Writers Unlimited, The Hague

The must-go appointment for literature lovers in the NL, Writers Unlimited starts today in The Hague.

Tickets are still available and although I always think that these events are always a bit too expensive to become really mainstream, some of the writers enlisted are really worth seeing.

There's Ian Buruma, for instance, the Dutch-British journalist and writer, whose area of interest range from the causes and aftermath of the killing of Theo Van Gogh to the history of modern Japan. He just wrote a very interesting book about 1945. See its NYT review here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/books/review/year-zero-by-ian-buruma.html?_r=0

Then there's Amin Maalouf, Lebanese writer and member of the Academie Francaise, who will give a lecture tomorrow evening and will be interviewed on stage on Saturday.

I also like Geert Mak very much, especially his travel book and TV series In Europa. Old episodes can be seens here:

http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/programmas/3350-in-europa

Indeed a full programme and an ideal indoor activity, also given the sad sad weather.

Link to the festival's website (in English):

http://www.winternachten.nl/winternachten/aeditieopening.php?editie=10094&taal=engels

Happy 2014! - New year, new blog.

And....we're back!

You might have already noticed the slightly different background, which is a collage of the pictures used in last year posts and the slightly different title.

The updates will be regular and plentiful however it's very hard to guarantee daily ones: unfortunately I have a job (meaning that it would be nicer to just win the lottery and go traveling the world, not that I am ungrateful for the fact that I do have a job) and (at times) an hectic life and a daily post proved to be sometimes quite a challenge.

There are nevertheless gazillions of things to do in Holland and I am quite determined to uncover them  for you, lovely readers, and duly report them.

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