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Annual Mayflower Bookshop Shakespeare Event

Mayflower Bookshop XTRA Breestraat 66, Leiden

Op 24 april a.s. hervat Mayflower Bookshop haar jaarlijkse herdenking van de grootste Engelse dichter aller tijden, William Shakespeare, ook wel bekend als The Bard. Ter nagedachtenis aan zijn sterfdag […]

Mayflower special: Writing from Viet Nam

Mayflower Bookshop XTRA Breestraat 66, Leiden

Visiting poet: Nhã Thuyên We are very happy to welcome to Mayflower Bookshop Vietnamese poet Nhã Thuyên, this year's Poet in Residence at the 52nd edition of Poetry International (June […]

The Invention of Scotland – Scottish literature in a nutshell

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

Orignally hailing from Scotland himself, avid St Pieter's Church guide and devoted Commissioner of the Leiden 3 October Vereeniging Adrian Young will give a talk (in Dutch) on Scots literature. […]

Skinner in Noordwijk: the diary of an English boy

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

Prof. dr.  Paul Hoftijzer  talks on his recently published book: Skinner in Noordwijk, a diary of an English boy at boarding school in Noordwijk at the end of the 18th […]

Mayflower Masterclass: Madness in Literature

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

COMING UP:  Mayflower Masterclass: Madness in Literature* On November 27th, Mayflower Bookshop presents a pilot: Mayflower Masterclass, a new format, in which an expert in a specific field leads the […]

Dinner for One (first performance)

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

After two year’s absence due to the coronavirus, Dinner for One  performed by the Mayflower Theatre Company makes a happy return, featuring Freek Bouricius as Miss Sophie and Roland de […]

Dinner for One (second performance)

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

After two year’s absence due to the coronavirus, Dinner for One  performed by the Mayflower Theatre Company makes a happy return, featuring Freek Bouricius as Miss Sophie and Roland de […]

A Christmas Carol

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

Freek Bouricius reads Dickens’s Christmas classic, first published in 1843. This timeless tale recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his […]

Poetry Week Event: Burns’ Night

Sunday January 29th, 16h00 – Breestraat 70 Traditionally, Dutch Poetry Week is celebrated in Mayflower Bookshop with a poetry event on the last Sunday of January. This year, Mayflower Bookshop […]