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Where the Wild Things Grow

Explore our connections with ecology, rituals, the cosmos, and the pressing climate challenges of our time

Er is nog land voorbij de Perekop

Translated from Ukrainian to Dutch by Roman Nesterenco
Written in Ukrainian by Anastasia Levkova
12 minutes read

Platvis

Written in Dutch by Nikki Dekker
8 minutes read

Paarden en demonen

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović
Written in Slovenian by Mirt Komel
5 minutes read

Eenrichtingsverkeer

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
9 minutes read

Je weet niks van mij

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Leine Meeus
Written in Italian by Raffaele Cataldo
4 minutes read

Flitsen

Translated from Italian to Dutch by Sandra Verhulst
Written in Italian by Sara Micello
8 minutes read

Grondwerk

Grondwerk [Groundwork] (2025) explores climate change, collective action and attempts to make the world habitable in poetic and sensory language. In the novel, a naked mole-rat is sent on a mission from her colony in the Horn of Africa to a square in Brussels. Waiting for a briefing that fails to arrive, she observes the curious ways of the homo sapiens and starts digging tunnels in Brussels’ underbelly. As sinkholes grow all over the city – fragmenting the infrastructure of the political heart of Europe – a meeting and growing friendship with a climate activist produces an unexpected twist. Grondwerk was shortlisted for the Boekenbon Literatuurprijs and very positively reviewed in the Belgian and Dutch press.
Written in Dutch by Tijl Nuyts
9 minutes read

Morgen

Translated from Portugese to Dutch by Finne Anthonissen
Written in Portugese by Patrícia Patriarca
9 minutes read

Ik wil geen hond zijn

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
8 minutes read

Draden

Written in Dutch by Hannah Roels
8 minutes read

Een paar maanden later

Translated from Slovenian to Dutch by Staša Pavlović
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
11 minutes read

De stem van Sulina

Een lyrische roman over de geboorte van een moeder, zwervende zielen en de ziel van het zwerven, geschreven met de stuwende kracht van een wereldrivier. Terwijl een donkere schaduw over de weerkaarten van Midden-Europa glijdt, reist een vrouw in een busje langs de oevers van de Donau, van de bron in het Zwarte Woud tot de monding in de Zwarte Zee. Welke stemmen stijgen op uit de rivier? Archeologische opgravingen en eeuwenoude verhalen, confronterende vragen en dromen, lichamelijke transformaties en vergeten vrouwen geven richting aan de mentale reis van een jonge schrijfster die moeder wordt.
Written in Dutch by Anneleen Van Offel
7 minutes read

Thuis in het ijs

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Lies Doms
Written in Spanish by Montserrat Sánchez
9 minutes read

Niet iedereen gaat naar het paradijs

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes
Written in Polish by Olga Górska
7 minutes read

Een echt huis

Translated from Spanish to Dutch by Lies Doms
Written in Spanish by Ianire Doistua
10 minutes read

Alle goede Barbies

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Lena van Tijen
Written in Serbian by Katarina Mitrović
12 minutes read

Manoeuvre

Written in Dutch by Simone Atangana Bekono
8 minutes read

Automobiel uit het oude Griekenland

Translated from Czech to Dutch by Annette Manni
Written in Czech by Ondrej Macl
11 minutes read

Kwallen leven eeuwig totdat iemand ze vangt

Translated from Serbian to Dutch by Lena van Tijen
Written in Serbian by Nađa Petrović
12 minutes read

Het vonnis

Translated from Polish to Dutch by Małgosia Briefjes
Written in Polish by Ishbel Szatrawska
9 minutes read
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