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Authors

Joris Luyendijk

Joris Luyendijk studied Anthropology and Arabic at the Universities of Kansas, Amsterdam and Cairo. He worked as a correspondent between 1998 and 2003, based first in Cairo, then Beirut and finally East-Jerusalem. His book, People Like Us, sold over a quarter of a million copies in the Netherlands and won two major prizes. Joris Luyendijk lives in Amsterdam.

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News

New Dutch Writing

GO*DUTCH!, a major new campaign to raise awareness of Dutch literature in translation has been launched with the backing of a number of UK publishers and Arts Council England. We will be working with literature festivals and arts venues to organise readings and discussion events, including festivals in Liverpool, Manchester, Durham, Ilkley, Birmingham and Essex. Continue >>

Leaflet

Leaflet for readings at the Free Word Centre

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Sampler

A taste of the authors’ writing will be showcased in a hundred-page sampler to be distributed up and down the country via readers’ groups, libraries, literary festivals and a selection of independent bookshops. GO*DUTCH! is an introduction to eight writers whose work represents the extraordinary range of literature being translated from Dutch. Continue >>