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Lília

Lília was born in Brazil, worked there as a translator and moved to the Netherlands for love. It was her love for books that brought her to the ABC in July 2000. First buying Romance novels, then Children’s and YA books, then back to Romance and into new adventures about Fashion, Sewing, Psychology and all the magazines.

In the Netherlands she also found a love for sewing, and has become a certified seamstress. She makes bookmarks and booksleeves that are sold at the ABC under the Lília’s Atelier brand.

She still loves reading, mostly Romance, Science Fiction, and Fantasy. Books about fashion and sewing are always on her TBR list.

ABC Staff Picks: April 2022

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 [...]

2026-08-15T17:49:49+02:00Tags: , , , , |

Annie M.G. Schmidt Day

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 [...]

2026-08-15T17:39:39+02:00Tags: , , |

ABC Staff Picks: February 2022

by Lília Here we are again with a new episode of our ABC Staff Picks, with titles that have been recently released, will come out shortly, or we’re just simply really excited about. Today we present 9 very different titles, from Crafts, to Sci-Fi, middle-grade and even a game! And we cannot [...]

2026-08-15T17:49:40+02:00Tags: , , , , |

ABC Staff Picks: January 2022

by Lília Here are our recommendations for January! Our own Iris from The Hague and Luke from Amsterdam just started again with our ABC Staff Picks live videos, where they present the titles we’re most excited about. Titles that have been recently released, or will be released shortly, and what they [...]

2026-08-15T17:49:32+02:00Tags: , , , |

Mangas to look forward to in Q1 2022

by Lília I know of lots of people who started learning Japanese so that they could read manga. Many decades ago, manga were not translated into English. Eventually so many people were interested that some publishing houses finally decided to have them translated. Though there are many, many titles have not [...]

2026-08-16T16:07:32+02:00Tags: , , , |
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