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SUMMARY:United in Anger: The Uniting Power of Literature on the AIDS Epidemic
DESCRIPTION: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 and 1990s. \nThis epidemic had a devastating and still tangible impact on the lives of many\, as countless people lost loved ones to the disease while governments responded inadequately or\, at times\, barely at all\, reducing LGBTQ+ individuals to the status of second-class citizens. Looking back\, this period is often remembered with a sense of grief\, anger\, and sorrow. \nYet\, the AIDS epidemic also led to a strengthened sense of solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community. It brought people together despite their differences\, united in the fight for a better world. Literature from and about the AIDS epidemic bears witness to this coalition-building and shows us how the LGBTQ+ community can stand together\, even when the political climate seems turned against them. \nLooi van Kessel PhD\, expert on American queer literature at Leiden University\, will explore how these stories reveal the resilience of the LGBTQ+ community and reflect on how collective action and storytelling continue to shape the community today. \nLecture in Dutch: Friday September 5\, 20:15. Admission: free. Mayflower Bookshop\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden.
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/united-in-anger-the-uniting-power-of-literature-on-the-aids-epidemic/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250918T170000
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SUMMARY:Of Bikes and Men - book presentation
DESCRIPTION:Book presentation by Nicolas Journoud \nOf Bikes and Men (of the Netherlands) is a fun\, illustrated book about the endless ways people — and sometimes even animals — ride bicycles in the Netherlands\, and what that reveals about the country. \nIt’s also a book about the part of our humanity that the bicycle brings out in each of us.
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/of-bikes-and-men-book-presentation/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251022T210000
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SUMMARY:Mayflower Book Club reads The Safekeep
DESCRIPTION:Introducing the brand-new Mayflower Book Club! \nWe’re excited to announce the launch of the Mayflower Book Club! Starting on October 22\, we’ll meet on Wednesdays at 8 pm once a month to discuss the current book pick\, which will be available at a reduced price at Mayflower Bookshop. \nEach session\, participants get to vote for the next selection. Every book will be from a different country\, so we can explore diverse perspectives and learn from other cultures. As Leiden is home to many international students and expats\, and has a rich history of intercultural exchange\, we hope this book club will inspire new friendships\, insights\, and empathy across borders. Discussions will be held in English\, and all ages and nationalities are warmly welcome! \nParticipation is flexible: you can decide each month whether to join. This way\, the group will change from session to session\, bringing fresh perspectives every time. The chosen book will always be announced in our newsletter and on Instagram. \nOur very first Book of the Month is Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden’s debut novel The Safekeep. Set in the Netherlands of 1961\, the story follows Isa\, whose brother arrives with his girlfriend Eva. While Isa is initially put off by Eva\, their relationship evolves as a dark family secret unravels. The Safekeep has already won the Women’s Prize for Fiction and was nominated for the 2024 Booker Prize. \nIf you’d like to be part of the first session on Oktober 22\, simply send us an email at bookclub@mayflowerbookshop.nl with your name to sign up. To stay updated on future books and meetings\, subscribe to the Mayflower newsletter and/or follow us on Instagram @Mayflower_Bookclub. \nWe look forward to reading together!
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/mayflower-book-club-reads-the-safekeep/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251026T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251026T170000
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SUMMARY:Sans Famille: Hector Malot\, a man of his time\, a man of our time
DESCRIPTION:Coco Hoek on Sans Famille \nAs last lecture in Mayflower Bookshop’s series on children’s classics\, Coco Hoek\, expert on French literature\, will treat us to a talk on the 19th century French classic ‘Sans famille’\,  a book that enthralled generations of Dutch children under the title Alleen op de wereld (in English: Nobody’s boy). Sans Famille was published in 1878 and adapted into film numerous times both in France and other countries. \nAs children\, we were thrilled by the adventures of the foundling Rémi\, the many disasters that befell him\, the colourful people he met. Not to mention that cleverest of monkeys\, Monsieur Joli-Coeur! But Hector Malot always wanted to do more than just entertain children – or adult readers. He wanted his little readers to learn something as well\, and he wanted his adult readers to think about the world they lived in. \nIn many ways he was  a man of his time\, living in a complicated and every-changing world. But in some ways\, that world wasn’t so very different from our own. And some of the things he cared about still matter today. \nWe’ll look at Hector Malot in his world\, and we’ll look at some themes that make him an interesting and thought-provoking writer even in our modern times. And of course\, we’ll renew our acquaintance with Rémi\, Mother Barberin\, Vitalis\, Mattia\, and of course the unforgettable Joli-Coeur!
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/sans-famille/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:De renga-meester
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, November 9\, Mayflower Bookshop welcomes translators Henk Akkermans and Wim Boot for an afternoon devoted to a fascinating form of Japanese poetry: the renga (連歌)\, or “linked verse.” The event (in Dutch) will take place from 4:00 to 5:00 PM at Mayflower Bookshop. \nTheir talk marks the publication of De renga-meester – Alle kettingverzen van Matsuo Bashō (Uitgeverij Noordboek\, 2025)\, which for the first time brings together all seventeen renga sequences composed under the guidance of the great poet Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694). \nIn the Japan of the Edo period (1600–1868)\, writing renga was a popular pastime among the educated classes. Each poem consisted of 36 alternating stanzas of three and two lines\, composed by several poets in turn. A “master” guided the sequence\, ensuring that each link connected subtly to the previous one: evoking association\, contrast\, and resonance rather than a straightforward narrative. \nAkkermans and Boot will offer an introduction to the genre\, to Bashō’s role as renga master\, and to the art of creating meaningful connections between verses. They will also discuss one of the seventeen cycles in detail\, revealing how collaboration and intuition shaped these poetic masterpieces. \nSunday\, November 9\, 2025 – 4:00-5:00 PM
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/de-renga-meester/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:JANE AUSTEN FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:Nederlandstalig programma \nBijdragen van: Coco Hoek\, Ad Kaptein\, Louis Smit\, Ingrid Tieken\, Wim Tigges\, Leo van Zanen en de Mayflower Theatre Company  \nModerator: Freek Bouricius\nJane Austen: Esther Straathof (Mayflower Theatre Company) \n11.45: Introductie + interview Jane Austen\nFreek Bouricius (Mayflower Bookshop) \n12.00: Jane Austen verliefd \nProf. dr. Ingrid Tieken – Boon van Ostade\, anglist en taalkundige (Leiden University Centre for Linguistics) \nJane Austen en haar zus Cassandra zijn nooit getrouwd geweest. Dat was lastig voor hun broers\, want na de dood van hun vader moesten zij drie vrouwen financieel ondersteunen.Tegelijkertijd is dit het begin geweest van Jane’s schrijversschap. Maar heeft Jane Austen ooit de kans heeft gehad op een huwelijk en is ze wel eens verliefd geweest? \n 13.00: Pauze \n 13.30: Miniworkshop brieven vouwen (aanmelden verplicht) \nProf. dr. Ingrid Tieken – Boon van Ostade\, anglist en taalkundige (Leiden University Centre for Linguistics) \nEnveloppen bestonden nog niet in Jane Austens tijd. De reden? De ontvanger moest de portokosten betalen en wel per vel papier\, dus een envelop zou de kosten verdubbelen. In de 18de eeuw bestonden slimme manieren om brieven te vouwen zonder dat je een envelop nodig had\, en dat zien we nog steeds bij Jane Austen. In deze miniworkshop gaan we daar zelf mee aan de slag\, en zullen we ontdekken op welke ingenieuze manieren Jane Austen haar brieven met een maximum aan tekst wist te vullen. \n14.00: What killed Jane: ziekte en ziek-zijn in de romans van Jane Austen \nProf. dr. Ad Kaptein\, medisch psycholoog (Leiden University Medical Centre) \nZiekte en ziek-zijn komen in het werk van Jane Austen relatief veel voor. De representatie van ziekte (‘disease’) en ziek-zijn (‘illness’)\, gekleurd door maatschappelijke en medische opvattingen van eeuwen geleden\, komt kort aan de orde. Hoe gebruikt Jane Austen ziekte en ziek-zijn in haar werk\, hoe doet ze dat in Sanditon\, en is haar eigen ziek-zijn bron van haar schrijven over ziek-zijn? \n15.00: Pulp of prachtliteratuur – Paneldiscussie              \nPanelleider: Louis Smit\nDeelnemers: Coco Hoek\, dr. Wim Tigges \nEen panel van een anglist\, een romanist en een slavist stelt de vraag aan de orde in hoeverre het werk van Jane Austen niet gewoon ‘chicklit’ is of in de Bouquetreeks thuishoort. ‘Girl meets boy’ is immers het gemeenschappelijke thema. Het drietal verkent de verschillen en overeenkomsten tussen pulp en wat als hoogstaande literatuur wordt beschouwd aan de hand van Austens romans. Het publiek wordt met stellingen in de discussie betrokken. \n16.00: ‘I’m in a dilemma\, for want of an Emma’: de poëzie van Jane Austen \nLeo van Zanen (dichter en voordrachtskunstenaar) \nSchreef Jane Austen ook gedichten? Jazeker! Leo van Zanen onderzocht de persoonlijke en literaire context ervan. \n17.00: Proposal Mr Collins – een scène uit ‘Pride and Prejudice’ –  (Engelstalig) \nSigrid de Zwart\, anglist\, regisseur en theatermaker \nMayflower Theatre Company \nActeurs: Freek Bouricius\, Tony Foster\, Roland de Ligny\, Esther Straathof \nRegie: Sigrid de Zwart. \n17.30: Afsluiting \nFreek Bouricius
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/jane-austen-festival/
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SUMMARY:Mayflower Book Club reads Dream Count
DESCRIPTION: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 Zikora\, Omelogor\, and Kadiatou: women bound by friendship\, ambition\, and heartbreak. With her trademark clarity and warmth\, Adichie captures the struggle between truth and desire\, confirming once more her place among the most powerful voices in contemporary literature. \nEach session\, participants get to vote for the next selection. Every book will be from a different country\, so we can explore diverse perspectives and learn from other cultures. As Leiden is home to many international students and expats\, and has a rich history of intercultural exchange\, we hope this book club will inspire new friendships\, insights\, and empathy across borders. Discussions will be held in English\, and all ages and nationalities are warmly welcome! \nParticipation is flexible: you can decide each month whether to join. This way\, the group will change from session to session\, bringing fresh perspectives every time. The chosen book will always be announced in our newsletter and on Instagram. \nIf you’d like to be part the November session\, simply send us an email at bookclub@mayflowerbookshop.nl with your name to sign up. To stay updated on future books and meetings\, subscribe to the Mayflower newsletter and/or follow us on Instagram @Mayflower_Bookclub. \nWe look forward to reading together!
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/mayflower-book-club-reads-dream-count/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:Mayflower Book Club December Social
DESCRIPTION: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. \nDecember will take a different shape: instead of a designated book\, the group will come together for a relaxed Christmas social. Everyone is encouraged to bring a beloved title from the past and share what made it meaningful. With the pre-holiday rush and exam season setting in\, this no-preparation format offers a calm moment to connect\, exchange ideas\, and spark inspiration for winter reading and gift-giving. \nLooking forward to closing the year in good company and good conversation. \nWednesday December 17\, 20:00
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/mayflower-book-club-december-social/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251218T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251218T203000
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SUMMARY:A Christmas Carol - Freek Bouricius
DESCRIPTION: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!
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/a-christmas-carol-freek-bouricius-3/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251228T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251228T161500
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SUMMARY:Shirley Valentine’s Sunday Dinner
DESCRIPTION: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). \nBritish housewife Shirley Valentine\, alone with a bottle of wine on Sunday afternoon\, wonders what happened to her dreams. Philosophical\, relatable and hilarious\, this short skit is perfect for both diversion and reflection on the old and the new year! Don’t miss it!
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/shirley-valentine/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260105T200000
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SUMMARY:A Diogenes for Our Times – Oudheid Café: Special Edition
DESCRIPTION:Book launch and Live podcast recording – in English \nOn 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 who pioneered a brash and free-thinking vision of life that inspired the philosophy of Stoicism. The author will be interviewed by podcaster and historian Timo Epping\, followed by a Q&A and book signing. \nIn his own day\, the ancient philosopher Diogenes the Cynic had a reputation for eccentricity\, heckling his fellow philosophers in the marketplace\, living in a clay pot\, and relieving himself in public. Since his death in 323 BCE\, devoted followers made him and his ideas famous the world over. But what we think we know about Diogenes remains distorted and sanitized. In Diogenes\, Inger Kuin scours all existing evidence of Diogenes and his followers to offer an in-depth account of Diogenes’ life and thought\, revealing a man whose innovative ideas about power\, death\, nature\, and the body have much to teach the contemporary world. He pioneered a vision of simplicity and autonomy in his day-to-day life\, stressing the importance of living in the here and now\, and of always thinking for oneself. Diogenes stands apart as history’s first recorded critic of slavery and a proud exile from polite society whose challenging thought proved foundational for the Stoics and their successors. \nDiogenes – “a rich\, engaging portrait of intellectual fearlessness” (Stacy Schiff\, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cleopatra) – rehabilitates Diogenes as a compelling thinker for the twenty-first century\, one who demands that we look at our society with fresh eyes and be unafraid of change. \nInger Kuin is an associate professor of classics at the University of Virginia. Born in the Netherlands\, she worked as a journalist before receiving an MA in philosophy from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD in classics from New York University. She divides her time between Rotterdam\, the Netherlands\, and Charlottesville\, Virginia. \nTimo Epping is an educator at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden and the host and producer of several popular podcasts on history and music. The Diogenes book launch event will be recorded for his podcast Oudheid. \nStart time 20:00\, doors open 19:30. This event will be in English. Admission: free. Mayflower Bookshop\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden. If you would like to pre-order a copy of Diogenes please send an email to info@mayflowerbookshop.nl.
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/a-diogenes-for-our-times-oudheid-cafe-special-edition/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260124T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260124T173000
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SUMMARY:Bookshop Jazz
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, January 24\, Mayflower Bookshop participates in the Leiden Blues and Jazz Week with the Daan Schreuder Trio. \nDaan 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. \n15:30-17:30\, free entrance.
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/bookshop-jazz/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260128T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260128T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T141258
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SUMMARY:Mayflower Book Club
DESCRIPTION: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 inquiry slowly becomes a charged exchange shaped by food\, power\, and curiosity. Blending crime\, social critique\, and evocative food writing\, Butter explores misogyny\, obsession\, and desire\, confirming Yuzuki’s place as a distinctive and compelling voice in contemporary literature.\nSpecial price: €8\,50 (instead of €14\,99) \nDiscussion in English
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/mayflower-book-club/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260212T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260212T000000
DTSTAMP:20260430T141258
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SUMMARY:Workshop Creative Reading
DESCRIPTION:Fernanda Moura \nWorkshop in English
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/workshop-creative-reading/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260222T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260222T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T141258
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SUMMARY:De moorden in de boekenkast
DESCRIPTION:GREAT CRIME – 1: The murders in the bookcase: a review by Leo van Zanen \nThis 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. \nVan Zanen will give an overview of the major developments in classic crime literature. Krimi\, polar\, mystery\, detective\, whodunnit. Different words for similar stories in books or films: a crime has been committed\, usually a murder. Who did it? What exactly happened? Who discovers the true facts\, and how? \nDuring the nineteenth century\, a literary genre emerged in which solving obscure cases kept thousands of readers glued to the paper\, a century later to the screen. Sherlock Holmes\, Maigret\, Martin Beck\, De Cock – their names became commonplace. \nSo sharpen your wits and don’t miss this first lecture in our Great Crime series! \nAdmission: Free \nMayflower Bookshop\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden \n  \n 
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/de-moorden-in-de-boekenkast/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260225T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260225T210000
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SUMMARY:Mayflower Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Mayflower Book Club reads Prophet Song by Paul Lynch \nOpen bookcub\, sessions in English
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/mayflower-book-club-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260324T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260324T213000
DTSTAMP:20260430T141258
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SUMMARY:Mayflower Book Club reads Anxious People by Fredrick Backman
DESCRIPTION:Open book club\, sessions in English. \nPLEASE NOTE: This session will be on TUESDAY instead of wednesday.
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/mayflower-book-club-reads-anxious-people-by-fredrick-backman/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260329T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260329T170000
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SUMMARY:Lawyers as Rebels or Collaborators: The Case of To Kill a Mockingbird
DESCRIPTION:GREAT CRIME – 2: Lawyers as Rebels or Collaborators: The Case of To Kill a Mockingbird \nThe 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 Collaborators: The Case of To Kill a Mockingbird\,” explores one of the most famous courtroom stories in modern literature. \nPublished in 1960\, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee quickly became a Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller and is still regarded as one of the great American novels of the twentieth century. The film adaptation\, released in 1962 and starring Gregory Peck\, won three Academy Awards and helped turn the novel’s central figure\, Atticus Finch\, into one of the most celebrated lawyers in fiction. \nMaycomb\, Alabama\, the summer of 1935. The small\, usually sleepy town is in an uproar. A young African-American man\, Tom Robinson\, stands accused of having assaulted and raped a young white woman\, Mayella Ewell. Enter his court-appointed lawyer\, Atticus Finch\, who has become one of the great heroes of legal fiction. A hero not only in the eyes of his daughter Scout\, from whose point of view we follow the trial and its effects on life in Maycomb. Generations of young Americans\, too\, have taken up law\, inspired by Atticus’s professional and personal ethics – his defence of Tom comes at a cost to his family and himself – and faith in the workings of the law. \nHowever\, there is also criticism. It is clear that Tom’s chances of a fair trial in the racist deep south of the 1930s are very slim indeed\, and this is largely due how American criminal procedure works. Circumstances Atticus can do very little to change\, no matter how hard he works. But we will also see that in some respects\, Atticus is ineffective and even incompetent\, being the lawyer and person that he is. And that in general\, lawyers may do more harm than good to the cause of justice by actually doing their job. \n  \nSunday March 29\, 2026: 16.00 \nAdmission: Free \nMayflower Bookshop\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/to-kill-a-mockingbird/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Annual Shakespeare Memorial
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URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/annual-shakespeare-memorial/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:Mayflower Book Club reads The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
DESCRIPTION:Our April Book of the Month is the New York Times bestseller The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali. This novel is set in Tehran\, Iran\, and spans three decades\, starting in the 1950s. It follows Ellie\, whose family falls from riches\, and her kind\, brave friend Homa. The book follows the two girls from childhood into adulthood as they lose each other and find each other again\, all the while facing the political turmoil in Iran. The Lion Women of Tehran is an emotionally captivating book that explores themes of friendship\, feminism and political activism. \nOpen book club\, sessions in English
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/mayflower-book-club-reads-the-lion-women-of-tehran-by-marjan-kamali/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Poetry Readings
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday May 7\, join us at Mayflower Bookshop for an evening of poetry by students and alumni of the LAK Poetry Workshop at Leiden University. \nThe aim of the evening is to share poetry\, provide a platform for poets to try out new material\, and give everyone interested an opportunity to gather and meet poets and writers. \nThe evening will feature ten readers and will be hosted by the workshop teacher\, Helena Grande. \nProgramme \n20:00 – 20:15 – Welcome\n20:15 – 20:45 – First round of readings\n20:45 – 20:55 – Break\n20:55 – 21:20 – Second round of readings\n21:20 – 21:45 – Mingling and drinks
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/an-evening-of-poetry-readings/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:Mayflower Book Club Social
DESCRIPTION:Instead of a designated book\, the group will come together for a relaxed social. Everyone is encouraged to bring a beloved title and share what made it meaningful.
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/mayflower-book-club-social/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:Van Gialli tot Montalbano
DESCRIPTION:Carmen van den Bergh over Italiaanse detectiveverhalen
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/van-gialli-tot-montalbano/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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SUMMARY:‘Hunted Down’: Charles Dickens en Thomas Wainewright
DESCRIPTION:CRIME #5: Wim Tigges on Crime & Dickens \nCharles Dickens was fascinated with crime\, and in particular with punishment. These are at least subsidiary themes in all of his novels and in many short stories\, where petty and great criminals occur in plenty\, from deceitful Mr. Jingle in The Pickwick Papers to the alleged murderer John Jasper in the uncompleted Mystery of Edwin Drood. Bleak House was one of the first novels in English to introduce a detective officer. In this lecture\, however\, the focus will be on Dickens’s acquaintance with Thomas Wainewright (1794-1847)\, who was suspected of murder and convicted for insurance fraud. Dickens met him on a visit to Newgate prison\, where Wainwright was awaiting transportation to Tasmania\, and he became an inspiration for one of his lesser-known short stories\, ‘Hunted Down’.
URL:https://mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/crime-in-dickens/
LOCATION:Mayflower Bookshop Leiden\, Breestraat 70\, Leiden
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