Writer's Block Magazine

Nescio – The Poet of Prose

January 14, 2015

I like to think that all of us here at Writer’s Block – editors, writers and readers – are lovers of the written word. It seems that for most people nowadays words only truly speak to them when they are uttered by actors, singers or public speakers, or when they’re set against the backdrop…

A Literary Dispatch from the Stars

January 12, 2015

by Horoscope

Good news for every single one of us. After three years of stress and insecurity, brought upon us by Uranus and Pluto’s unfavourable position, the stars will be more propitious from the start of the new year. Although we might still be dealing with the rumpus of the last few years during the first few…

Ode to the mixtape: a review of Eleanor & Park

December 28, 2014

by Books, Judith Kroon, Reviews, WB Column

It starts with a bus ride and a begrudgingly shared seat. Eleanor is the new kid, slightly overweight with unruly red curls who wears hand-me-down clothes, and who is therefore an easy target for bullying. She comes from a family of poverty and a home with an abusive stepfather. Park is the complete opposite. He…

Books between the bicycles – Special bookstores of Amsterdam

December 24, 2014

by Isabel Harlaar, Reviews, WB Column

Inspired by Tessel’s article on Ghent’s best bookstores, I planned on writing a similar guide on Berlin’s most scrumptious book deli’s after a recent weekend trip to the German capital. Turns out all the bookstores I wanted to visit were located exactly on the other side of Berlin than the neighbourhood I was staying in…

Passionately Curious: Coffee O’Clock

December 22, 2014

by Passionately Curious, Paul Hofma, WB Column

I, like most University students, and in fact most people, enjoy a good cup of coffee. When it’s been a long night, and that lecture just can’t quite seem to keep your attention, one dose of the ol’ midnight brew will get you pepped up, alert and awake. Most of us just take it for…