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ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2012, part V

Friday, December 21st, 2012

Ready for a new entry in ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2012 series? There will be new titles, old titles, magazines, Dutch books, games, fiction, non fiction, anything and everything we read and liked in 2012. We are as diverse as our individual choices and that is what makes ABC unique!

Part V features Shirley, Simone and Aviva. Shirley is Amsterdam’s buyer for the Children’s Books section, and helps oversee the ABC Treehouse there.  Simone is one of ABC The Hague’s store managers, and buys the books for the Fiction, Cookbooks and stationery sections.  Aviva is Amsterdam’s buyer for the Travel, Erotica and Reference sections.

We would love to hear about your favorite reads of 2012, too. Please mail blog@abc.nl with your choices and a picture of yourself (optional). We will post your list at the beginning of the new year and send you an ABC Gift Certificate (so don’t forget to include your home address with your list!).

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Event report: Jet Kat’s Foreign Language Experience

Monday, June 11th, 2012

Jet Kat’s Foreign Language Exhibition is really an experience!

On Wednesday May 16th Jet Kat’s Foreign Language Exhibition opened with a theatrical act on the Spui in front of The American Book Center in Amsterdam.

Professor Russolo brought us, in black and white, the letters of the Alphabet. He guided us by word and by gesture with black and white sand to the ABC Treehouse where the exhibition itself  was held from the May 16-26 2012.

What I personally found most interesting about Jet Kat’s Foreign Language Exhibition was that it enabled the observer to not only look at art, but also ‘feel’ and experience it: this was achieved via the media of video, and the music composed by Kat to accompany each of the pieces in the exhibition.

The interaction of visitors and Jet’s art will eventually result in a book, made on the Espresso Book Machine.  You can still contribute to this interactive art experience.  Share your inspiration on Facebook, on Jet Kat’s website, or via Twitter: @jetkatart .

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ABC’s Favorite Reads of 2011, Part G

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

And yet another installment of our Favorite Reads of the Year! Here are Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Part E, and Part F.

These favorites come from Shirley, PeterL, and Renee.  Shirley left us many years ago, but has happily returned to the fold this year; she now works our administration and helps out around ABC Amsterdam, too.  PeterL is ABC Amsterdam’s Horror, Manga, and Gay & Lesbian buyer (and hopefully over his True Blood obsession by now).  Renee is ABC The Hague’s Poetry and Tattoo books buyer, and has read ALL of the Science Fiction & Fantasy section’s books.  Srsly.

We would love to hear about what YOUR favorite reads of 2011 were, too! They don’t have to be books published in 2011, just read in 2011. Please send your top 5 to blog@abc.nl, and be sure to include your mailing address so we can send you an ABC gift voucher as a thank you. We’ll be publishing your Top 5s at the beginning of 2012, so you have the rest of the month to hand them in. Thank you to those who have already mailed them in!

And now, without further ado… the lists!

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