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 […]
Fernanda Moura Workshop in English
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 […]
Mayflower Book Club reads Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Open bookcub, sessions in English
Open book club, sessions in English. PLEASE NOTE: This session will be on TUESDAY instead of wednesday.
GREAT CRIME – 2: Lawyers as Rebels or Collaborators: The Case of To Kill a Mockingbird The second lecture in Mayflower Bookshop’s Great Crime series will be given by Tony […]
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 […]
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. The aim of the […]
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.
Carmen van den Bergh over Italiaanse detectiveverhalen
CRIME #5: Wim Tigges on Crime & Dickens Charles Dickens was fascinated with crime, and in particular with punishment. These are at least subsidiary themes in all of his novels […]