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 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 […]
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 van Amsterdam. With his trio, he brings fresh energy, rich improvisation, and strong musical interaction to the stage. 15:30-17:30, free entrance.
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 […]