Thursday 24 November 2022

Julia Armfield and Nikki Dekker in conversation with Lisa Weeda

Summer 2022 two beautiful and strong debut novels were published: Julia Armfield's Our Wives Under the Sea ('the year's most terrifying love story' says AnOther Mag) and Nikki Dekker's diepdiepbla…

Met: Julia Armfield, Lisa Weeda, Nikki Dekker

Wednesday 12 October 2022

The power of children's books

Through reading, children learn to relax, dream away and gain knowledge. Writers Unlimited presented Wednesday 12 October 2022 in the Writers Series during Kinderboekenweek (Children's Books Week, …

Met: Brian Elstak, Edward van de Vendel, Jellie Brouwer

Sunday 25 September 2022

Optimistische woede (Optimistical Anger)

In this Writers Series programme, writers' collective Fixdit, in collaboration with Writers Unlimited, celebrated the publication of the Fixdit manifesto Optimistische woede: fix het seksisme in de …

Met: Annelies Verbeke, Christine Otten, Jannah Loontjens, Manon Uphoff, Rachida Lamrabet, Sanneke van Hassel, Shantie Singh

Wednesday 18 May 2022

Etel, Joan en bell - A tribute to three literary luminaries

What is the similarity between Etel, Joan and bell? Literary luminaries Etel Adnan, Joan Didion and bell hooks are all (partly) American, all three have left a great mark on Western thought, and …

Met: Niña Weijers, Nisrine Mbarki, Rasha Hilwi, Sabrine Ingabire

Tuesday 19 April 2022

What happens when the water comes?

What happens when the water comes? What if the Netherlands really does flood? A welcome topic for climate novels, but perhaps a cliché by now. Do we still get scared by such messages? How do you …

Met: Eva Meijer, Mirthe Frese, Mounir Samuel

Thursday 17 March 2022

Love, hate, whatever! It's all about me!

Mel Brooks - isn't he the director of films like Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles? Someone you love or... just not? That's right! Thursday evening 17 March was all about the American actor, comedian, …

Met: Arnon Grunberg, Gerlinda Heywegen

Thursday 16 December 2021

Chris Keulemans - gastvrijheid

We cordially invited you to discuss hospitality and the 12 rules from his eponymous book with Chris Keulemans yourself this December afternoon. We were curious what your definition of hospitality is …

Met: Canan Marasligil, Chris Keulemans, Mira Feticu

Saturday 27 November 2021

Haunted House - Binckfest

BINCKFEST CANCELED due to extra measures against the coronavirus. We are exploring the possibility of presenting Haunted House at a later point in time. We will inform you by our newsletter and …

Met: Elfie Tromp, Renee Rienties, Vampire Boyfriend

Thursday 11 November 2021

1984: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength

Writers Unlimited presented the filmprogram 1984 : War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. The world-famous dystopian future novel Nineteen Eighty-Four ( aka 1984 ) by George …

Met: Arnon Grunberg, Gerlinda Heywegen

Thursday 4 November 2021

'Bibi Koetis voor altijd', Lin Scholte

In collaboration with literary magazine De Gids , writers Jannah Loontjens and Annelies Verbeke create the Fixdit podcast series Modern Classics . Every two months they highlight a literary …

Met: Annelies Verbeke, Gustaaf Peek, Jannah Loontjens, Vilan van de Loo

Thursday 7 October 2021

Should I translate?

"As a translator you feel an affinity with the writer. It is a special bond, because you step into their shoes." Michele Hutchison in Het Parool Writers Unlimited presented an evening in which …

Met: Daan Doesborgh, Mariolein Sabarte Belacortu, Michele Hutchison, Nisrine Mbarki

Friday 30 April 2021

Erfstukken

At the request of Writers Unlimited, five authors wrote a letter to a family member of another generation asking: "What concern or fear about this time would you like to present to a family member in …

Met: Annemarie Estor, Babah Tarawally, Babeth Fonchie, Eva Meijer, Fleur Kotten, Jens Meijen, Jessica Bacuna, Kenneth Aidoo, Mignon Nusteling, Rachel Sender

Monday 8 June 2020

Karin Slaughter & Charles denTex

The Queen of Crime, Karin Slaughter , presents a new novel: Verzwegen . It is the twentieth (!) bestseller by this beloved American author and that is an outstanding occasion to engage in conversat…

Met: Charles den Tex, Karin Slaughter

Thursday 23 April 2020

Postponed: In conversation with Michel Faber

Postponed due measures against the coronavirus. We are exploring the possibility of presenting the program online or at a later point in time. We will inform you by our newsletter and social media. …

Met: Aimée de Jongh, Michel Faber

Friday 17 April 2020

Postponed: Eastern Europe and beyond

Postponed due to measures against the coronavirus. We are exploring the possibility of presenting the program online or at a later point in time. We will inform you by our newsletter and social …

Met: Lisa Weeda, Nino Haratischwili, Sophie Derkzen

Monday 23 March 2020

Canceled: Closer to the Iranian Diaspora

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Central Library was temporarily closed and all events were canceled. Ticket owners have been notified about the cancellation.

Met: Ali Safavian, Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Ramin Heydarkhan, Shervin Nekuee

Friday 21 February 2020

Rodaan al Galidi, Annelies Verbeke en Pierre Jarawan

Three countries, three authors, three novels about immigrants finding their way in a new country. Rodaan Al Galidi is a poet and writer. Born in Iraq and trained as a civil engineer, he has lived …

Met: Annelies Verbeke, Fiep van Bodegom, Pierre Jarawan, Rodaan Al Galidi

Friday 24 January 2020

A Writer's Dinner with author Barbaros Altug from Istanbul

The Vadercentrum Adam (Father Centre) is a pearl in the Laak district of The Hague. It is the place where men - and also more and more women - can go every day and get countless opportunities to …

Met: Barbaros Altuğ, Hassnae Bouazza

Wednesday 11 December 2019

K.R. Sing en Karin Amatmoekrim

K.R. Sing's Uit de klei van Saramacca tells a Surinamese-Hindustani family history and was the starting point for a conversation with writers K.R. Sing and Karin Amatmoekrim (ao Knipperleven , …

Met: K.R. Sing, Karin Amatmoekrim, Noraly Beyer

Thursday 28 November 2019

Falling is like flying

Writer Manon Uphoff was a guest at Writers Unlimited on Thursday 28 November. She talked about her controversial book Vallen is als vliegen ( Falling is like flying ), a novel about sexual …

Met: Filemon Wesselink, Manon Uphoff

Friday 18 October 2019

The Weekend Millionaire

Writer Abdelkader Benali was a guest at Writers Unlimited on Friday 18 October. He talked to Hassnae Bouazza about his new book The Weekend Millionaire, a funny and moving novel about the …

Met: Abdelkader Benali, Hassnae Bouazza, Siham Amghar

Friday 20 September 2019

Opening Week van de Afrikaanse Roman

Writers Unlimited opened Friday 20 September the fourth Week van de Afrikaanse roman ( Week of the Afrikaans novel) with a festive evening about contemporary Afrikaans literature, language, arts …

Met: Abdelkader Benali, Deniel Barry, Eben Venter, Frazer Barry, Karin Brynard, Pieter Odendaal, Riana Scheepers, Valda Jansen

Wednesday 19 June 2019

Living with Autism - with Filemon Wesselink, Judith Visser and Erik-Jan Harmens

How to live with autism? Both Dutch authors Judith Visser and Erik Jan Harmens investigate the impact on daily life when you have to deal with autism. In her book Zondagskind , Judith draws from …

Met: Erik Jan Harmens, Filemon Wesselink, Judith Visser

Wednesday 22 May 2019

'Stalin's Daughter' - Biographer Rosemary Sullivan on A Life in the Shadow of a Monster

On Wednesday, 22 May, Canadian author and biographer Rosemary Sullivan is guest of honor at B-Unlimited. Michel Krielaars , Russia expert and editor of the NRC 's books section, will be engaging …

Met: Michel Krielaars, Rosemary Sullivan

Wednesday 8 May 2019

Rage Becomes Her - Soraya Chemaly and Sunny Bergman on Women, Inequality and Anger

American author and activist Soraya Chemaly and Dutch documentary filmmaker Sunny Bergman entered into a conversation about anger as a tool for positive change. Chemaly wrote the international …

Met: Mirthe Frese, Soraya Chemaly, Sunny Bergman

Wednesday 10 April 2019

Dick Swaab and Alicia Gescinska: Music, the Brain and our Hearts

Met: Abdelkader Benali, Alicja Gescinska, Dick Swaab

Thursday 14 March 2019

Cynthia McLeod,Tessa Leuwsha and Jörgen Raymann - Suriname: a new history

Met: Cynthia Mc Leod, Jörgen Raymann, Tessa Leuwsha

Friday 15 February 2019

Antjie Krog & Ellen Deckwitz: Dutch East-Indies and South-Afrka, history in poems

How can literature serve a greater understanding of history? Ellen Deckwitz (1982) wanted to write a poetry collection about her grandmother's life during the dying days of the Dutch East Indies – …

Met: Antjie Krog, Ellen Deckwitz, John Jansen van Galen

Friday 14 December 2018

More Than a Monster: Reading Frankenstein with Hanna Bervoets & Martijntje Smits

In 1818, Mary Shelley then just 19 years old, wrote a ground-breaking book that has inspired countless Hollywood movies until this day. In many aspects, Frankenstein is both a literary masterpiec…

Met: Damiaan Denys, Hanna Bervoets, Martijntje Smits

Wednesday 28 November 2018

Indo-European parents: stories behind the silence - Reggie Baay & Adriaan van Dis

A programme in Dutch on the colonial heritage in Indo-European families in The Netherlands. Writers Adriaan van Dis and Reggie Baay both wrote autobiographical novels on the lives of their parents, …

Met: Adriaan van Dis, Paul van der Gaag, Reggie Baay

Friday 16 November 2018

Dancing Bears: Polish writer Witold Szablowski on Nostalgia for Communism

In his latest book, Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny , the young Polish writer and journalist Witold Szabłowski goes looking for what remains of the …

Met: Michel Krielaars, Witold Szabłowski

Thursday 18 October 2018

North Korea: daily life in a mental dictatorship - the story of the refugee

Remco Breuker is a true expert on North Korea. While North and South negotiate peace and nuclear disarmament, with and without the US, Breuker warns against optimism, as he recognizes the strategizi…

Met: Hassnae Bouazza, Jang Jin-sung, Remco Breuker

Wednesday 19 September 2018

Morality, Truth and Fiction in America - Bas Heijne, Brad Watson and Markha Valenta

What does America represent these days? Now that truth and fiction are blurring more and more, and moral limits are being transgressed daily, what values does this country stand for? "Morality, Truth …

Met: Bas Heijne, Brad Watson, Markha Valenta

Thursday 7 June 2018

The Wilders Method

Philosopher Simone van Saarloos attended the trial against politician Geert Wilders, and developed a strong interest in het nationwide fascination for her person, attitude and method. For a long time …

Met: Abdelkader Benali, Karin Amatmoekrim, Simon(e) van Saarloos

Friday 20 April 2018

Tom Lanoye introduces South-African writer Marianne Thamm - Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me

South-African writer, journalist and occasional comedian Marianne Thamm grew up in the heydays of Apartheid, amid Afrikaans neighbours in Pretoria's less salubrious suburbs. Today, she is an …

Met: Marianne Thamm, Tom Lanoye

Thursday 15 February 2018

Kiezen is geloven - met Petra Stienen, Jaap Spijkers, Pieter Hilhorst & Frits Hendrikx

Met: Frits Hendrikx, Jaap Spijkers, Patrick van der Hijden, Petra Stienen, Pieter Hilhorst

Thursday 14 December 2017

Bas Heijne & Stephan Sanders

Met: Bas Heijne, Raj Mohan, Stephan Sanders

Wednesday 15 November 2017

The Taming of De Stijl

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Met: Benno Tempel, Hans van den Boom, Matthijs de Groot, Patrick van der Hijden, Trazy Metz

Friday 20 October 2017

Franklin Foer and Eric Smit: World Withouth Mind

We socialize on Facebook, shop at Amazon and rely on Google for information. Without considering the consequences the world has embraced the products and services of big technology companies. They …

Met: Eric Smit, Franklin Foer

Friday 29 September 2017

Week of the African Novel with a.o. Ingrid Winterbach, Willem Anker & Andries Bezuidenhout

The Week of the African novel took place in The Netherlands and Flanders between 29 September and 8 October 2017. B-Unlimited opened the Week of the African Novel on Friday 29 September with an …

Friday 23 June 2017

Age of Anger - with Pankaj Mishra and Ian Buruma

Anger as an incentive in politics seems contemporary but sure is not. Two internationally renowned writers - Pankaj Mishra, who recently published his brilliant new book Age of Anger , and Ian …

Met: Ian Buruma, Pankaj Mishra, Sheila Sitalsing

Wednesday 17 May 2017

The Good Lawyer - with Britta Böhler

Lawyer Britta Böhler became famous as attorney of ao. PKK-leader Öcalan, former Dutch member of parliament Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Volkert van der Graaf, murderer of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. In her …

Met: Britta Böhler, Gerlinda Heywegen

Wednesday 19 April 2017

War in The Dutch East-Indies - with Alfred Birney and Hans Goedkoop

A programme - in Dutch - on the role of Dutch fathers and grandfathers in the Indonesian war of independence in the late fourties of the past century. Alfred Birney wrote a novel on the history of …

Met: Alfred Birney, Hans Goedkoop, Paul van der Gaag

Wednesday 15 February 2017

What's wrong with the elite?

In these times of rising populisme, 'post-truth' and 'alternative facts' the elite has a hard time. The political, academic, cultural and financial elites have lost trust from the ordinary citizens. …

Met: Elles de Bruin, Henk Oosterling, Paul Frissen, Tommy Wieringa

Thursday 12 January 2017

Welcome to Tax Haven The Netherlands

Why is The Netherlands called a tax haven? What about the deals that the Dutch government makes with multinationals on taxes, and what are the consequences of these deals for poor countries? …

Met: Esmé Berkhout, George van Houts, Paul de Haan, Sheila Sitalsing

Friday 9 December 2016

Rebels with a cause: into the minds of human rights defenders

What makes a human rights defender? Why do peaceful change makers rise and why do they persevere in spite of of the counteraction, exclusion or threats they regularly encounter? Unlike announced …

Met: Hassnae Bouazza, Minka Nijhuis, Nighat Dad, Saskia Stolz

Wednesday 30 November 2016

How democratic is the city?

How can citizens get more involved in local political decisions that can change their daily lives? Is the idea of an elected mayor a solution for this? Should there be local referenda? Or does it …

Met: Adri Duivesteijn, Charlotte Bos, Famile Arslan, Joris Wijsmuller, Maarten Hajer

Friday 18 November 2016

Into the Writer s Brain: A.S. Byatt meets Neuroscientist Morten Kringelbach and Bas Heijne

'I think of writing simply in terms of pleasure'. Writing is the most important thing in the life of the 2016 Erasmus Prize-laureate A.S. Byatt. Making things, constructing the form of a book or an …

Met: A.S. Byatt, Bas Heijne, Morten Kringelbach

Friday 28 October 2016

Trumpland - with James Kennedy, Markha Valenta and Willem Post

11 Days before the presidential elections in the USA we imagine 'Trumpland'. In 2015 Donald Trump announced that he would run for the presidency of the United States of America. Where at first his …

Met: James Kennedy, Markha Valenta, Sjoerd de Jong, Willem Post

Tuesday 4 October 2016

A Story of Eastern Europe: Ilija Trojanow and Guido Snel

Eastern Europe has witnessed extensive political and social change in the past few decades. What is the effect of that change on its people? And what can we still expect? Journalist Hellen Kooijman …

Met: Guido Snel, Hellen Kooijman, Ilija Trojanow

Thursday 28 April 2016

With Words of Bombs? Frank Westerman and Jutta Chorus

Met: Frank Westerman, Hassnae Bouazza, Jutta Chorus

Tuesday 22 March 2016

What makes medicine so expensive?

Met: Elles de Bruin, Huub Schellekens, Lucien Hordijk, Paul Keller

Saturday 27 February 2016

Writers Unlimited Brainwash: The Text of My Life

Met: Andrew Solomon, Ignaas Devisch, Jan Drost, Simon(e) van Saarloos, Stephan Sanders, Tamar de Waal, Thijs Lijster, Tom Chatfield

Tuesday 15 December 2015

Hoeveel asielzoekers kan mijn buurt hebben? - Over ruimte voor gastvrijheid

Met: Elles de Bruin, Margriet ten Hove, Shervin Nekuee, Wim Willems

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Naar wie luisteren we nog? Over de toekomst van macht, gezag en autoriteit.

Met: Christien Brinkgreve, Clairy Polak, Paul Verhaeghe, Ton van Haperen

Monday 5 October 2015

Laksmi Pamuntjak and Hilde Janssen: Living in Indonesia during the 1965-1966 mass killings

A taboo in Indonesia: the mass murders during the change of political power between Sukarno and Suharto. In her novel The Question of Red (Amba), recently translated into Dutch, Indonesian author …

Met: Hilde Janssen, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Remco Raben

Thursday 3 September 2015

John Gray meets Bas Heijne: Can We Change the World?

If you really want to achieve something, you can – or so we desperately want tobelieve. Every human deed starts with a desire and faith in one's own abilities. People want to change the world, but …

Met: Bas Heijne, John Gray

Friday 29 May 2015

Syria, What's Next?

Watch the video-registration of this programme. What will the future of Syria look like once the war has come to an end? Moderator and writer David Van Reybrouck discussed this question with the …

Met: David Van Reybrouck, Ghayath Almadhoun, Laila al-Zwaini, Lieve Joris, Nihad Siries

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Dealing with Putin

Watch the video registration of this programme: see below on this page. How do you negotiate with the Russian president Vladimir Putin? In this evening we are looking for the answer. Kremlin-watcher …

Met: Adriaan Jacobovits de Szeged, Michaïl Sjisjkin, Michel Krielaars, Oksana Chelysheva

Monday 16 March 2015

Love is a strange disease

A programme on being in love and the art of loving. With physiologist Jan Hindrik Ravesloot, philosopher Jan Drost and writer Karin Amatmoekrim. In Dutch. Watch the video.

Met: Jan Drost, Jan Hindrik Ravesloot, Karin Amatmoekrim, Katinka Baehr

Thursday 5 March 2015

Jens Christian Grøndahl meets Gustaaf Peek: Love, Lust and Literature

Two authors, one theme: the mystery of love and lust. Both their recent novels are as ambitious as they are inspired: Jernporten (Iron Gate) by Jens Christian Grøndahl and Godin, held (Goddess, Hero) …

Met: Gustaaf Peek, Jens Christian Grøndahl

Wednesday 4 February 2015

What's the price of a human life?

Met: Geert Linnebank, Job Kievit, Katinka Baehr, Kristien Hemmerechts, Maarten Postma, Thomas Nys

Thursday 27 November 2014

Who's the Bad Guy? - Javier Cercas and Herman Koch

The Dutch Herman Koch and the Spanish Javier Cercas are both international bestseller-writers with a fascination for criminal youngsters. The adults surrounding them - teachers, parents, police …

Met: Herman Koch, Javier Cercas, Maarten Steenmeijer

Wednesday 12 November 2014

Science is Just a Matter of Opinion

Productiegegevens Watch the video-registration of this programme. A discussion between Roel Coutinho (virologist) and Maarten Keulemans (head of the science department of De Volkskrant newspaper) …

Met: Chris Keulemans, Frank Westerman, Geert Munnichs, Katinka Baehr, Roel Coutinho

Wednesday 15 October 2014

Who reigns over my brain?

Productiegegevens The first in a series of science debates: Science Unlimited The Series. In this programme three distinguished guests talk about free will. Does it exist or not? Kathinka Baehr …

Met: Abdelkader Benali, Andries van der Leij, Katinka Baehr, Simon van Gaal

Friday 26 September 2014

The most beautiful Afrikaans language poem of all time!

Afrikaans poetry has a rich tradition: from Antjie Krog to Ingrid Jonker, from Breyten Breytenbach to Elisabeth Eybers. Much of their poetry has appeared in a Dutch translation, for example in the …

Met: Annari van der Merwe, Anne van Veen, Etienne van Heerden, Marita van der Vyver, Robert Dorsman, Sonja Loots, Tineke de Nooij, Toef Jaeger

Thursday 25 September 2014

A Tribute to Gabriel García Márquez

He never made a public appearance in the Netherlands. Even his publishers and translators never met him in private. By attending this unique conversation with his brother and his biographer fans of …

Met: Frènk van der Linden, Jaime Garcia Márquez, Tim Buendía

Friday 28 March 2014

Election of the most beautiful poem from Turkish literature

While in Turkey the local elections are being held, we elected the most beautiful poem from Turkish literature. In the Central Library in The Hague, seven prominent Dutch/Turkish writers, journalists…

Met: Aynur Kahraman, Veli Bahşi en Sedat Varhan, Fatma Koser Kaya, Froukje Santing, Ibrahim Eroğlu, Kazim Cümert, Meltem Halaceli, Nurnaz Deniz, Tuncay Çinibulak

Thursday 13 February 2014

An evening with Laurent Binet and Ariejan Korteweg

Francophile Ariejan Korteweg will be talking to French writers Laurent Binet, noted writer of the debut novel HhhH about the Nazi leader Heydrich. During this interview, he will also be talking about …

Met: Ariejan Korteweg, Laurent Binet

Thursday 31 October 2013

Jhumpa Lahiri meets Tanja Jadnanansing

Jhumpa Lahiri (Engeland, 1967) was born in London as a daughter of Indian immigrants from West-Bengali. She grew up in the USA. Migration and uprootedness are main themes in het work, like in the …

Met: Jhumpa Lahiri, Tanja Jadnanansing

Friday 5 July 2013

Cynthia McLeod and Michiel van Kempen

On Friday evening July 5, Writers Unlimited The Series presented a programme on the history of slavery in Suriname. With the Surinamese writer Cynthia McLeod and author and specialist on Surinamese …

Met: Cynthia Mc Leod, Mathijs Deen, Michiel van Kempen

Sunday 16 June 2013

Syrian poet Adonis in Writers Unlimited the Series

Poetry International and Writers Unlimited presented an evening with the famous Syrian poet Adonis on Sunday 16 June in the Central Library in The Hague. He was interviewed by Arabists and journalist…

Met: Adonis, Hassnae Bouazza, Petra Stienen

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Charles Lewinsky and Ad van Liempt

An evening on resistance and treason in World War II. In his latest novel Charles Lewinsky writers about the dilemma of the jewish actor and director Kurt Gerron. In Theresienstadt the SS asks him to …

Met: Ad van Liempt, Charles Lewinsky

Monday 12 November 2012

Kevin Dutton, Gerard Spong and Antoine de Kom: The Wisdom of Psychopaths

Dr Kevin Dutton wrote The wisdom of psychopaths, how psychopathic traits can lead to success in many professional fields. Dutton will exchange thoughts on the subject with renowned Dutch lawyer …

Met: Antoine de Kom, Gerard Spong, Kevin Dutton

Wednesday 10 October 2012

Antjie Krog Sestig

Dutch poets honoured the South-African poet and writer Antjie Krog. She celebrated her 60th birthday in The Hague. A festive evening, where Antjie Krog presented the audience her favourite poems in …

Met: Ad Zuiderent, Adriaan van Dis, Anne Vegter, Antjie Krog, Anton Korteweg, Bas Kwakman, Christine Otten, Hester Knibbe, Ineke Holzhaus, Jan Baeke, Jan Klug, Jan van der Haar, K. Michel, Liesbeth Lagemaat, Mark Boog, Peter Swanborn, Raj Mohan, Rob Schouten, Robert Dorsman, Rodaan Al Galidi, Tom Lanoye, Tsead Bruinja

Tuesday 11 September 2012

David Grossman interviewed by Bas Heijne

In this edition of Writers Unlimited The Series, essayist en columnist Bas Heijne will talk to novelist David Grossman. Recently Grossman's latest novel Falling Out of Time about the grief of …

Met: Bas Heijne, David Grossman, Hugo Maerten

Thursday 7 June 2012

Ronelda S. Kamfer and Christine Otten

Ronelda S. Kamfer is one of the most exciting young South-African poets. She will perform and speak with the Dutch writer Christine Otten. Kamfer grew up in Cape Town. She studied at the University …

Met: Christine Otten, Jeroen van Kan, Ronelda S. Kamfer

Thursday 3 May 2012

Sayed Kashua, Palestinian author in Israel

An interview with columnist Hassnae Bouazza and the Palestinian Sayed Kashua (language: English). A conversation on the upside and downside of authorship in between two worlds. He presents the Dutch …

Met: Hassnae Bouazza, Sayed Kashua

Friday 24 February 2012

South-Africa: Writer Etienne van Heerden and Bart Luirink

Etienne van Heerden is one of the most wellknown writers from South Africa. Recently he published the novel 30 Nagte in Amsterdam (30 Nights in Amsterdam) in Dutch translation. He talked to Bart …

Met: Bart Luirink, Etienne van Heerden, Jeroen van Kan

Friday 16 December 2011

Meeting Michael Cunningham

On 16 december 2011 the America Pulitzer-prize winner Michael Cunningham(1952) was interviewed by Maria Vlaar on his rich oeuvre. An exclusive performance for the Netherlands in Writers Unlimited The …

Met: Maria Vlaar, Michael Cunningham

Friday 25 November 2011

Dutchmen in Morocco

'Temporary immigrants' Greta Riemersma and Kees Beekmans discuss the Moroccan society. They were interviewed by Asis Aynan, the Moroccan/Dutch author living in The Netherlands since his early youth. …

Met: Asis Aynan, Greta Riemersma, Kees Beekmans

Monday 24 October 2011

Bernlef and Menkveld on Tranströmer

Bernlef en Erik Menkveld experts and lovers of the work of the most recent Nobel Prize winner for Literature: Tomas Tranströmer.

Met: Bernlef, Erik Menkveld

Tuesday 21 November 2006

Living Apart Together - Education and multiculturalism in The Netherlands

The second in a series of three panel discussions on the future of a multicultural Dutch society. The Dutch educational situation will be the topic of this evening's discussion. The Dutch education …

Met: Fouad Laroui, Frank Martinus Arion, James Cummins, Louk de la Rive Box

Wednesday 27 September 2006

Living Apart Together - language and multiculturalism in The Netherlands

On Wednesday 27 September, 20.30 hrs, Winternachten and the Insitute of Social Studies presented the first in a series of three paneldiscussions on the future of a multicultural Dutch society. The …

Met: Auma Okwany, Cavy G., Etienne van Heerden, Fouad Laroui, René Appel

Wednesday 26 April 2006

Islam and disrupted childhood

This was the first programme in the series 'World Speakers' in Korzo Theatre in The Hague, organised by Winternachten and the Institute of Social Studies. The debate looked at traditions and Islam in …

Met: Elif Shafak, Fouad Laroui, Margalith Kleijwegt, Pieter Hilhorst, Rema Hammami