Coming up, March 30th: Children’s classics 2 – Nice and Naughty – the rebellious children’s verse of Annie M.G. Schmidt
As second event in our series Children’s Classics, we cannot omit Dutch author Annie M.G. Schmidt and her rebellious children’s verses. During the ’50s Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911-1995) published eleven […]
Coming up, May 19th: Mayflower Special: Literary Workshop: Edith Wharton and New York’s Gilded Age
Mayflower Bookshop invites you to a literary workshop (in English) to explore Edith Wharton’s world of wealth, ambition, and social constraint. This workshop will investigate how Wharton’s novels, especially The Age […]
Looking back: Children’s Classics 1 – Medieval opening of the Children’s Classics series
On the sunny afternoon of February 23, Leo van Zanen opened Mayflower Bookshop’s series of Children’s Classics. Starting his lecture with alltime modern favourites as ‘Dan Dare’ and W.G. van […]
Coming up: New series: Children’s Classics
‘Die jeeste ende daventuren’ (Floris and Blancheflour) Medieval ‘young adult’ stories – Leo van Zanen (lecture in Dutch) After our series ‘Great Books’ and ‘Great Loves’ we start 2025 with […]
Looking back: Jazz Week at Mayflower
On Saturday, January 25th, Mayflower Bookshop hosted an intimate performance by the Theo Naishtat Trio as part of the Leiden Blues and Jazz Week. The bookshop transformed into a cozy […]
Leidse Blues & Jazz Week 2025: Mayflower Bookshop Hosts Theo Naishtat Trio
From January 20th to 26th, the annual Leidse Blues & Jazz Week returns, and once again, Mayflower Bookshop is proud to be part of this exciting event. This year, we […]
Looking back – A Christmas Carol and Dinner for one
On December 19th, traditionally the reading of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol took place, in a snug atmosphere in our bookshop, for an audience that likes to begin its Christmas, as […]
Christmas at Mayflower Bookshop: Dinner for One and A Christmas Carol
As Christmas approaches, Mayflower Bookshop presents her two traditional Christmas classics: ‘A Christmas Carol’ and, for the last time, ‘Dinner for One’! On Thursday December 19 at 1930, Mayflower’s Freek […]
Coming up: November 10 – OSCAR WILDE FESTIVAL
11.45 – 18.00 On October 16th, Oscar Wilde was born 170 years ago; reason for Mayflower Bookshop to organize a festival on November 10th about this fascinating 19th poet and […]
Looking back – Effi Briest
On the last Sunday in October, retired German teacher and translator of poetry Hans van der Veen gave the last lecture in Mayflower Bookshop’s series Great Loves on Theodor Fontane’s […]