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If William Shakespeare Got Feedback from Some Guy at a Creative Writing Workshop
Read more: If William Shakespeare Got Feedback from Some Guy at a Creative Writing WorkshopA few weeks ago I came across a great Buzzfeed post from Shannon Reed called “If Jane Austen got feedback from some guy in a writing workshop”, which I genuinely loved. So in honour of the 400th anniversary of his death, I decided to write my own version featuring the paragon of English literature,…
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From the Dutch Canon: Flodder
Read more: From the Dutch Canon: FlodderWhen I was but a nipper, say, an eight- or nine-year-old, I was first introduced to a peculiar fictional Dutch family called Flodder. They are boorish, crude, violent, criminal, antisocial, and even occasionally incestuous when brother and sister Kees and Kees engage in some choice adventures. Despite these flaws, they are lovable in all their…
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Das Mag vs. Bol.com
Read more: Das Mag vs. Bol.comThe Love-Hate Relationship between Publishers and Online Book Sales On March 31st, the Dutch book world was shocked when online sales giant Bol.com removed all of publishing house Das Mag’s books from its website. The reason, according to Das Mag, is that the publisher refused Bol.com’s new “collaboration contract”, which states that the popular webshop…
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Passionately Curious: Let There Be Light! And He Saw That It Was Weird.
Read more: Passionately Curious: Let There Be Light! And He Saw That It Was Weird.Wait, what’s this? This strange science-y series that was going on last year is back? Well… not quite, just a one-shot for now! Still, there’s so much awesome stuff left to talk about! Take, for example, the weirdness that is light. Now, I’ve already gone into far too much detail on some of the…




