Writer's Block Magazine

Howl Against Society

May 4, 2016

by Literature, Rachel Aisa-Bonoko, WB Column

Nowadays subcultures aren’t as exclusive as they used to be. What I mean by this is that everybody is connected through the internet and through that, subcultures borrow from others. Music, clothing and style, among others, are easily borrowed because influences are readily available through the internet, which makes it easier for people to…

If William Shakespeare Got Feedback from Some Guy at a Creative Writing Workshop

April 23, 2016

by Books, Literature, Roos Gravemaker, WB Column, Writing

A 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,…

From the Dutch Canon: Flodder

April 19, 2016

by Film, Jules Schlicher, WB Column

When 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…

Das Mag vs. Bol.com

April 9, 2016

by Books, Roselinde Bouman, WB Column

The 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…

Passionately Curious: Let There Be Light! And He Saw That It Was Weird.

April 5, 2016

by Passionately Curious, Paul Hofma, WB Column

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…