Lília Archives

Dear dad: ABC celebrates our reading fathers

Written by Lauren and Lília With Father's Day just around the corner (Sunday, June 18), we asked ABC staff to share their favorite father reading photos. Here's a selection. Happy Father's Day to all who celebrate! Lauren “English is not my ex's native language. This is a very tired [...]

Lilia2023-06-15T15:08:02+02:00Tags: Charlotte, EmmaV, Father's Day, Jitse, Lauren, Lília, Martijn, Memories, Naomi, Pleun|

Staff Picks Spring 2023 Edition

Written by Lília 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 [...]

Lilia2023-05-22T12:18:57+02:00Tags: Biography, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Games, Health, History, Home Improvement, Iris W., Japanese Fiction, Jeroen, Jilles, Júlia, Lília, Luke, Max M., Max W., Middle Grade, Music, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Sigrid, Staff Picks|

ABC Mothers: What We Read to Our Kids

To celebrate Mother's Day, we show 3 ABC moms talking about their favorite books they read to their kids. Sophie "What my daughter and I loved about Sandra Boynton's books is that the rhythm of the text works so well together with the words. The Going to Bed [...]

Lilia2024-05-08T11:55:45+02:00Tags: ABC, ABC Moms; Mother's Day, Lília, Renata; Board Books; Picture Books, Sophie|

ABC Staff Picks

Surrounded by chocolate and tea, Luke and Iris W. talked books on this month’s YouTube staff picks video. This time around, they (with a little help from their ABC friends) pointed us to fantasy, science fiction, some artistic and non-artistic self-help tomes and a history book with a very contemporary theme. [...]

Lilia2023-04-16T18:04:14+02:00Tags: ABC, Best of Lists, EmmaV, Fantasy, History, Jouke, Lília, Science Fiction, Self-Help, Staff Picks, Tom|

ABC Staff Picks

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, even books!. [...]

Lilia2023-04-06T12:02:18+02:00Tags: Betty, Biography, Cookbook, EBM, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Iris M., Iris W., Jesmae, Jonna, Lília, Luke, Oscars, Science Fiction, Shirley|

Notes from a sewist: 7 Books on Mending, Upcycling and Repurposing those clothes you love

Written by Lília We all have t-shirts with tears, socks with holes in the heel, jeans torn from the friction between our thighs. You get the idea. Most of the time, the garments we’ve loved to death are all still very wearable, if not for those pesky details. So, what can [...]

Lilia2023-03-05T14:51:21+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Lília, mending, Repurposing, Sashiko, sewing, sustainability, Tailoring, Upcycling|

Book-to-screen adaptations: The love edition

written by Lília With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we thought we’d home in on screen adaptations of romantic fiction. Because who hasn’t heard of or watched – maybe many times! –adaptions of Jane Austen’s books such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre or Emily Brontë’s [...]

Sophie2023-02-08T12:46:58+01:00Tags: Best of Lists, Book to Movie, Book to Screen, Book to Series, Ester, Lília, Romantic Fiction, Sophie|

How we work

The book buyer: Lynn Kaplanian-Buller interviews Lília Visser Lilia is a seasoned ABC book buyer. Asked how she would define a good one, she says the most important characteristic for book buyers is listening to customers. Besides that, a book buyer must keep an eye on what sells, its [...]

Sophie2023-01-25T17:01:46+01:00Tags: Interviews, Lília, Lynn|

Conversations with customers

Marie is a good example of a “growing up with ABC” customer: niece of our Sophie, she has known the ABC since she was born. Her ABC store may have changed from The Hague to Amsterdam, where she moved to study and work, but her loyalty remains the same. [...]

Sophie2023-01-07T13:40:18+01:00Tags: Interviews, Lília, Sophie|

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 [...]

Sophie2022-12-20T22:33:27+01:00Tags: Bella, Best of Lists, Board Games, Bob, Crime Fiction, EmmaS, EmmaV, Fantasy, Fiction, Japanese Fiction, Jelle, Jitse, Jonna, Jouke, Klaartje, Lauren, Lília, Lynn, Maarten, MariaS, Martijn, Natalia, Nature, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction, Sigrid, Simone, Sol, Sophie, Steven, Sywert, Tiemen, Young Adult|

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