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Traveling to the Frankfurt Book Fair and on to see a Brussels friend

9 November 20199 November 2019 Stephan Theo

Now that we’ve turned twenty, I and my Brussels friends have been scattered to the four corners of the world,

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“I take with me the feeling of the colorful and lively city Brussels is” — Marek Šindelka at Passa Porta

4 November 20195 January 2020 Mauricio Ruiz

Marek Šindelka is a writer who’s not afraid to hose down our stereotypes. He relishes tearing apart the thick walls

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“In Venice it is possible to dive into art and just disappear” — Cees Noteboom in Brussels

31 October 201931 October 2019 Admin BE

On October 27th, the award-winning Dutch novelist, poet, and journalist, Cees Nooteboom was in Brussels and spoke with Margot Dijkgraaf

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The Belgian writer Suzanne Lilar: A Feminist’s Quest for Unity

1 August 2019 Margareta Hanes

Purple was her favourite colour. A symbol of restraint, discreetly evoking the mélange of fervid red and soothing blue. This

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Debut thriller from a Brussels-based author: Sea of Bones by Deborah O’Donoghue

26 July 201927 July 2019 Martin Westlake

Since coming to Brussels in 2015 –she lives in Ixelles– Deborah O’Donoghue has been busy writing a novel but, just

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Something Beautiful: A visual art and poetry festival in Brussels

8 May 2019 Mimi Kunz

What comes to your mind when I say ‘Something beautiful’? Artists from Finland, France, the United States and the United

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10 lesser-known (or not) books you must read before starting a business

26 April 201925 April 2019 David Cruz e Silva

All entrepreneurs make mistakes. Quite often mistakes lead to wasted opportunities, time and even money. But in fact, mistakes are

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The Future Library: Why Norway is planting trees of hope for the world’s future generations

18 April 201918 April 2019 Mauricio Ruiz

On Monday April 15th, hundreds of people looked up at the sky in Paris and gazed at the impossible: Notre

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Thirty four authors from nineteen countries launch new anthology in Brussels

21 December 201821 December 2018 Dimitris Politis

On the evening of Thursday 22nd of November, a crowd of more than a hundred people gathered on the upper

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Brussels Writers Series VIII – By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am

29 October 201830 October 2018 Mimi Kunz

By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am – Romeo. Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare In