Our November Book of the Month comes from acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, known for Americanah and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction. Her new novel Dream Count follows Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer living in America, as she reflects on love, loss, and the choices that shape her life. Around her move […]
As the year winds down, the next gathering is approaching, and returning participants are warmly invited to join once again for the last session of 2025. Many expressed interest during the previous session, so this serves as a gentle reminder that the doors remain open: no sign-up required. December will take a different shape: instead […]
On Thursday December 18 at 1930, Mayflower's Freek Bouricius will continue Mayflower's Christmas tradition with a reading of a slightly shortened version of Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. This timeless Christmas story is the perfect perparation for your Christmas!
As an ode to recently deceased British actress Pauline Collins, the Mayflower Theatre Company plays Shirley Valentine’s Sunday Dinner, a short monologue from the play Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell (and from the film by the same title, starring Pauline Collins as Shirley). British housewife Shirley Valentine, alone with a bottle of wine on Sunday […]
Book launch and Live podcast recording - in English On January 5, Mayflower Bookshop will host a book launch and live podcast event for Inger Kuin’s Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic (Basic Books, 2025). The book is about the life and thought of Diogenes the Cynic, an iconoclastic philosopher […]
On Saturday, January 24, Mayflower Bookshop participates in the Leiden Blues and Jazz Week with the Daan Schreuder Trio. Daan Schreuder is a promising young jazz pianist from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. With his trio, he brings fresh energy, rich improvisation, and strong musical interaction to the stage. 15:30-17:30, free entrance.
Our January Book of the Month is the award-winning Japanese bestseller Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton. Inspired by a real-life case, the novel follows Rika Machida, a Tokyo journalist who begins a correspondence with Manako Kajii, a woman in detention whose story has gripped the public imagination. What starts as a professional […]
Fernanda Moura Workshop in English
GREAT CRIME – 1: The murders in the bookcase: a review by Leo van Zanen This year, Mayflower Bookshop presents a literary lecture series on GREAT CRIME, starting with a literature review by Leo van Zanen as an introduction to this series on Sunday February 22, 2026. Van Zanen will give an overview of the […]
Mayflower Book Club reads Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Open bookcub, sessions in English
Open book club, sessions in English. PLEASE NOTE: This session will be on TUESDAY instead of wednesday.
GREAT CRIME – 2: Lawyers as Rebels or Collaborators: The Case of To Kill a Mockingbird The second lecture in Mayflower Bookshop’s Great Crime series will be given by Tony Foster of the Department of English at Leiden University. Please note that this lecture will be in English. His talk, titled “Lawyers as Rebels or […]