Book markets Deventer and Tilburg
The book markets in Dordrecht, Deventer, and Tilburg are well-attended. However, it was a pity that rain spoiled the Dordrecht book market last Sunday, July 6. Rain and books do not mix, and the organizers had to...
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Prestige Booklets Netherlands 1st half of 2025 (numbers 116 to 119)
Netherlands Prestige Booklets. Who collects them starting from issue PR1 Collecting? Or do you count from PRA The Star Book (1999)? The contents of the prestige booklet are the same stamps as the issued sheet, with extra background information. Comparable to the pro-fil sheets (no. 1...
An Irish holiday: Bloomsday
Every year on June 16, Bloomsday is celebrated in Ireland, and especially in Dublin. On this day, the life of the Irish writer James Joyce is commemorated, as well as the events from his book 'Ulysses'. Those events also took place on one...
'Nationalized literature stamps' of Dutch and Frisian writers
Following last week's article on 'internationalized literature stamps', this time an article on 'nationalized literature stamps' of five Dutch writers and one Frisian. The Dutch writers were active in their writing profession almost a century ago or [much] less so, who from...
Peculiarities of Western philosophers (13)
The 'Enlightenment' was a cultural, philosophical, and intellectual movement in Europe that roughly coincided with the 18th century. It stood for the advancement of science and intellectual exchange, the combating of superstition, abuse of law in church and state, and...
85th Book Week (March 7-15, 2020) with the theme 'Rebels and Mavericks'
For the 85th time, the CPNB is organizing the Book Week with the theme 'Rebels and Mavericks'. This theme, featuring writers Annejet van der Zijl (Book Week gift) and Özcan Akyol (Book Week essay), certainly caused a great deal of commotion, especially regarding the latter writer, before the Book Week...
Enid Blyton, author of children's books
Children's book author Enid Blyton, born on August 11, 1897, in East Dulwich, London, became known in England for her book series 'The Famous Five' and 'Noddy'. In the 30s, she was one of the best-selling authors of children's books in the world....
JK Rowling and Harry Potter (Part 1)
Who doesn't know Harry Potter? The main character from the seven books by the English author Joanne Rowling. More than 500 million copies of the books have been sold worldwide. And the books became the basis for a series of eight films...
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was born in Landport near Portsmouth. He became one of the most important English writers during the Victorian era, the time of the Industrial Revolution. From his novel 'A Tale of Two Cities' ('Between London and Paris'),...
The stamps of the Faroe Islands in 1981
The year 1981 was not a shocking year for the stamp collector, with many issues, but one in which the permanent series of 1975 was partially replaced and supplemented with a new series. No images of the islands, but a series based...
Year of the Book: a 'top ten books' in the hall of fame (part 2)
As mentioned at the end of last week's article, enclosed are the remaining stamps of the Year of the Book issue, along with some background information. You are also presented with a reflection on the diversity of this issue in combination with...
Borderless Netherlands & Belgium
The Grenzeloos Nederland – België stamp sheet was designed by a Dutch duo that lives, works, and designs in Antwerp, namely the agency Barends & Pijnappel (bureau P&P). The three sheets are dedicated to the cultural exchange and mutual influence between...
