On Thursday December 19 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 […]
Dinner for One, a classic on German television for over 40 years (but less well known in Britain) is a short sketch picturing Miss Sophie’s 90th birthday party, featuring her […]
From January 20th to 26th, the annual Leidse Blues & Jazz Week returns, and once again, Mayflower Bookshop is proud to be part of this exciting event. This year, we […]
New series: Children’s Classics ‘Die jeeste ende daventuren’ (Floris and Blancheflour) Medieval ‘young adult’ stories – Leo van Zanen (lecture in Dutch) After our series ‘Great Books’ and ‘Great Loves’ […]
Nice and Naughty – the rebellious children’s verse of Annie M.G. Schmidt As second event in our series Children’s Classics, we cannot omit Dutch author Annie M.G. Schmidt and her […]
On Monday April 21, Easter Monday, Mayflower Bookshop hosts her annual commemoration of the Bard, on the day closest to his death date and (probable) birthday, April 23. Consisting of […]
Mayflower Bookshop American special (English spoken) – Sold to the lowest bidder? Pleun Bouricius PhD, born and bred in the Netherlands, has lived in the USA for over 40 years. […]
Mayflower Bookshop invites you to a literary workshop (in English) to explore Edith Wharton’s world of wealth, ambition, and social constraint. This workshop will investigate how Wharton’s novels, especially The Age […]
Coming up - Pinocchio, a world-class classic Fourth event in our series Children’s classics Carmen van den Bergh On Sunday May 25, Carmen van den Bergh, associate professor of Italian […]
Children’s Classics 5: the unruly world of Winnie-the-Pooh Any series on children’s books, must, of course include that wonderful of bears, Winnie-the Pooh, hero of the books by A.A. Milne. […]
Coming up: Musical fairy tale “Peter and the wolf” at Mayflower Bookshop “The duck that quacked in the wolf’s belly” “Peter and the wolf” by Sergei Prokofiev takes centre stage […]
On Friday September 5, during the 2025 Leiden Pride, Mayflower Bookshop will focus on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the LGBTQ+ community and their literature during the 1980s […]