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Looking back on my Africa Reading Month

Last month, I only read books from Africa.

6 December 20211 December 2021Africa, literature, Reading challengeLeave a comment
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Starting an Africa Reading Month

Inspired by the new Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, a friend suggested to do an Africa Reading Month.

8 November 20215 November 2021Africa, Afrikaans, literature, Reading challenge, South Africa2 Comments
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On pandemics and sci-fi

Two pieces of science fiction make me reconsider how to deal with the pandemic.

2 August 202121 July 2021pandemic, science fictionLeave a comment
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Why translations should be done by translators

Dutch publishers are having translations done by writers instead of translators and I don't like this trend.

19 April 202120 April 2021Amanda Gorman, literary translator, Louise Glück, Marieke Lucas RIjneveld, Radna Fabias, TranslationsLeave a comment
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The one deadline that I keep forgetting

I really don't know how daily column writers do it.

8 February 202124 January 2021writingLeave a comment
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What I read in 2020

In 2020 I read exactly a hundred books. Read more about them in this post!

25 January 202124 January 20212020, Goodreads, Reading1 Comment
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On the poetics of annotated books

I loooooove books with notes in them.

15 November 202016 October 2020Academics, Libraries1 Comment
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On book clubs during Covid

I'm getting used to social distanced book clubs.

8 November 202016 October 2020Book clubsLeave a comment
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On academia aesthetics

Adriaan van Dis' wonderful novel Dubbelliefde makes me reflect on the influence of the dark academia aesthetic.

1 June 202031 May 2020Adriaan van Dis, aesthetics, dark academia, DubbelliefdeLeave a comment
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On distracted reading

What is good reading?

23 September 201910 September 2019ReadingLeave a comment

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  • Looking back on my Africa Reading Month
  • My first conference since the start of the pandemic
  • Review ‘The Diary of a Bookseller’
  • Starting an Africa Reading Month
  • On pandemics and sci-fi

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Looking back on my A… on Starting an Africa Reading Mon…
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