From summer 2009 until spring 2010 Go Dutch! will be bringing all of the eight featured writers to the UK. 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. In many cases our Dutch writers will be partnered with UK writers, giving an opportunity to discover the similarities and differences between these two writing cultures.
We will also be making our Dutch writers available to work directly with readers through book groups and other small-scale readers events. Some of our writers will be working directly with young UK writers, for instance with the Writing Squad based in Yorkshire and with the University of Warwick’s Writing Programme. We hope that a chance to work together will encourage Dutch and UK writers to inspire each other.