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Full Disclosure (2): an essay and poem on writing and belonging by Neil Griffin

26 September, 2018 - /blog/2264/full-disclosure-2-an-essay-and-poem-on-writing-and-belonging-by-neil-griffin.html

I was born in Canada to British parents and grew up back-and-forth across the Atlantic, leading to a thoroughly modern condition of feeling most at home in the departure lounge of airport terminals, my worldly belongings condensed into a single suitcase. There was a time when I knew my way around Heathrow and Schiphol better than I knew my way around Calgary, the city in which I was born. To children, the circumstances of their lives rarely seem unusual and I was no different in that respect: t...

Reasons to Stay Alive - Matt Haig

9 March, 2023 - /boek/2532/matt-haig-reasons-to-stay-alive.html

Op zijn vierentwintigste stort het leven van Matt Haig volledig in. Hij ziet geen enkele uitweg, geen reden meer om te bestaan. In Reasons to Stay Alive vertelt hij openhartig over hoe hij zijn depressie overwon, een ziekte die hem bijna vernietigde, en hoe hij opnieuw leerde met volle teugen van het leven te genieten. Reasons to Stay Alive is meer dan een memoir: het is een ontroerende, grappige en vreugdevolle zoektocht naar hoe je om kunt gaan met depressie....

Poison

7 August, 2017 - /blog/1506/poison.html

You don’t sleep, you don’t eat, you don’t think, you start drinking like a sailor and you smoke like a chimney to kill the nerves. When you’re lucky, and your crush ismutual, you spend all your time fucking, promising each other the world and sharing dreams. Those dreams have to become reality in a flash. God knows why, but hurry is part of falling in love so you move in together, make a lovechild, divorce your partner, leave kids behind, dump friends who disagree with y...

Ibiza's Child - Esther J. Ending

22 July, 2016 - /boek/1354/esther-j-ending-ibiza-s-child.html

IBIZA, THE EIGHTIES. At the dawn of the techno and ecstasy era a lonely teenager sees her world going into a tailspin. Marianne, born on the island to a hippie mother and a drug dealing father, is trying to keep the pieces of her life together while one of her parents is in prison in Liverpool and the other is chasing her spiritual endeavours. When an officer from the notorious Guardia Civil offers her a ride and shelter, Marianne becomes deeply fascinated by him. Embarking on a vodka and drug...

Schrijver Ronald Blythe overleden

26 January, 2023 - /nieuws/4348/schrijver-ronald-blythe-overleden.html

Op 14 januari overleed de Britse schrijver, essayist en redacteur Ronald Blythe op 100-jarige leeftijd. In 1969 verscheen zijn bekendste boek: Akenfield, Portrait of an English village , dat Lebowski in 2016 uitgaf. Akenfield is een portret van de ‘glorie en bitterheid’ van het platteland: de armoede en toch diepe trots van het oude, bijna feodale boerenleven, en de uitroeiing ervan in de jaren ‘60 door een tweede landbouwrevolutie naast de komst van de auto en de televisie.  ...

Pub

1 August, 2017 - /blog/1507/pub.html

These days our lives are consumed by the thought that something is wrong with us. There is always something to worry about and I’m not even talking about the incessant wave of refugees or the threat of another terrorist attack. No, this is about everyday stuff that you knew nothing about, years ago. Or even worse, stuff you thought nothing was wrong with up till now. Like for instance, fruit-shakes. I made those for years in that bloody blender that occupies half of my counter and has to be c...

Diary of a Witness by Astrid Holleeder published today

27 October, 2017 - /nieuws/1689/diary-of-a-witness-by-astrid-holleeder-published-today.html

While Judas is the story about the decision to testify against her brother Willem Holleeder, Diary of a Witness is rather about the consequences of that far-reaching decision. What were the effects on the lives of the Holleeder family: on mother Stien, sister Sonja, the children and their partners, the grandchildren and above all: on Astrid herself? Diary of a Witness offers  us a glimpse into the life of someone who, out of necessity, has had to go into hiding and for whom no...

Pop en Literatuur (60): Beyoncé en William Shakespeare

14 May, 2019 - /blog/2623/pop-en-literatuur-60-beyonce-en-william-shakespeare.html

Cor's Pop & Literatuurlijst op Spotify:     De bekendste monoloog uit de complete wereldliteratuur (misschien op de bergrede van Jezus na) is ‘ To be or not to be ’ uit Shakespeares Hamlet . De overpeinzing, waarvan veel mensen alleen de eerste zin uit hun hoofd kennen, laat zich lezen als een gedicht. En dat is het ook. Een gedicht over leven en dood. Zo wordt het althans gelezen door de meeste commentatoren. Hamlet, de apathische held, de twijfela...

Dogs and Faces in Wall Street International

11 March, 2017 - /nieuws/1215/dogs-and-faces-in-wall-street-international.html

'Falke does not seem to want to reveal more than just a glimpse; the rest is up to the viewer,' schrijft de krant. 'The framed, staring and expressionless portraits suggest troubled emotions and make you think about painters such as Francis Bacon and Georg Baselitz.'  Lees hier de complete recensie. ...

Dutch Memoir JUDAS Being Developed As A Series by Atlas & Amblin TV

13 October, 2017 - /nieuws/1630/dutch-memoir-judas-being-developed-as-a-series-by-atlas-amblin-tv.html

Judas  is the unbelievable but true story which follows Holleeder’s life as the youngest sister to Willem “Wim” Holleeder, the Netherland’s most notorious criminal mob boss. After serving as his consigliere for years, Astrid wrestled with the decision to take the biggest risk of her life: to turn against her brother after the brutal murder of their own brother-in-law. Judas is described as a story about family, betrayal and a woman’s journey of empowerment through the ...

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