2000s, we used to organize a full-blown dinner! [...]
by Else & Iris Iris Thanksgiving is a long-standing tradition at ABC, and this year we are once again celebrating with fun activities, baked goods, and extra discount for all customers (check out the full itineraries of our Amsterdam, The Hague and Leidschendam stores on our Events Page!). In recent years, [...]
Many bestsellers in October were titles just released in September, such as SenLinYu's Alchemised, Ian McEwan's What We Can Know, Richard Osman's The Impossible Fortune and Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets. Among the books published in September that were also bestsellers in October is Falling in Love While Stuffing a [...]
by Iris Happy Halloween, everyone! The book community's most widely observed holiday (this is an educated guess, don't come for me) is finally here. This calls for some book recommendations. This time around, we're taking inspiration from seasonally appropriate emojis to bring you a varied list of titles. Enjoy, and stay [...]
by Iris We all know fall is the most popular season among book lovers. Whether you're more of a "dark & scary" or "warm & cozy" type of reader, this season has it all. I used to be in a book club dedicated to witchy fiction, and one of the things [...]
by Damla Every so often we want to share what we're currently reading, watching, and/or listening to. We hope you'll enjoy our choices! Iris Reading: Currently reading The Last Gifts of the Universe by August Riley. It’s a sci-fi book about two siblings and their cat (called Pumpkin!), [...]
by Iris Get ready, book lovers: tomorrow marks the start of the "Week van het Engelse Boek", or English Book Week. Founded in 2018 by Van Ditmar, this week (actually a fortnight, but who's counting?) aims to help Dutch readers explore the English written word. Your main perk: spend €12.50 on [...]
by Iris Our Leidschendam store in the Westfield Mall of the Netherlands opened its doors in 2021. It was pandemic times and the many extra rules and regulations didn't make for the smoothest of starts. But four years later we're still here, and it's well past time to bring you along [...]
by Damla and Iris Ever needed a job recommendation so bad that you would walk through hell to get it? Alice Law has. Literally. R.F. Kuang’s greatly anticipated new book hits the shelves this coming Tuesday, on the 26th of August. Merging myth and magic, ambition and rivalry, the early reviews [...]
