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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: February 2022

by Lília Our Luke and Iris are back with a new episode of ABC Staff Picks, with titles that have been recently released, will come out shortly, or that 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! First [...]

2026-08-28T13:46:43+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

New Year, New Skill: The Craft Of Sewing

by Lília Don’t we all have those years when we decide to go for the New Year’s Resolutions and half way through January we just fall short on our decisions? We want to eat healthier, exercise more, stop smoking and such, but can’t follow through? What about instead of cutting ourself [...]

2026-08-30T15:02:22+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

ABC Staff Picks: January 2022

by Lília Iris from our The Hague store and Luke from our Amsterdam store just kicked off a new season of their ABC Staff Picks livestreams, where they present titles that our ABC staff is most excited about. Titles that have been recently released, or will be released shortly, and what [...]

2026-08-28T13:46:11+02:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Mangas to look forward to in Q1 2022

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

2026-08-28T13:14:02+02:00Tags: , , , |
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