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 […]
Book presentation by Nicolas Journoud Of Bikes and Men (of the Netherlands) is a fun, illustrated book about the endless ways people — and sometimes even animals — ride bicycles […]
Introducing the brand-new Mayflower Book Club! We’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 […]
Coco Hoek on Sans Famille As 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 […]
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.” […]
Nederlandstalig programma Bijdragen van: Coco Hoek, Ad Kaptein, Louis Smit, Ingrid Tieken, Wim Tigges, Leo van Zanen en de Mayflower Theatre Company Moderator: Freek Bouricius Jane Austen: Esther Straathof (Mayflower […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]