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De renga-meester

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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.” […]

JANE AUSTEN FESTIVAL

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 […]

Mayflower Book Club reads Dream Count

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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 […]

Mayflower Book Club December Social

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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 […]

A Christmas Carol – Freek Bouricius

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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 […]

Shirley Valentine’s Sunday Dinner

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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 […]

A Diogenes for Our Times – Oudheid Café: Special Edition

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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 […]

Bookshop Jazz

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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 […]

Mayflower Book Club

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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 […]

De moorden in de boekenkast

Mayflower Bookshop Leiden Breestraat 70, Leiden

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 […]