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Iris

Born on the lush, green island of Texel, Iris left home to study English in Leiden, which led her to discover ABC. She joined the company as an intern in 2015 and simply refused to leave, becoming a fully-fledged bookseller in 2016.

Iris is currently the buyer for the Horror, Poetry, New Age, and Language, Reading & Writing sections in The Hague, and the Poetry and Horror sections in Leidschendam. She also creates the majority of Blind Book Dates in The Hague, writes the ABC newsletter, and runs the Instagram account for ABC The Hague.

Staff Choices: what we’ve read and loved – Part 1

by Bob, Iris, Jonna, Naomi, Tiemen, Sophie, Jitse, Júlia & Lília Some of these titles were chosen by one or more ABC colleagues, and everyone gives their own reasons to have loved them. Take a look at what we say about our personal favorites. You might even find one or two new [...]

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Staff Picks: May 2023

by Lília In the summer edition of our ABC Staff Picks, the last of this season, Luke and guest host Bella are back highlighting many different genres, including quite a few translated works. We also have crime, romance, horror, memoirs, fantasy, general fiction, art and more! Read on! Crime [...]

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ABC Staff Picks: April 2023

by Lília Our Luke and Iris are back with our latest Staff Picks—those books we’ve been reading and enjoying or books that might be coming out one of these days. From escapism to information to music, there’s something for everyone. Starting on a happy note, Lília, our romance [...]

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Plastic, not so fantastic

by Iris Starting in April, our plastic bags will be increasing in price: from 10 cents to 30 cents a bag. If that sounds like a lot for a simple plastic carrier bag, well—that's kind of the point! Allow us to explain. Back in 2016, EU regulations regarding plastic bags changed: [...]

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ABC Staff Picks: February 2023

by Lília We start this ABC Staff Picks with an unusual choice: a cookbook! In recent years, we’ve seen many fandom cookbooks showing up on our shelves, and even though we might be a bit skeptical, many are actually quite good. Think about cookbooks based on TV series, games and, yes, [...]

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ABC Staff Picks: January 2023

by Lília Our Luke and Iris are back with the first ABC Staff Picks of 2023. Think cozy titles, biographies, science fiction novellas, a YA horror title and much more…. As the books buyer for Amsterdam’s film section, Luke chose two quite different memoirs from two famous authors. Both have similar [...]

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ABC Top 5: 2022 Edition

Here we go again with our 5(ish) favorite reads of 2022. We try very hard to keep to 5, but it’s not always possible. So, there may be 5 or 6, an A and a B list, memorable reads or just plain marvelous books. We hope you enjoy it and [...]

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