Friday 21 February in Studio B | Central Library
26 authors contribute to jubilee collection 25th Winternachten festival
Compiled and edited by Toef Jaeger, published by Jurgen Maas, 227 pages, 18,99 euro, in Dutch, available at your (online) bookstore.
Through The Eyes of Immigrants: Netherlands, Flanders and Germany through the eyes of immigrants. Three countries, three authors, three novels about immigrants finding their way in a new country. With Rodaan Al Galidi (Two Blankets, Three Sheets - Hoe ik talent voor het leven kreeg ) Annelies Verbeke (Thirty Days - Dertig dagen) and Pierre Jarawan (The Storyteller - De zoon van de verhalenverteller). The authors will be interviewed by Fiep van Bodegom and will also read excerpts from their work. English language evening.
Through The Eyes of Immigrants | Friday 21 February | 20:30-22.00 hrs | Studio B, Centrale Bibliotheek, Spui 68 Den Haag | Free entrance for students. 7,- for library members, Ooievaarspas and CJP. Regular fee 10,- | Online tickets available here.
Read more about Rodaan Al Galidi, Annelies Verbeke and Pierre Jarawan on Friday 21 February in Central Library The Hague
On the closing day of the 25th Winternachten International Literature Festival The Hague, Sunday 19 January 2020, Alderman Robert van Asten presented the Hague literary awards during the Schrijversfeest in Theater aan het Spui. Stefan Hertmans received the Constantijn Huygens Prize. In the Spot on Young Poets final, the Jonge Campert Prize for the best student poet went to Stian Olesen, a fourteen-year-old pupil of De Vrije School Den Haag.
Read more about Presentation of The Hague literary awards; Stian Olesen (De Vrije School The Hague) wins Young Campert-award 2020.
On 1 April 2020 Ton van de Langkruis will leave as director of Writers Unlimited, the foundation that organises the Winternachten international literature festival and monthly literary evenings in The Hague.
Read more about Departing Writers Unlimited director Ton van de Langkruis awarded with Stadspenning (City Medal)
Meet the author in the festivalprogram Fifty Ways to Free Your Language with poet and writer Antjie Krog (South Africa) and writer Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe) during Friday Night Unlimited on 17 January in Theater aan het Spui. Tickets here available.
Read more about Festivalwriter Simone Atangana Bekono in Top 3 Literary Talent
